The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-01
4HH CENTRAL 70 MOVE.
The Offers Of the Ohio Gas
Towns too Much for It
AND 1T WILL GO IN THE FALL,
The Exact new Location not Decided
on, but the Move u Fixed Fact,
Reasons for it-What other
Glass Men have to Say,

Glass Men have to Say
An ISTELLldEScER reporter, having
learned yesterday that the Central Glass
Company had determined TO abandon
its Wheeling plant and accept an offer
to locate in the Ohio or Indiana natural
gas field, asked President Scott whether
there was any truth in the rumor.
"rhe Central Glass Works, l regret
to say, will be removed from Wheeling"
replied Mr., Scott, 1.-THE state Of the
trade has forced US to this reluctant con-
cluslon, Every day we meet in the
market concerns that have been fur
nished with free plant practically, that
have free fuel, water and no taxes, How
can we compete with these conditions
We have several offers to locate. These
offers include from Ave to ten acres OF
land and cash bonus enough to give us
works Of the capacity Of our
present establishment which cost
very much more than the new would
cost, being much more substantially
built, You understood, Of course, that
free gas and water and freedom from
taxation for number Of years goes with
the site and the bonus, We can locate
where all the raw materials can BIO IN
loaded from the cars at our works and
our product loaded on, SO that we should
do away with all OF our hauling, Be-
sides, we should have sand delivered to
US ut So q ton instead Of 81, the cost Of
laying down sand at our Wheeling
works. On our Eastern shipments we
have some advantage over Ohio and 1u.
diana, but in Western shipments they
have the advantage, so that In this item
there is about a stand-oF. We have
given the matter careful consideration
and find that twill DO worth about $780,
900 a year TO us to accept one OF the best
Of the offers"
"What do you propose to do with the
Wheeling plant2"
1--WE shall take out the machinery to
put in the new works and board up the
works here. 1.-THE natural gus gives out
We can come back 10 Wheeling and our
coal banks"
"When do you expect to make the
change"
mo before the expiration Of our nat.
ura gas contract, In September next.
We are sorry to have to go, but the
change presents itself to us in tho light
OF business necessity. We can not 60
on unless we are able to compete. 10
give you some idea Of the competition
We are meeting, we are now shut down
for lack OF orders, and we have on hand
the largest stock we ever had. We
shall shortly decide definitely on our
new location, and then begin to get
ready for the removal"
WHEELING VS.. THE uooM TOWNS.
A reporter accidentally ran against
Mr.. O. W. BroCkunier yesterday after.
noon, and having in mind the Central's
proposed move, asked his opinion Of
Wheeling as q location for q glass manu-
factory in competition with the new
factories in TIE Ohio gas towns. Mr..
BroCkuniGr said he had visited these
towns and inquired into their advan-
tages, and had become interested in one
works. There are decided advantages
in free sites, free gas, freedom from tax
alton aud donations Of money, 81 course.
There Is also an advantage in low
lreivhts on sand, and low freights on
ware to tho western market. OF course
eastern ireights are correspondingly
higher in the West,
But, said Mr.. Brockunier, there are de-
Cided disadvantages In the new towns.
One OF these is the absence OF the boys
who do such u large portion Of the light
labor about the glass house. Another Is
the scarcity ofhouses for the men to live
in. He understood that the Beattys, OF
Steubenville, who have their new factory
in one OF the boom towns completed and
ready for operations, have deferred going
there because OF the luck OF dwelling
houses, and that they had written To the
committee that II there were not enough
houses built by q certain date to house
their workmen and families, they would
not move until next fall.
Mr.. Brockunier said when tho Hobbs
Glass Company was organized and start.
ed up the old Hobbs, BroCkunier & Co.
glass works, he was confident Of their
ability to operate a factory here profta.
bly, II It was in the hands Of the right
parties; and the company has done very
we'll, despite Of decentralization Of prices
BY these very new factories, which to
get any trade must cut prices. He be.
lieyed the Martins Ferry and other
glass houses near here were making
money. Some OF them ought 10 be able
10 make more. The principal drawback
in Wheeling Is high taxation.
A WHEELING MANUFACTURER.
Later Mr.. II. L. Waddell, the efficient
head Of the Hobbs glass works, was en-.
countered, and asked for his views.
Mr.. Waddell said there were undoubt.
ed advantages in the free sites, free gas,
freedom from taxation and cash bonus
offered by Ohio and Indiana gas towns,
but no thought from what he knew Of
the situation In those towns that the dis.