Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-03
THE CONTRACT LET.
Work on the Chambers Glass Co.'S Plant
Begun.
PROVISIONS OF THE CONT
CONTRACT.
The Wofk to Be Completed in so Working
Pays.
Large Steel Mill Located-The Last Ad-
dition Will Make Kensington as Large
as McKeesport.

Contracts for the gigantic plant Of the
Chambers Glass Company at Kensington
were let on Monday of this week, and the
firm of Hoover, Hughes & Co., of Johns
town, captured the big prize, for it means
an extraordinarily large amount of work
and business for that firm before they conf
plete the great work. The order for ma
terial was put in on Tuesday.
The details and description of the great
plant of the Chambers Glass Company have
already been published in these columns.
The plant will have a capacity of 10000
boxes of window glass weekly, will employ
workmen, counting gatherers, hatteners
and cutters, and this number will be fur
thur augmented bv packers and other EN-
pIoyes IN miscellaneous occupations at
tached to the works.
Everything about the new plant will be
on perfect plan and gigantic scale. The
first building will require total of 8, 300, 900
bricks alone, and it will be built of stone,
brick and iron, making it absolutely fire.
proof The dimensions of this building will
be $50 feet long by $50 wide. The brick
work will be done by Chris Dixon, we'll
known Pittsburg man. The grading will
commence on Monday next, and the con-
tract calls for the completion of the build
ing "lthih " "oi NihS u"ys. WIZ pe seen
from this that the plant Will be In pretty
good shape early in March. The entire
plant, when completed, will be fully 90 per
cent larger than the great Jeanette con-
cern.
Dixon, Woods q Co. are pushing the
work of making the blocks, and almost
their entire plant is occupied on this work.
In fact, since the work of making the blocks
for the Chambers Glass Company has begun,
Dixon, Woods q 20. have had no oPpor-
tun1ty to accept any other orders. Ihey
have had to reply IN the case OF two large
concerns which contemplate erecting tanks
that 1t would be Impossible for them to con-
slider any offers or orders at the present
time.
Mr.. George Moore IS Kept constantly on
the move experimenting the work OF pre-
pairing for the new plant in every par
The work of the erection of the Chambers
plant will impose additional life INTO the
already very animated town of kenslngton.
has had a wonderful history
since the Burrell improvement Company
discovered its merits as manufacturing To-
cation. Six months ago there was not
single house on the tract, which is now
teeming with Industrial life. To-day there
are over 400 houses there, and lOO more IN
course OF erection.
A large steel works is the latest addition
to her already diversified industries, and
the employees which this latest addition
will bring there, together with the small
army which will be necessary to operate
the plant of the Chambers Glass Company,
will make Kensington city equal at least
to McKeesport. The Burrell Improvement
Company have not abated its energy
a whit TO make the town model
one, for both manufacturing and residence,
They are now erecting an electric
light plant with all modern improvements
and facilities for lighting up the town, the
works and the residences They have
taken every precaution for such contin-