Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
THE GLASS OUTPUT.
Secretary Delwarte's Report to the
Universal Federation.
FLINT BOTTLE SCALE ABOLISHED.
Pittsburg and Southern Coal Company
Finally Dissolved.
THE COKERs' SCALE TO BE DISCUSSED

In this weeks issue The Con,n,oner and
Glass Worker publishes the annual report
of Secretary Albert Delwarte, of the Uni
The report is voluminous, and contains
much important and interesting statistical
matter. 1t is addressed to William Slicker,
of Pittsburg, President of the Universal
Federation.
The report opens with long account
of the strikes at Sunderland and Spon
Lane, England, in which the workmen
were successful.
For France, Italy and Spain there is no
change in the condition of affairs. In
Belgium the last quarter showed some i'm
provement The price of glass rose, and the
prices of 1874 are hoped to be reached. The
number of melting furnaces in operation is
125, idle 66; numbers of pots 1,090, idle
4S7; fattening houses 292, idle 40. The
production of window glass has been 3d.
702, 40 square meters, which sold for
q, ,069, ,655 francs. From 1884 the production
of window glass has been as follows:
1884 q. sos, 800 square metres. worth 32339, ,45O
francs; 1885, 30, 448 900 square metres, worth
30 491 600 francs: 1885, p 567 200 square metres,
worth 27,OSS, $40 francs; 1887, 25,91470e square
metres, worth 3O,2S0 223 FRANCS; 1883, 2S,7O2l7O
square metres, worth q 069, ,653 francs.
The statistics tor 1889 cannot now be given,
but from the above we find that the price of a
square metre has been In 1884, 10.A francs;
1856, 1880 tranes; an 1885 lO11 francs; 1887 1910
francs, and 1855, 1910 francs. A square metre
is equal to l,55O square:inches, and a franc is
valued at 10 2-3 cents American money.
The production and value of plate glass in
the same province are as follows:
1884, Nl,000 square metres, worth 5.340,000
francs: 1885, $4,000 square metres, worth 4, 1885,
900 francs; 1885, ri, 800 square metres, worth
40O2, 900 francs; 1887, 2S7,600 square metres,
worth 4,5125OO francs: 1855 2S7, 900 square
metres, worth 1864, 900 francs.
The price per square metre therefore was:
1884, 1870 francs; 1885, 17.2l francs; 1885, All
francs; 1887, 1880 francs; 1888, 1870 francs. The
year 1889 has been as lucrative to plate glass
manufacturer as 1884 and 1885. but for the
window glass manufacturer, the first two quar-
ters OF 1889 were disastrous and quite as sad as
1886. 1t was only during the last quarter Of
the year that prices arose with frmness.
POTS IN OPERATION.
There are now in operation in the Belgium
provinces IS coal pot furnaces, II gas pot fur
naces. 2l tank furnaces. and 172 fattening
houses that represent $50 pots in operation.
The statistics for the United Scates which
Secretary Delwarte also gives in his report says:
There are in the United States 95 window glass
works. of which 81 are in the Western district
with S54 pots, of which $50 are in operation.
For the Eastern district, 20 works with 2S2 pots,
of which 24S are in operation. In the North
western district 15S potts. of which 14S are in
operation. This shows total of 1924 pots, of
which J, l56 are in operation and 138 idle. There
are also tanks l at Streator, ILL.,, and at
Jeanette Other tank furnaces will soon be in
operation at Bridgeton, N. j.. and Fostoria o.
In Germany several tank furnaces are to be
built, but during the year past the productive
capacity was not increased. From all the in
formation we have it seems thai the tank
furnaces that were just rejected by all the
ancient manufacturers, are now established
unquestionably. If they do not give all the re-
suits expected at the beginning, the obtained
results allow the hope that through the re-
searches under way they will soon be superior
to the results obtained in the coal and gas pot
furnaces.
From the full statistical report of furnaces in
operation in December, 1882 we take the fol-
lowing totals: The report for Belgium shows
there are in operation IS coal pot furnaces and
II gas pot furnaces with total of $40 pots;
also Fl tank furnaces having 145 shifts
of men, IS of which are on double.
There are 172 hattening houses in operation.
THE TRADE IN ENGLAND.
The report for England for December shows
that at Hartley & Co.'s works at Sunderland,
three coal furnaces, "a pots are in operation
and one tank with four shifts of men. There
are 42 blowers, 81 gatherers and apprentices,
and 3 apprentices employed. There are 16 pots
idle at Hartley's works. At Spon Lane there
are gas furnaces in operation with 76 pots in
all, and there are So blowers at work. SO gather
ers, 25 hatteners and l8 cutters. Eight pots are
idle there. At Pilkinton Bros, St. Helens 1S
tanks working 78 shifts of men, one giving en-
pIoyment to 90 blowers go gatherers, I4O fat
teners and 80 cutters are in operation. There
are two tanks idle at St. Helens.
There is no change reported at other places.
At the Sunderland tank they have been trying
to work with five, six and seven blowers but
it is thought four blowers on shift is all they
can use.
Along with these statistics the report gives
detailed account of many strikes in foreign
countries, also their outcome, and the method
by which they were settled.
While the men were on strike at Mr.. Hart
ley's factory at Sunderland, England, a num-
Der of them emigrAted to Jeanette, and in
trying to get men to work in his factory he
told them they were not wanted to take strik-
ers places but to take the places of those who
had come to this country. Mr.. Delwarte gives
many other suggestions in his report intended
to benefit the trade