Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-08
NEARLY COMPLETED.
Marilla Glass Factory Ready for
Fires September rst.
Big Enterprise Will Employ 200
Skilled Workmen Wages S75 to
$500 per Month-Seyeral Blowers
Already Here.

Already Here.
An immense factory is being com
pleted at the Peninsula by the Ma
rilla Cooperative Glass Company.
An idea of its bigness cannot be got
ten till one goes through the build
ings from one end 10 the other OF
the $50 feet of front.
A representative OF this paper had
the courtesy extended of a visit
through the nearly completed build
ings Thursday. Col. r. r. Morri-
son who superintends the building
has been here for week. He and
Mr.. Clifford talked very freely about
the enterprise, giving the various
items of interest.
The tank room where the glass
sand is melted and the blowers work
is 1872 by 1872 feet, framed and roof
with galvanized iron The furnaces
are nearly completed now. This
entire floor space one hundred and
thirty-two feet each way is without
pillar in the way. The roof is
supported entirely upon the walls
and by rafters and girdles connect
ing these 1t reminds one of the
big steel structures erected without
interior supports. The windows are
cased up ready for the sash, and
much of the floor is already laid in
the tank room.
Fires for melting the glass will
be applied from the top instead of
underneath the sand, and the flues
are so arranged that the heat will
come in from one side for half
hour, then by turning large valve
at the furnace stack, the draft will
be changed carrying it back the
other way. Thus an equable tenn
perature is maintained and u slow
lazy fire with intense heat The
flame will be carried over the tanks
at 1900 degrees Fahrenheit. Brok-
en- glass will be used to fill the tanks
first, and then the sand up Decker
creek will be furnished by the Deck
er's Creek Stone and Sand Company
The broken glass has already been
shipped and is on the ground
Next to the tank comes the flat
tening room and annealing ovens.
This room is 176xl30 feet. The
annealing ovens are almost eomplet
ed. The floor is yet to be laid and
window sash put IN. All the build
ings except the tank house are roof
ed with asphalt paper, which is a
poor conductor of heat, and will
help to keep the factory cool
At one side of the hattening room
il the room for cutting tables. 1t
extends the whole length I76 feet
and is 81 feet wide. It's well light.
ed by numerous windows facing the
North. The windows are to be put in
and hard oak floor laid before it
is completed. The cutting tables
have already arrived at the factory
A big shop 40x40 feet is being
erected between the hattening room
and the warehouse. Here the com
pany will make all its own boxes for
shipping glass, and make any re
pairs that may be needed. The
shop will be run in connection with
the factory.
A long railroad platform connects
the tlattening department and cut
ting room with the ware room. The
railroad siding runs along right be-
side this so the glass can be loaded
right in the car from the ware room.
This last named room at the north
end of the factory is 100 feet by so
feet. Here is where the finished
window glass will be stored At
present it is occupied by several
families of glass workers who are
camping in the bic hall till homes
are completed for them. 1t looks
like furniture store now more than
glass house. The families of Ed
Beebe, Fred Hipchon and John Pc
mar have camped in it with their
families and furniture Ten chill
dren are with the families. The
tents are pitched in one side Of the
big hall, and the housewives are
making the best of the situation,
with workmen making all the noise
they can on every hand.
The greatest trouble anticipated
is from lack of houses in time for
the workers to be here ready for the
starting of the factory, Two of
these men are blowers and the other
fiattener.
The houses being erected by the
Tuna Manufacturing company are
going up rapidly, but are not yet
ready for occupancy and it is feared
that 200 workers to be employed
here will find much trouble in get
ting houses Probably three fourths
of them are men with families.
b. F. Falls boss blower for the
Marilla factory arrived this week
from Bradford Pa. and will re main
for several days within which time
he will try to find home for his
family. Many Of the workers who
will be employed in this factory
come from Bradford, Smethport, an d
Kane Pa.
Mr.. C. +. Holden of Mineral City
Ohio, is the contractor who is build
ing this factory but he has never
been here Col. R. r. Morrison who
has been working with him for many
years on handsome salarl is gu