The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

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making complete combustion. In the blow
furnace oil and steam uniting in gaseous
vapor are used, producing greater heat
than mere gas. The oil and steam are con-
conducted to the blow furnace in separate
pipes, the ends of which meet in the furnace,
The oil is vaporized upon coming in contact
with the steam, producing the desired COM
bustible material.
The Window Glass Co. employ 225 men in
the operation Of their three factories, and
turn out 100000 boxes of glass per year,
amounting to SS5O,OO0 to 100000.
The Flint Glass Works. owned and opera
ted by the Ottawa Bottle and Flint Glass
Co., was erected in 1881, and the first fire
was put in in the fall of that year. Their
business has been o steady increase ever
since, until at the present date they run IL
shops, each turning out $1,000 worth Of
ware per month. Seventy-fve men, and
ninety boys are employed, manufacturing
the finest flint glass in the world. It is all
fine work, being done to order for druggists
and patent medicine manufacturers. Each
bottle, when finished, has the appearance Of
an artistic thing. The lettering on the bot
tie is IS perfect as steel engraving,
and the glass itself has bright, brilliant hue
found only in their own wares. Their total
business amounts to sl5O,OOO per year, rep
resenting GO, 900 gross Of bottles.
The La Bastie chimney works, under the
management of NJ. de La Chsppelle ct
Gle, removed to this city from Brooklyn In
the summer of 1885, starting the first fire in
the fall of that year. The La Bastie chin
neys are famous all over the country as al.
most indestructible. They may be thrown
on the floor, you can drive nails with them,
or stand upon them. This strength is pro-
duced by a superior quality Of glass, and
and the aunealing process, which latter con-
sists in immersing the white hot chimneys
in boiling OIL These goods find ready
market all over the world, even at the ad.
vanced price asked for them over the lighter
goods, on account Of their great strength.
As a disinterested gentleman, and one who
has no property interest at stake, excepting
his factory, NJ. de La Chappelle is infinitely
better qualified to speak in regard to the
merits of our city than any one whose eyes
have been blinded by prejudice from long
residence. He is highly qualified as q
Judge of sand beyond any one outside Of
that industry. In an interview with a
reporter of the FREE TRADER, he expressed
himself as pleased beyond expectation both
with the quality of the sand and our mag
nificent facilities for water. 1t makes better
glass than any he had yet seen, and he
could recommend cur city very highly as a
location for glass manufacturers.
Mr.. Catlin, of the Window Glass Co., has
placed 100 light electric light machine in
his factories, and will use 50 of them him
self, renting 20 to NJ. de La Chappele. This
will make night work as pleasant as that
done in the day, and in the hot season may
lead to work at night instead Of day. 1t
will be big improvement.
MIR. Henry Rochelle, late Of the Window
Glass Co., and of the Laramie Glass Works
in Wyoming, and Mr.. Malcolm, opalescent
glass expert, are endeavoring to perfect ar.
ranements for the establishment Of an opa-
descent plant, and have already secured
promises of aid. 1t is understood that they
will ask for the refusal of the bottle facto
~ 8 unused plant