Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-20
SOMETHING NEW,
WHICH WILL ADD MATERIALLY TO WHEEL
ING'S PROSPERITY.
The North Wheeling Glass Company Solves the
Problem Of Bottle Which Cannot
be Relied.

From the outlook Wheeling is to have
a great revival OF the bottle industry.
Lee 81 Perrin, the world famous man
ufacturers OF the Worcestershire sauce,
the greatest dealers in this kind OF
manufacture in the world, have long
felt the need Of having bottles in their
trade which could DOT be reflled. They
claim they lose over Sl50,OOo
every year, by their bottles
being reflled By imitators. Firms
all over the world buy some OF their
product. and then use the bottles for
inferior sauce, passing ii of as the
Worcestershire. In this strait the Now
York CITY agents advertised about four
years ago in a New York paper that they
would give $4,000 to the person who
wond invent bottle which could not
be refilled. William Hayes, OF Boston,
saw the advertisement and at once went
20 work TO perfect bottle. lie has
worked steadily on the invention ever
since. When be had his molds so
that he thought the bottle could be
made, he went TO several OF the large
glass houses Of Massachusetts and tried
the machinery in their plants, but II
did not work. Mr.. Hayes began
correspondence with the North Wheel
ing bottle works OF this city, and ne
was assured If given trial his apparatus
would be made 10 work In the Wheel
ing bottle works.
So. on last Monday, Mr.. Hayes came
to this city 10 see IL the bottle could be
maze here. His molds were tried at the
North Wheeling factory and they would
not work. The management OF the fac
tory suggested changes in them, which
were made, Everything was gotten In
readiness last Wednesday morning, and
the final trial was made. 1t was COM
plete success, for over four hundred bot
ties which cannot be used again were
made. After all the trials, a Wheeling
plant was the first to make the much
sought after bottle.
The wonderful invention is called
The Self-Sealing Bottle" 1t was pat
ented in this ard foreign countries the
9th of last June. The invention is de-
signed for the prevention OF refilling
liquor, wine, ale, lager, porter, catsup,
oil or medicine bottles after the original
contents have been used, thus prevent
Ing imitation. This guarantees to the
user OF the bottle that his goods are
thoroughly protected. After the bottle
has been once filled and sealed the cork
can be drawn the same as any other
bottle and the contents emptied, but
when once emptied, wholly or partly,
A. taH In
Is no metal used In the manufacture of
the bottle, 1t being made entirely OF
glass and cork, thus preventing the
spelling Of the flavor of the most deli
cate Of substances. When the bottle is
tipped ball valve in the neck Is thrown
against the end OF the tube, allowing
the liquid TO flow; when placed In an
upright position the ball falls back into
place, always holding the liquid in tue
neck of the bottle, so that as long as
there is any in the body the tube Ia so
firmly pressed into the neck OF the bottle
that IL is impossible TO remove 1t with
out breaking the same.
The bottle will be Of great advantage
to distilers and proprietors of special
brands Of liquors, as well as all who
conduct bottling business in all parts
of the world. The bottle, it 10 thought,
will create a great demand for the par
ticular brand used in them, thus making
a great demand.
Mr.. Hayes will at once proceed TO
place his Invention on the market. As
the Wheeling factory has been the
means through which his foCr years Of
hard labor have been crowned with sue
cess, be is willing to grant the North
Wheeling plant almost any concession.
Ii is thought that arrangements can be
made 90 have large part Of the bottles
made in the entire country manufac-
tured at the plant in this city. II this
is done there will he plenty Of orders, il
is said, to keep the plant 10 operation
every day OF the year, with probability
OF immense extensions to 1t.
The possibilities are vast and the out
look for Wheeling along this line 10
bright and most encouraging.