The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-04
GLASS WORKS BOUGHT
pors rn1s MEAN rnE nEMovAI
OF tho rlsu,rai elias. work. from this City
,nto Ohio g-rhO brilliant Factory suF-
e,,nssd BY Wheeling Company,
WHO viii Start 1t up Immediately.

The Central Glass Company, Of this
city, has purchased the glass works at
Brilliant, Ohio, opposite Wellsburs. 1t
will be remembered that syndicate COM
posed largely OF the principal stockholders
OF the Central company, attempted q short
tiue ago to secure control of the LaBelle
works, at Bridgeport, but the negotiations
wars blocked by the refusal OF a small!
nnrtion Of tho st0cIiholderS 10 entertain
ihe nroposal. The Brilliant factory has
been idle for several years, and has been
offered f5r sale savGral times, but with
drawn without sale being contaminated.
President Scott has been negotiating tor
tho works for some time, aud on Wednes'
lay evening the negotiations resulted IN
the sale Of the works to the Central com
pauy. -
Tic Central company will OF once start
nm tho works. The furnace is q twelve.
pot one, and the factory Is one o. the most
thoroughly and conveniently fitted up IN
the country, ami the premises afford an
abundance Of room for additions or ware
houses.
TIE NEW owNErs' FLAME.
The Central Glass Company has secured
the services OF Mr.. August .Weyer, late
head Of HE Weyer Art Glass Company, oil
Tong island, who will have charge Of the
factory nj Brilliant. 1t is expected that
4 clsss can he nnde inside OF u month. Mr..
i Weycr viii bring with him from the Eist
several experienced man in tho tnanutae-
ture OF tho line Of wares II is proposed 70
make, aud the remaining force necessary
will lie employed in this part OF the conn;
try. Natural gas from the Spaulding Well
al Brilliant will be used 80 fuel for the
present, and well will probably be sunk
hereafter TO supply tho works with gas
OnIy lead glass will be made, and tue
company will make o specially Of colored
and CTys.al shades, lead tumblers, fine
electric light shades, colored hall gas
Isnapa, signal light globes and all wares in
| lbat line. This enterprise will not in any
manner affect the status Of the flint glass
workers strike a0Eass the river, as none Of
these goods have heretofore been made in
this part nj the country, tho American
factories Of this line being in Brooklyn
and the New England cities, With the eX'
ospt!on al the pithridge works at Martins
Ferry. WHICH makes Iced glAEs, but not
the same goods which will be turned out
at brilliant. A small portion Of the out
mi oi Hobbs \ Brockuuier's works, in
;; this city, in high grades Of glass, Is also
lead ware, but neither OF these factories
compete with those eastern works when
: now supply the market with the special
ties the brilliant vorta will turn out.
Mr.. Weyer'is said 10 be the finest master
Of co!oIlng and working lead glass In thls
or any foreign country, and no doubt the
Brilliant glass will ut onCs attract atten'
ton by itS perfect III Of color=and-haish
REASONS FoR TIE NoFR,
Only a few persons heard OF the Cen
trail Compsny's acquisition yesterday
Among those who did there was eoasid
cradle speculation as to what this move
signified. Taxes, natural gas, the posi-
Ibility OF the Central WORKS here being
abandoned in the future-all these were
canyassed. a gentleman who is pretty
we'll posted on the 0eRtrels affairs was
met by a reporter, and asked:
"Whst does tho purchase OF the Bril-
liant g!ses works meap% a.,
ait simply mSsps," was his reply, that
LII Wheeling does not get natural gas you
might as well fence in tho town and white.
wssh Tie fence. The CentrRl's ofiicershaVe
tried several times to get gas here. The
other manufacturing concerns will not 60
! into scheme to pipe it here, and all the
: attempts to get gas hive 80 far come to
nothing, So the Central has bought FAC
, tory where it can get ga"
show will that affect the present works
in this city,
"That / cannot tell. think there can
DO no doubt, however, that ii the con-
pany could haYs natural gas here the
present establishment would BIZ enlarged.
Instead Of this, they hsvo now got their
addition ut Brilliant. The c6tnpany'G
charter expires in about eighteen months,
and while 1 don't know that they thinkoi
such a thing, it would Eot surprise me TO
Isee the entire works go 10 Brilliant. They
|, would secure reduced taxation and better
: and cheaper fuel, and lose nothing. This
town has got 10 have natural gas, tell
you. or course everybody knows that
fuel is ono Of the first considerations
about glass house. Natural gas is not
only much bstter fuel; it costs only %
parent as much Rs coal"
A special dispatch from steubenYille re-
ceived last night givss the price paid Tor
the Brilliant works as s.. 1888 81. =