West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-02-10

Snm OF twenty-five thousand dol
lars was raised In this city on FRI
day and Saturday for stock In the
Sistersville Bottle and Jar Glass
Factory, which will be erected In
this city this spring just as soon as
the ground can be graded and the
plans prepared and the contract let.
It any of our sister towns or cities
think we are dead here Is a sample
of our decomposition. 1t gives the
lie to all such statements.
As the Review readers know, we
have been negotiating with Pitts.
burg people for two weeks, trying
to get located In this city a glass
plant to be erected for the purpose
of manufacturing beer bottles,
whiskey bottles, milk jars and pre-
scription bottles of all kinds. We
have related how these gentlemen
from Pittsburg came to our city.
looked the ground over. saw our
many natural advantages, and de-
clded we had such an ideal city
they would not ask for any bonus,
but would simply ask us to take
some stock In the plant with them.
They proposed to put up twenty
FIVE thousand dollars, and our peo-
pie would be asked to subscribe for
a like number of shares OF stock.
We have raised the money. We
had bu. little trouble to do so. It
was found when a canvass was
made that about every business
man In the city was not only will
Ing, but anxious to make invest
ments In our city when a reasona-
BILE proposition was submitted to
them. It was easy sailing, and we
feel some forty one years younger
than we did last Monday morning.
The plant will be a continuous
tank, running twenty-four hours
a day. or three turns. 1t will give
employment anywhere from $50 to
$50 men and boys: The plant will
cost ready to run In round numbers
thirty thousand dollars. 1t will be
built on Capt. Eph Wells land just
south of the Sistersville Window
Glass company's plant on the east
side of the railroad track. The COM
pany will begin to run it with a
cash capital of twenty thousand
dollars, clear of all debts and with
men at Its head as
managers. 1t Is proposed to make
flint, green and amber bottles. The
company will manufacture prescrip
ton and druggists ware; beers. sodas
and mineral, wines and brandies;
TASKS and patent or proprietary
goods; milk jars, trait jars
and packers and preserve ware. |
Work on the plant will begin at |
once as soon as the company Is |
legally chartered. The plant will |
be ready to make glassware early |
next fall. 1t will give employment |
to about seventy-five skilled work
men who will be brought here
from a distance. The plant will |
be up to date In every particular |
and will no doubt make money.
There are all told, FIVE plants In |
this state that make some of this
kind of ware such as we propose to |
manufacture. Two of these plants
are located at Lazearsville, another
at Fairmont. another at Manning
ton and the fifth at Wheeling. Ours
will be the sixth plant In the state.
Just who our officers will be we
cannot state until after there Is q
meeting of the members of the
company, but everything from now
on will be pushed to completion as
fast as men and money can do the
work.
The credit tor securing this plant
Is due to all our people. Those
who specially worked for the plant
were W. ]. Neuenschwander POST
master Work, c. A. Krug and Jas.
Henneghan. But everybody Joined
In and made the work light COM
pared to what labor It usually takes
TO raise such a large sum of money.
We have heard so long and so
often that oar town had played out,
that she was dead, that the people
had all left or were leaving, that
we at short Intervals was lead 10
believe 1t was all true. We did not
get so very blue bat the outlook
was not rosy. Still, we ever could
fully believe that our people with