Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-09
AFTER GROUND In ECONOMY.

Rumor of Glass Works 10 Be Located
There-The Combination In statu Quo
Six Factories Closed Down.
Several glass manufacturers of this city
are said to be looking over considerable
ground in the Sewickley Valley, with q
view Of locating glass plant near the gas
wells in that vicinity. 1t is said they held
several conferences with President Henrici.
of the Economic Society, for the purchase of
some land in Economy. So far the negotia-
tions have not been concluded. One of the
persons said to be in the scheme was D. c.
Ripley. the well-known tableware manu-
facturer Of the Southside. The gentleman
when seen by a DISPATCH reporter yester-
day said:
II do not know of any dicker for the land
in question to be used for the erection of
glass house. do not see any reason why
anybody would want to build glass works
there. The present condition of the busi-
ness now is such that you can get stock In
almost any company in the city for % cents
on the dollar. A factory has just been shut
down in Tifin for an indefinite period. A
number of factories in this city are idle now,
and there is no hurry to start up. As long
as the present condition of affairs lasts do
not see any necessity for starting up new
houses. If there is a plantin contemplation
at Economy it must be by outside parties.
''What about the tableware combination
project some time ago? Has it fallen
through, or is it go?" queried the reporter.
well, the matter is in statu quo at pres
ent. All the papers have been made out
and signed. We had meeting short time
Al ,I,rrk I~.rrr
many persons should be taken into the COM
pany. / wanted every manufacturer In the
country to go into the combination. Others
thought the company would be too large,
and refused to go in on this account. As
soon as we get this point settled we will be
in shape to 90 ahead with our organization.
It takes considerable time to organize
company of this kind. Our plan is to have
all the glass houses under one head. We
will purchase outright all the plants in the
country-about go altogether-and run them
to suit ourselves. If we wanted to close
down any of them we could do SO without
any objections from the present owners. As
long as they were our property we could do
as we please with them.
''Of course the object of the combination
is to better the trade. The present condi-
ton of the business is that all the glass
made after the first four months of the fire
is thrown as q surplus upon the market.
In other words, it would only require the
factories now in operation to run four
months per year to supply the demand of
jobbers and consumers. II the combina
ton is formed and the proposed company
gets under way, it would restrict this out
put to the amount of glassware necessary to
supply the trade. The tendency now is for
prices to go downward, and instead of an
advance there will probably be a reduc-
tion."
The glass houses shut down are Jones,
Cavitt & Co., Bryce Bros, Doyle & Co.
Adams & Co. and DithrIdge & Co. This
is something unusual at this time of year.
They shut down before Christmas for the
holidays, and none of them show any indi-
cations of resumption.
Mckee Bros. & Co. are running full at
Jeannette. This firm is rushed with orders.
The reason given for the contrast between
the Jeanette and Pittsburg factories is that
the former can undersell them on account of
their greater facilities. The company is
turning out 20, 900 boxes per week.