Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-02-14
POINT MARION'S INDUSTRY
The Fire Lighted in The New
Glass Factory.
The Occasion Was Made a Notable
Event by the People at the "Forks of
the Cheat''-The First Run of Glass
Expected on March 10th.
News Standard.


POINT MARION, Feb. 13.-The fires
under the great tank in the Jeanette
Glass company factory here were light
ed Saturday, Feb. 10, 1900, at 4 D. m.
the hour announced by Mr. Leon j.
Home. A number of the owners with
many interested spectators, were pres
ent, to witness the interesting cere-
mony of starting the fires. Manager
Home and Secretary Joseph G. May
ers delegated the honor of lighting
the fire to the following ladies, a
goodly number of whom were present.
Mrs. Flodie Quertimont, Miss Denise
Quertimont, Misses Goa and May May
ers, daughters of Secretary Mayors,
Miss May M. Home, daughter of
Schmidt, wife of Ferdinand S.
Schmidt, Mrs. NJ. Keiser, Miss Mile
Snider, daughter Of Bookkeeper e. NJ
Snider, Miss Asia Sadler daughter of
Garrett Sadler, whose father Moses
Sadler formerly owned the land on
which the factory is built, and Miss
Alice Bertrand, and perhaps others,
whose names were not obtained The
tank is a monster melting furnace of
the following dimensions; width, IS
feet in the clear. length - feet in
the clear, height above foundation Ia
feet, the bottom of the tank proper is
composed of blocks of fire clay ~
inches thick. The side and end walls
are of blocks of same material and
are Is inches thick: these blocks are
five feet high in the clear, over all is
the arched top built of silica brick
made to form when laid complete
arch; silica brick or blocks is the only
material which will stand the intense
heat required to melt the "bateh" or
raw material into glass Ia order to
hold the sides and ends Of the tank in
proper position when subjected to the
heat and the pressure of its contents
l04 upright posts or ssbuck stays" of
8 inch channel iron are firmly secured
to iron girders at the bottom and at
the top by connecting rods of iron,
and all fitted with screw bolts stand
ing on the outside of the tank holds
the blocks of fireclay and silica in
their proper place. AS the fire ex-
pands the material the screw bolts are
let back to accommodate the changed
condition. The iron in the construc-
tion of the tank weighs IS tons.
On each side of the tank are six
.sregenerators, and when the tan k
and furnace and flues are all heated
up through these regenerators hot air
will be forced by the stack which is
just l02 feet high, and this air is
mixed with the gas in about the pro-
portion of three parts of air to one
part of natural gas, and by the use of
valve in the fues leading from the
tank to the stack this hot air is
changed from one side of tank to the
other every 20 minutes, and the in
tensity of the heat required can only
family be appreciated when it is
stated that it is $500 degrees. Six
gathering" holes are at the west end
Ofqthe tank and ten elbow, holes, five
on each side near the west end, and
from about / o'clock on Monday morn
ing till Saturday evening the making
of glass will go on as three sets of
workers will be employed. 1t is now
expected that the first glass will be
made about the 10th of March next
as it will require about four weeks to
make the melt.
Ambrose Dilliner was the oldest
person present at the lighting the fires
he is now 81 years of age and past
Allen Dilliner, only living brother Of
Ambrose, is now past So years Of age
and while much afflicted with rheu-
matism is remarkably able to discuss
all the leading events of the world and
takes deep interest in the present
making of history.