The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
MAKING UINDOW GLASS.
The various Steps in an Interesting Proc
cSs Described.

From mo Indianapolis NCrs.
MARION. lad. Feb. s.-pcoplc who have
glass windows in their homes 90 not know
that the glass contains enough arsenic to
make IL a deadly poison. G~l1ssmakers say
that the windows OF an ordinary home con-
tain enough Of this POISON TO XII a rcsiment
OF men. The JOpular suppression that glass
l. made Of sand is a correct one, but n quantity
OF other articles enters into its composition.
Window glass factories are divided INTO two
departments tankhouse and a potholse,
other. II ne tankhonse the glass j., all
melted in immense tanks, which VIII hold
thousands Of tons In ,he p2,hogse the
glass IL made In pots, After the Tres are
lighted and a tank IL heated Tho glass mig;
over from the former season. glass refuse,
sand and salt cake. Arsenic Is not used in
is so intense that the drug is volltilized and
escapes into the air without entering. tho
mixture As one mixture melt5 gnd flows
~shovolled in at the other end .
The molten mass scethes and works
II ss q manh'F From Sn,it he 70 ssit cakes Comes a
salt water that has TO be separated from
the mass. and the easiest way, TO remove
IL Is TO burn it out. This j. done BY throwing
stove wood into tn" tank on TOP. OF the molten
glass. The water, Is conFrrtcd mo stSNm,
,E1 Is deITi5T S Tdl, Sg t ris :. ih Il then n sEim inTwi
by an automatic skinner and II i ready for
the gathorer. A CATERERS thrust, a long
lower end to} the tank. lie twists and turns
1t until a small ball OF glass gathers on the
end This ball is partially cooled S polished pol ,bed
until II becomes like taTy The blower swings
s s4S o papi SIyr bl6RT s 'p L ia, e"y ,an cionS rated
pear-shape When n blower |. through the
melted glass becomes a perfect %cylindGnr
then passes to 2 snapper; who takes II 10 a
rack and breaks the roller loose from the
The snapper gathers a small lump Of melted
glass on the end OF a rod and dexterously
runs a. narrow ribbon OF the stun around
end and the closed end. The little. ribbons
Of melted glass cool in a few seconds, when
they, are removed. leaving q narrow zone
az each end. J hen, taking, a tool that re-
scmbles a soldering iron. the snarrGr rubs
The point Of II il noistcned with pcrspiration.
he runs the iron around the rollers nj tho
heated spot. The glass cracks and .sparatcs
pipe is removed and the closed cylinder, has
become "A r~oller--a sheet Of glass rolled up
the same ms a sheet Of music. only in a con
is then ready to 90 TO the rattener.
The fatt"ner works in another part OF tho
ovens. These ovens are heated TO a tenn
p~erature sufficient TO soften the glass so that
d~re7clay tables. placed in a circle. Ike the
spokes Of wheel, reVolye In the ovens. and
on these tables the roller are natteneu'
they are placed inside, allowed 20 become
hot and then a cold iron is run along, the
inside from end TO end The contact Of the
IRON cuts me slnsS Mh'Ch ls tncn s5ra.SI bea
number Of billcts of green wood, attached
to long iron handles, and with these Bullets
which are shaped In such n manner as 70 do
the work expected of them, he irons" tho
sottened sheet of glass pntil n Is pSIfeSty
revolvc, the nattened sheet is carried away
and another roller is brought into position
before the nattencr. As the natt"nod sheets
cling rack, on which they are. 10y stages.
removed from the ovens, ,beiug allowed To
cool as they 90. In. Is dome y bv o tSo on aE9t
When the sheets are taken from the fat
dirty-looklng coat of chemicals soda, potash.
~silicatcs OF the different salts, dc.-whiCh mast
b. removed, and for this pyrpoSe the rough
OF hydrochloric and sulphuric acids. moo
or. less diluted. After their lminorSion In
this bath the sheets are taken 20 the cutting
room, where wOrkmen cut them into sizes
aud make them ready for tho packers. Hard
ly, a SCRAP Of the glass. except the rough
a. all refuse goes back to he melted. After
the cutters have finished t,,ir work, the
glass Is packed in boxes and Is then ready
E5"h Grtnch Of. riass-makinG Is a sep
arate trade A blower more th4n likely
uor could not DO the work OF either, although
working alongside Of both, \ "tcasor.
who mixes the batch. does nothing else,
while the Gattcn"rs and cutter, all have
their Own W. ions and are @ distinct branch
Of the Industry. Glass men live bel cen
fires. When the "ur" H. IN. everything
il lovely. md thc class men and their fam
iIlrs liy. like lords. hGt when the IRE u out
lie families glvor1Iy troop bHCk Last. While
tho fathers and n.nth'rs. go camping Hutll
the fires Start a-IiH. tIa~, matters. ~ "a
v hole. are b,tt"r paid tulu workla"n c'u-
plovrd iu any cthpr branch OF labor. Blow
A.. make from so to Sl25 % week. working
,Nifs OF eight iours. Snappurs eau make
from as 10 $50 % week. white gathrrtr r.
wages will ,Jrr between so and sac wc'hly
I%lutt,u,rs ugkc an ~" way IRON So 10 50
d week. AID q master t'd@'r VIII earn IRON
S.5 10 siuu weekly. This, of course. l. during
The FIRE. ana the wages stop when ~" hI"~
are out. IN June. AID do not begin uIt. opCr-
ntions arc resumed M Sept'mb,r or n,tuhCr,
Aud iu 4 great many cases the end OF tho
IRE rnds the glass worker with only ms last
pay on which 70 i've until ial-