The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

! n. B. Scott, President and General Ma
sReF, succeeding Mr.. 0estsrling; H,
WRddsll, Secretary W. E. GoeEing, TTea
urer. Directors, Peter Caasell, Augu
Rolf, n. orawley, W. E. aOsriug and
B. Scott.
A year ago the Central Company pu
chased the Brilliant Glass Works, sixlee
miles from the city, to be operated as q
annex, The principal output from Il
Brilliant Annex consists OF fancy colore
shades, globes and line Of specialize
About $50 men are employed, and th
outlook 10 very promiHing for furth'
enlargement,
Being asked what he had to say aboI
natural gas in the manufacture Of glas
President n, B. Scott said that with q
in other places and none here, 1t wa
either Q question OF moving TO the ga
bringing Inc gas here, or shutting up shoI
with the introduction OF natural q
there Ia no question about the prospeFlt
Of the glass industry, Success cannot bG
attend the manufacture q phus as well q
other industries In the CITY,"
swell, Senator, what are the advantage
oil gas over coal In your lineW
I'm the first place, gas will rid us {
an annoying dependence upon Bsnzin
and coal, The saving in fuel alone will b
about So percent"
sEvERINd OLD TIRs,
Show will 1t effect your labor2"
VI am really sorry to say that the intro
duction OF natural gas will necessltate tn
displacement OF great many men, Blu
there Ia no alternative, The men hsy
been with US a great many years and per
formed their work very satisfactorily, AM
nothing but the best Of feeling has existet
between US.
"Do you refer particularly to you
mineral"
ALONE TO THEM,
No! In addition to the miners the ga
will reach hremen and teasers, laboEer
about our coke ovens, men who hau
ashes, glass washers and Others"
"How DO you avoid two landings o
the glSss2"
when the ware Is pressed and PLACED
in the leara, which are heated with coke
Il comes out very dirty, keeping {
number Of hands busy placing thu
glass In carrying boxes; then !,
the. wash room, where 1t is washed
piece at g time, then replaced in the boxeI
nd sent to the packing room. In thu
double handling Of ware a great auloun
IL broken, and with gas the ware will bt
aiken directly from tue Iesrsto the packing
ROOM"
GAS ECONOMIES.
"With the displacement OF this laboI
and the saving in fuel, do the advan
,ages Of natural gas slop2'
mo, indeed. There arc many sayinI
features which are attributed to gas ovel
coal. For instance: During the SUMMED
months the Flint Glass Workers Unior
declare vacation. During that vacation
our tires 60 out. In order that we may
overhaul our furnaces and rebuild their
we draw our fires. The chilling OF oul
pots cause 81 general breakaRe, ntcassla
ting a complete new set Of pots In oul
welve pot furnace, The saving in thit
particular, alone is quite. an item. GaI
will not destroy the furnaces as coal does
There being no clinkers or sulphur, our
furnaces will stand an indefinite period
When the men cease work in the summer
We can keep an even temperature in our
furnaces without much cost, thereby say.
my our pots"
"Have you no fear about the gasP"
"None at all. Oar factory Is perhaps
the best equipped for natural gas. The
Jipes were fitted by Hi6berd 4 Son, oil
Ibis city, and merCurial test OF sixty.fye
pounds to the square inch was put on, and
t stood folly an hour without any percep
dble change In the mercury. With a test
Ifsixty i've pounds-and our consumption
will only be few ounCes-there can be
10 possible danger. With all its disad.
vantages natural gas has itg dark side, in
mat 1t niece ssitatCs the severiDg OF our con.
uectton with 30 many men who have beer
Hith us many years. Our relations have
always been pleasant. No strikes; but a
deposition on their part to ever work ad.
vantsgeously 10 their interest and that oil
the company"
TOUCHING THE TARlTT.
"What are the possibilities Of increasing
your export trader"
"None. We were the pioneers In intro
duCing American ware into the German
markets. We could manufacture and ship
aur pressed ware there and cell cheaper
han German manufacturer could put
heir blown ware on the market. But
lately our trade has been Curtailed, from
he fact that they have learned the mould
ng process and engaged extensively In II
With their advantages OF cheap labor aud
the same facilities for manufacture that we
nave, 1t Is only question OF time until
CHS country will be flooded with Cheap
German ware unless the tariff Ia increased
efficiently to protect our manufacturers
and workmen.
ado you think the introduction Of gas
will advances Wheelipg?"
mo doubt about 1t. Natural gas
Is Wheellng's salvation. While we
have advantages In coal possess.
cd by no other city, we are still
more greatly blessed with gap, and should
1t give out, which Is hardly probable, we
have our hills filled with the black dia.
monds-the best coal for heating in this
country"
NORTH WHEELING GLASS WORKS.
one of tho CIty's Prosperous and Important
Factories.
The North Wheeling Glass Company,
William Alexander, President; F. ].
Parke, Secretary has a c omplete prescrip.
ton glass factory on the river front be.
tween Second and Third streets. The
buildings are new, having been rebuilt q
few years ago after the works were de.
stroyed by FIRE. They are Of brick and
stone, substantially constructed, and In
convenience Of arrangement aud hand.
some architectural design are not surpats.
ed in the valley. The company IL uuu.
sually busy just now, being somewhat
pushed TO keep up with their orders on
account Of having had a eix.weeks' sns.
pension lately. They are doing nearly all
their work on contracts by special designs
what II known as private mold w8re,'
bottles for proprietary preparations made
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