Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-24


| abroad. Wise m an came from the East. They
viewed the work and pronounced It failure.
| Some of the people engaged IN his own lnous-
try gave him no encouragemenL aney eS SynneT .nLew
| the enterprise a failure but at the same ume
they saidi "If this proves success IL VIII oring
ruin to us ALL" W
| see this works built TO the point of success. NO
| ruin has been wrought but he takes the manu-
| facturer by the hand, and leading him gently
| saws: Go thou and do likewise He does not
| stop here. but comes to the wicked jobber, OF
whom am the prince, not with drawn SWORD,
but with humility; bows down on MS knees
and beseeches us to JOIN hands Win MN I io5
the benefit Of the business. These actions ana
these acts will live forever In my memory. Inc
footsteps he made on his way to Jeannette Will II
grow brighter and brighter as long as ne lves.
Great applause greeted Mr.. William
Loeffler, secretary OF the association, as ne
rose to his feet to respond IN behalf OF the
manufacturers. The gentlemen maze an
eloquent address, and among other things,
said:
In behalf and in the name Of the manu-
facturers presept, congratulate Chambers
Mckee on the wonderful success they nave
achieved in their business enterprise know
/ express the sentiment OF the window glass
manufacturers of the country, in wishing Mr..
Chambers good health and long life, and his
firm success and prosperity. There is no
degree t deserves and has the esteem, respect,
friendship and confidence of the manufacturers
more than Mr.. James A. Chambers.
Captain j. B. Ford responded on behalf
of the plate glass manufacturers. He
said:
NV visit to Jeannette to-day has fuIly cor
roporated what l told many of the leading
manufacturers of Pittsburg eight years ago.
The only way to manufacture window glass
successfully is to make it cheaper than it can
be imported for, and produce an article fully
equal to that made in Europe.
A VOICE FROM THE WEST.
William Glenny, of the Glenny Glass
Company, Cincinnati, also spoke in behalf
of the jobbers. He said:
1 indorse everything said in regard to Messrs.
Chambers & Mckee. Knowing the gentlemen
many years, l feel as if l could hardly say
enough in their favor. They have accom-
plished great work in their present location
within the past two years. 1t is beyond any
thing have heard or read Of believe they
are making as good glass, il not better, than
many of the large concerns using the old pot
system. The glass we looked at to-day was GER
tainly satisfactory to me, if / am Judge, and l
have an experience of over 35 years.
As the train was rolling homeward a num-
Der of interviews was secured from promi-
nent visitors about American tank glass.
W. W. Heroy, of Heroy & Marrener, i'm
porters and jobbers, New York, said: II
visited many OF the tanks in Europe, and
am free to confess that have never seen
any better constructed works or more CON-
plete in its details than those at Jeanette.
The quality of glass is excellent, and do
not see any reason why it should not be
made as cheaply here as anywhere In the
world, and as good as any factory need pro-
duce."
d. h Roberts, of New York, who was the
first man in the East to handle gas made
glass, said: 81 have sold since the tank
started over $4,000 boxes Of Chambers &
McKee's glass. The product has gone all
over the East 1t has taken the place of
French glass and have yet to hear my first
complaint as to its being poorer in quality
than imported glass. Many of my customers
give preference to the American product
over foreign glass at the same price"
THE EQUAL OF ANY.
of the Crystal City Plate Glass Works, who
was the first man in this crountry to make
plate glass successfully, said: 81 have WIS.,
tied all the tank factories in Belgium,
Saxony and other places, but have never
seen plant anywhere to compare with the
one at Jeanette. The works to my mind
are the most complete, elaborate and success
full of any in existence. 1t is conceded by
the representatives. of the largest European
factories that the quality of the American
tank glass is certainly equal to that of any
patent furnaces. 1t is simply impossible for
pot glass to compete with Jeannette or any
ether tank concern"
Mr.. MacCauley, of the firm of Chance
Brothers & Co., of Birmingham, England,
the oldest glass company in the world-the
families having been in business for the past
800 years-and who was one of the foreign
visitors, said: "Jeannette has cause to be
proud of the wonderful advance made.
The firm is ahead of any in the country to-
day."
The party returned to the city obout 4:30
O'Clock. Among the distinguished visitors
were the following well-known gentlemen:
William Loeffier, W. E. Schmertz, Jr., of R.
C.Schmertz & Co.; c. Phillips, of Phillips Co.:
George Wamhotf. d. EWheeler, of the Standard
Plate Glass Company, of Butler; ]. Maum-
bourg, Fostoria, o.; ]. A. Lewis, GAINESVILLE,
William McCully Co.; NJ. B. Delong, Treas.
urer United Glass Company; Major w. G. Nc
Candless, 8. S. Pinkerton, w. E. Schmertz ].
w. Chalfant, T. p. Day, T. j. O'Leary Jr
Daniel Stewart, Indianapolis: Charlie o.
Smith and DR.. Abel. of Abel, Smith Co.;
Charles Dilworth. of Dilworth, Porter & Co.;
Christopher Ihmsen, of this city; C. M. Slater
Glepny, of Cincinnati: James H. Rice, of Chi
cago; George F. kimhall, Chicago; William
Reid, Detroit; Mr.. McCauley of birmingham,
England; j. b. Ford, Creighton; D. C. Wheeler,
Butler; A Drey, st. Louis; W. W. Hervey,
New York; Daniel Stewart, of indianapolis;
Frank Capples, OF Fostoria, o., and James
Phillips.