The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-01-16
LAMP cH,MNEYs.


Aade I'm Thia Country by EIillionn Am.
nually For Molao Usc and Export.
The lamp chimney" said a man ac-
quatnted with the trade, ''seems a sim.
pie scrt OF thing, but ghere are not
many things OF mtse common use the
world over. and In the aggregate the
number sold is enormous. rn this couu-
try there ara 1900 men and boys en-
ployed In making lamp chimneys, and
tho chimneys produced number mill
lions annually. The sEaatter uul.,ib.r
Gre now made west OF the Allegheny
mountains In Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, where the majority OF the
glass works Of the country are located.
many OF them in the natural gas re-
gions.
Ine nrst glass works In the country
were established In Boston, and former
~ the glass making industry was prin-
cipaliy In the east. Now there are not
nearly so many glass factories here as
there once were.
"One not familiar with the business
might be surprised W til the great vari.
ETY. IN which lamp chimneys are made.
Lamps are made In these days in very
great variety by many makers, and Of
course there are made chimneys suita.
BILE for all of them. There is one Amer
.ceo LAMP Chimney maker who, count
Ing sizes and styles. produces COO yarie-
ties. Among the great variety OF CHM
neys made there are some that are of
common use everywhere, and then
there are some that are specially suited
to demands in this or that part of the
country and are not In demand In
other parts.
Lamp chimneys are not only made
IN far greater variety than formerly, 10
flt perfectly every sort Of lamp, but
they gre also made better than ever. In
face, lamp chimneys have advanced
with everything else. But enormous
and increasing as the production is, the
demand scarcely keeps pace with the
increase in the population. this being
especially true of cities in which gas is
more and more used and here In New
York, for instance, by users through
slot gas machines, which have some in
1uence OH the sale Of lamp chimneys.
Still the number of lamps used here is
enormous. There are plenty of people
burning gas, for instance, who have as
well three or four lamps, and the num-
ber of people here WHO use Jumps alone
for the purpose of illumination is very
great. There are used in New York
and its vicinity millions Of lamp Chin
neys annually.
'There are received in this city from
western manufacturers for domestic
consumption suppose about four car
loads of chimneys weekly, running
from 1900 to 1000 dozen chimneys to
the car. These are sold to jobbers. who
distribute them through their trade to
customers In the city and hereabout
and to customers at greater or less dis
tances away. Perhaps half Of these
the city or within SO miles Of 1t. To the
chimneys thus brought here are to be
added those produced here. the eastern
chfmneys being made chiefly for the
local trade and for export.
1--WE import few lamp chimneys Of
the cheapest and Of the best grades,
the cheap chimney from Germany and
the costlier from Trance. but these i'm
ports cut only small figure In the to-
tai consumption. and we export lamp
chimneys in great quantities. We send
very few to Europe, though we do sell
them some Of our best chimneys. But
outside Of Europe we sell lamp Chin
neys everywhere. We come into com.
petition In some pnrte Of the world
with the Germans, who make chin
neys very cheaply, but our exports are
increasing. and we send chinneys, as
said, everywhere-to Mexico, the
West Indies. South America. South
Africa, China-in fact, to all lands in
which lamps are used, all around the
earth."-New York Sun.