The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-12
COLUMBIA'S GLASS FACTORY.
1t Makes Tons of All Kinds Of Bottles
Each Day.

Each Day.
But few people realize the vast i'm
portance. or even the extent OF the
new glass factory that has been but
recently established in Columbia.
bringing into the city many desirable
families to make Columbia their
home. The industry is one of The
most important that has come to Co
lumbia. and there is no plant here
that is destined to attract more wide
spread notice. Already it has been
termed by experts who have seen it
tile best ventilated and most
thoroughly modern plant in America
Of its class, which is very broad
statement. 1t has been started BY
progressive young men who were as
SGred before they spent a dollar that
such a factory would be a paying in
vestment, and since the factory has
commenced operations they are more
than ever satisfied on this point. The
State refrained from giving many OF
the details of this new and important
enterprise until President John j..
SeibelS OF the company got everything
thoroughly organized and working
smoothly. This has now been accom-
plSted. \ few essential facts about
the factory will therefore be OF especial
interest to CDlumbians and others.
The company that has established
this plant is capitalized at S60.O00.
and $4,000 has been invested in the
thoroughly up-to-date factory. 1t is
what is known as y shop factory.
running II shops since it was put in
operation on the night Of Sept. 80.
The plant runs night and day, six
shops working in the day and five at
night. y shop consists of three men.
two blowing bottles. while one finishes
the neck. and there are tive boys to
each shop, each bottle passing through
the hands of all before it is completed.
The men work in shifts alternately
each week by day and night and sew
eral of the shops Of the factory are
blowing IS and l9 gross of bottles per
turn of hours. 1t is interesting to
note that one shop at the new factory
only a few days ago broke all records
for quart bottles ever blown in the
east. blowing 20 gross and ) dozen,
which earned for the three blowers
about Sl2 80 a day each.
Tho .l,ptc 6nu.r, Of nn0ro IN
Saturdays, making the actual work
i've days and nights and half day
extra each week. The half holiday is
necessary in order to blow out the tun-
nelS and keep the plant thoroughly
cleaned.
The plant employs l20 men and
boys, Of whom 33 are high-priced and
skilled blowers, all carefully selected.
The capacity is So blowers. The
factory is at present turning out
from l ! to y tons of glass day OF II
hours, being between lI5 and 200 gross
Of bottles according to the size Of the
ware, and giving daily output work
on the market about $3.50. The
class of goods now being manufactured
consists of coca-cola, soda water: min
eral water, beer and whiskey bottles.
The factory's payroll amounts to
about $4,000 week.
The plant consumes 10 tons Of coal
a day, and has been keeping supply
without difficulty. Three cars Of
sand a week are necessary. This
comes from killian'S in this county
and is washed, screened and dried by
the Killian Fire Brick company. The
coke used in the lehrs for annealing
the ware after it is blown is obtained
from the gas works here. Two car
loads of soda ash per week are used:
this comes from Syracuse. n. Y. The
glassmakers' lime comes from Toledo,
o., and the manganese, arsenic, anti
mony and other ingredients come from
various portions of the west. The
factory runs with an improved system
of gas produces, and a uniform heat
of 1000 degrees (Farenheit.) The
box shop has a capacity of 1000 boxes
per day. but owing to the difficulty of
installing the electrical machinery it
has only been in operation for a few
days, turning out half its capacity.
The box shop uses about three cars OF
lumber a week when running full
capacity. The factory now has blown
on orders, ready for delivery, at the
factory, about 1900 or $4,000 bot
ties, which will be delivered to the
purchasers as soon as the boxes are
ready.