The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
An Extensive Plant 10 Be Built
Near This City.
STOCK NEARLY AL TAKEN
The Puget Sound Country Full Of tx
celient Material for the Manufacture
OF Glass for All Purposes.


Il expected 20 begin BY Ocpober j. and the
capacity OF the plant Is guaranteed 10 ne
zs.ao0 boxes Of glass per year. The euter-
prise conteuplates an expenditure Of Ssa-
90 OF which considerable amount has
already been subscribed and the COM
pany. 70 be known as the Puget Sound
Glass Company, promises 70 locate its
buildings within six miles of the city.
The details of establishing the new IN
dustry IN this section are being looked
after BY II. l. Rochelle. for twelve years
assistant 10 Theodore A. Zeiiers. OF the
Ottawa. Ill. Glass Company IA now
general manager OF the United Glass
Companies. For a number OF years Mr..
Rochelle has been looking over the entire
Coast for a location. and has finally de-
cided that the Puget sound country Dor
dering on Seattle, affored the most ad-
vgntages. natural and otherwise He has
many samples OF glass made from sand IN
this city. and also has numerous reports
from noted asSayers. Among them is the
following from Max Won Resboldt, Tn
terneuhrunn, Austria, VINO SAYS:
THE sample OF quartz you sent is a very
good one Works here have such of much
less quality"
In reference to the proposed works. Mr..
Rochelle yesterday said:
Eastern Capital Interested.
I'VE are at present engaged In getting
subscriptions 10 the stock of the com
pany In the sum of Ss5O00 for a worline,
capital Capital 10 the amount of 81 go
for construction OF the plant is already
provided for in the East. More than half
of the working capital TO be raised here
is already subscribed and we want 10
raise the balance by May Is, so as 10 get
20 work on the plant at once and have The
plant completed by October or November
next
Wood-Gas for Fuel.
I'VE will build the latest improved fur
naces, and by using wood-gas for fuel.
viii manufacture window glass superior
TO any in the market, as we eyade the
sulphured glass made with coal ana nat
urai gas. Ladies' often rub and scrub
their windows and upon drying theSn find
that the glass is SIN smoky and blurred.
the result OF sulphur having been burn
ed on the surface of the glass and which
can only be removed by grinding and poll
ishing. This serious defect we do away
with entirely by using wood to make
gas Wood gas Is used for fuel In Sweden
and Austria where wood is cheap. All
the celebrated Bohemian glass Is made
by using wood for fuel.
ITO make the finer grades of flint and
for'all cut or lead glass. covered crtici-
bles have to be used. to prevent the
flames from the coal discoiorug the
glass, and as n result only one-half the
number OF crucIbles can be worked out
daily In a furnace as the time of melt
ing a covered crucible is nearly double
the time required for melting an open
crucihle. BY using wood open crucibles
can be used and all the crucihles can be
worked out daily.
A Big Payroll.
1--WE propose building our brick stack
large enough for two furnaces. One Will
turn out about 30co boxes of window
glass annually add pay out from SIS. 600
to $1,000 annually for labor and material
here The second furnace for bottles
and fruit jars. TO be ready for operation
about six months later. will distribute
the same amount and both give employ
ment 10 about lS0 men and boys earn
Ing from s. to $i2 per day, they are
the highest paid mechanics In America.
Demand for Glass Product.
THE consumption of window glass on
the Pacific coast is about 800 go boxes
annually. so there Is a market for ten
times the amount that can be turned out
by this plant. and Of fruit jars and bot
ties the amount consumed is about 2,eo
TO 900 tons per annum.
silica In This state.
AN unlimited supply of silica OF the
very finest quality and within conven-
lent distance OF Seattle has been found
I'm different parts of this state. access to
which can he had by rail- and water.
Samples of this silica have been sent TO
Germany and after practical tests made
by expert glass chemists In Germany and
the East and here have been pronounced
equal II not superior TO that from which
the finest European glass is nanufac-
tured.
Limestone on san Juan Islands.
THE limestone. which is one Of the
component parts Of glass. viii be pro-
aHrae RI
Of which shows Il 10 be exceptionally
well adapted for the manufacture of
glass Arrangements have been made for
supplying the company with all the sui
phate OF soda needed at a minimum cost,
which is another important article IN the
manufacture OF glass. II Is needless 10
speak Of lumber for boxes. as every one
Is familiar with Washlngton's unlimited
supply OF that material; also hay and
straw. which are used for packing.
The Question of labor.
"CIaSs blowers can be obtained AMI
already a number have sgnlied their
willingness to come out % tho Coast
from the Eastern states 10 work in this
factory at the same wages that they are
now receiving ard would prefer 20 De
here as they could work IN the summer
months. which they are unable % do In
the East. owing 10 the extreme heat
saving I'm Freight and Breakaee.
The most important thing that will
make glass manufacture here prof table
IS the saving on freight as the rate on
window glass - s. cents per Il. pounds
in car load lots from PHtsburg 70 Sc
attic. fwo-thirfs Of which can BE- saved
ana added 20 manufacturers profits and
the other third being used 10 handle fhe
glass on the Coast and as "a reserve 70
meet foreign competition At the pres
ent zine foreign glass - practically ak
clu8esa. owing 10 the Gu. made IN glass
workers wages 81 1851 they having seen
reduced = 70 q per cent. 70 meet the re-
dff~rlon In the Wilson tariff hilf.
Another important saving is The break
age. which The consumer has 20 stand. )
Ter cent being broken IN transporsa don.
Thts goes 20 show tina; parties buying
glass would buy on the Coast and save
the b-eakage. ard this particularly ap-
plies 20 window glass
other Industries stimulated.
The number Of Industries which would
follow the establishment OF This factory
Is almost fncalc1slahie. Ii would help
sash and door manufacturer % manu-
farturs and ship glazed sash factories
for making pressed OF Fahte glassware.
electric Mxht globes. lamp c1imneys Ian
tern globes an1 all tha other numerous
articles tusta the ma king of whteh glass
largely enters We would then see tire
establishment OF large canne~fes for ehe
preservation OF fruits an1 aSa since 81
has been clearly demonstrated that these
articles can ne preserved IN glass tsrs or
bottles 90 4 much greater advantage than
in IN EAch az these Industries Will egn-
p1oy a large number cf men. receiving