Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-17
MORE PROSPERITY FOR VLMERDNG.
IT CAPTURES ANOTHER INDUSTRY.
A Large Glass Factory Follows the Great
Airbrake Works.

A Large Glass Factory Follows the Great
Airbrake Works.
The rumor that a large glass concern had
decided to locate on the property Of the
East Pittsburg Improvement Company at
Wilmerding has been confirmed, and it is
now definitely settled that this town, already
so highly favored, is to have an additional
element of prosperity.
One would imagine that the immense
plant Of the Westinghouse A1rbrake Com
pany with its army OF skilled mechanics,
the busiest and best paid employees In the
country, would be sufficient to satisfy the
founders of Wilmerding, at least for the
present, but the old adage, Nothing sue
ceeds like success" is again illustrated, and
Wilmerding comes to the front for renewed
congratulations.
Like the A1rbrake Works, the East Pitts
burg Glass Company will have the advsnt-.
age belonging only to manufacturers OF
specialties, and which insures better wages
and stead:er work than could be otherwise
enjoyed. The glassware manufactured by
this company will be such as is used in the
construction of electrical appliances and
fixtures Of various kinds, and the probable
extent of its business may be inferred from
the fact that there is but one other glass
works of the kind in the country, and the
Westinghouse Electric Company, which
alone uses over 10, 900 glass globes for incan-
descent lights each day, will undoubtedly
give the new concern the benefit of its entire
patronage.
Very naturally the promoters of the East
Pittsburg Improvement Company are
pleased BY this prompt appreciation Of the
advantages they offer to manufactures To-
eating on their property, and urge an ex-
animation of the many unrivaled sites they
have for sale.
The property in question consists Of sew
eral hundred acres situated in the Turtle
Creek Valley, between Brinton and VIII
merding stations, on the P. r. r.
1t is only IL miles from Pittsburg.
geographically considered, it is admir-
ably adapted for manufacturing establish
ments of various kinds.
The natural gas supply is abundant and
cheap, the MurrysYille field being but seven
miles distant. and the cost of transportation
consequently considerably less than to Pitts
burg and Allegheny.
The best Pittsburg coal and ConnellsVille
coke are within easy reach.
Being beyond the city limits, taxes are
very low.
Water drawn from above dam No. 2 on
the Monongahela river will be supplied at
reasonable rates by the company's own
plant. By means Of the Turtle Creek Val
ley Railroad, running through the entire
property, connections can be conveniently
made with the Pennsylvania Railroad, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie Railroad, and ship
ments forwarded to all points at rates not
exceeding those from Pittsburg.
All the advantages enumerated apply
with especial force to the town of Will
merding, to which must be added those of
graded streets, sewers and plank sidewalks.
The matter of adequate fire protection as
afforded by the eompany's system of mains
and freplugs should not be overlooked.
The opportunity offered for the establish
ment of prosperous business in a few
months by locating at Wiimerding is seldom
equaled.
Representatives of the East Pittsburg
Company will be stationed at
the Westinghouse building, corner Ninth |
and Penn avenue, city, also at Wilmerding,
from whom maps, plans and other inform
alton can be obtained.