The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-09-13
GLASS COMBINE A FACT.
Tableware men finally carry the
deal to Completion.


organization was Effected after menths
Of EfIsrf--CapiiAI Stock OF $4,000
900 to be TAKEN by plant owners and
sixteen Factories are Included-H.
G. Fry shessn President and Board
Of Directors Named.
The formation oT the National
Glass company WIS successfully ae-
compli>hed al a IN citing If tableware
| manufacturers at trwelI's hotel Fri
dag night II has taken months Of
work on the partof the promoters aud
numerous nieeiing~ To accomplish the
combination OF these Interests. The
capital stock is s., 900, 900 and takes
In at present 16 factories.
II. c. Fry. president of the new
company said that the reason the deal
had hung fire for so long was that the
men going into it wanted the COM
pany established on a solid stock basis
without excessive valuations and that
the capital should represent the actual
appraisement Of the factories entering
it. He further stated that all plants
l WILL DC COuuu[JCu nun a AhthAft tuA
point by the present officials and that
each would reach out after trade
along the same lines as formerly.
1--WE believe" said Mr.. Fry, s'that
we can be of inestimable use TO each
other by introducing all the labor saw
ing machinery now operated in the
factories entering the company, as
well as in hundreds OF other ways
which were impossible under former
conditions"
THE NATIONAL FACTORIES.
The factories composing the Nation
al Glass company include the five
largest in the country, with the ex-
ceptien of the United States Glass
companys plants, and the best paying
ones. They are operated by the fol-
lowing firms: Mckee Bros, Jeanette,
Pa, Rochester Tumbler company,
Rochester, Pa, Crystal Glass company
Bridgeport, O., Canton Glass COM
pany, Marion, Ind, and Indiana
Tumbler and Goblet company, Green
town, Ind. In addition to these the
following are also in the combine.
Model Flint Glass company, Albany,
Ind, West Virginia Glass Manufac-
turing company, Martins Ferry, o.,
Seneca Glass company, Morgantown,
w. Va, Cumberland Glass company,
Cumberland, Md, Greensburg Glass
company, Greensburg, Pa, Riverside
Glass company, Wellsburg, w. Va,
Robinson Glass company, GAINESVILLE,
O., Royal Glass company, Marietta,
TO-, and Central Glass company, Sum-
mittville, Ind.
There are three other factories
which the promoters of the combine
stated would be included in the list
shortly but they would not say which
zones as the deals are not yet complet-
ed. 1t was learned that the National
Glass company closed a contract
Thursday for the purchase of the
Northwood Glass company's plant at
Indiana, Pa, the purchase price being
1926, 000
Altogether the combine represents
56S pots, everyone of which is in &C
tive operation now. The yearly sales
of the combined plants foot up nearly
| %. UUU. OUU. LII is uOU uuc iuucH tiOu
to curtail the production and as yet
nothing has been done toward fixing
prices The syndicate will control
almost all the improved machinery
for the manufacture of glass used in
the United States and each factory
will be equipped with the best of it.
PERMANENT OFFICERS CHOSEN.
Permanent officers of the National
Glass company were elected. They
, are: president, II. @. Fry, of Rochester
Pa, vice president, G. l. Bockius,
Marion, Ind, secretary-treasurer
John NJ. Jamison, Greensburg, Pa.
These with the following form the
board of directors: d. G. Jenkins
Greentown, Ind, w. J. Afford, Sum-
mittville, Ind, Addison Thompson
Marietta, o., A. Strausberger, Albany
Ind, L. G. Fletcher, Cumberland, Md
and A. Hart Mckee, of Pittsburg
: The headquarters of the company will
be located in that city but no reduc-
tions in the clerical forces of the in
: dividual plants are contemplated
Everything is expected to be ready fol
the combine to take charge of the
business by October 1st. The deeds
of the properties included are now II
the hands of the Union Trust com
pany of Pittsburg which is acting al
| registrar