Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-17
BUSY GLASSBLOWERS.
Unusual Flood of Orders for Glass
to Be Used in Buildings.
A SHORT HOLIDAY SHUTDOWN.
Low Prices for .Pittsburg Coal in the
Southern Markets.
LUMBER COMING DOWN THE ALLEGHENY

The glass houses in the Pittsburg district
are enjoying an unprecedented season of
prosperity. This is usually the dull season
in the glass trade. December and January
are the months during which this is most
noticeable, but in many respects this year
is an exception. All the glass houses are
running full, and in some branches of the
trade the houses are crowded with orders.
The window glass firms are the busiest.
There are about 600 glassworkers in this
branch of the trade, and there is position
for every one of them. The heavy demand
is caused by the prosperous season among
the building trades and the open winter.
which allows the work to go on almost un-
interruptedly. The complaint among these
firms just now is their inability to fill the
orders as fast as they come in.
Will Cut the Vacation Short.
A short vacation is usually taken during
the holiday season, but it will be made as
brief as possible this year if the trade keeps
up as it has in the past few months. Some
of the firms are insisting that no stop be
made at all, but as the scale provides that
no work shall be done on Christmas and
New Years, these days will be observed as
usual
The fints are not so busy as the window
men, but there is no complaint for lack of
orders The furnaces are all running full
now, but there will likely be shutdown of
two weeks about the first of the year. This
decision was reached at the meeting of the
Western Association of Flint Glass Manu-
facturers the first part of this week at Chi
cago, at which representatives from Indi-
ana, Illinois, West Virginia and PenDsyl-
Vania were present. Only the houses
making prescription bottles and druggists
specialties will be affected, as this sssocia-
tion does not include all the hints in its
membership. The trade in bottles has been
very good tor the past few months, and for
this time in the year is considered unusual.
Some OF the firms report slack orders, how
ever, but consider the outlook very good.
Talk About Advancing Prices.
Only short time ago prices were ad-
vanced in this class of goods, and at the
meeting in Chicago these were fully main-
tanned. 1t was the intention to advance
them some, but by closing the plants for
short time during the dullest season and
thus not allowing stock to advance it was
thought the chances for advancing the
prices at the next meeting would be i'm
proved. Many of the houses in Pittsburg
will be affected by this order The shut
dewn will begin December "a and continue
till January g.
The manufacturers of chimneys and table
ware report good trade, though the lat
ter are not rushed for orders This branch
of the flints will not likely close its fur
naces longer than the usual time allowed
FOR the holidays. All are now busy and
running their factories to their full capaci-
ties. The consensus of opinion among the
glass men seems to be that for this season
of the year the trade is unusually good, aud
have plenty of orders to keep them running
full for some time.