, 1903-02-24
GLASS
AND THE MATERIAL FROM WHICH
1T IS PRODUCED SUBJECT OF
PAPER.
Samuel II. Campbell Handled Mat
ter Before the Cheyenne Industrial
convention-sand and Lime Of
Best Quality Found Two Miles
East Of Laramie.

AAo Al P~PSA va
GLASS and Glass Material" read by
8. H. Campbell of this city at the Wyo-
ming Industrial Convention at Chey-
enne, was pronounced one Of the best
papers submitted.
Historians tell us that the Egypt
ians are responsible for the discovery
of glass. In order to confirm that
claim it is cited that bottles containing
red wine are represented IN monu-
ments Of the fourth dynasty, more than
four thousand years old.
At the time when Roman civiliza-
ton sank under the torrents of Ger
man and Hunnish b%arbarism, glass for
the use Of windows was only gradually
extending itself. Records show that
the first window glass made in the
United States was at jamestown, Vir-
ginia, in 1922. Not until after 1872
did the industry begin to grow and
factories were established in several
Of the states. For a number Of years
New Jersey had the greatest capacity.
but finally Pennsylvania headed the
list. After the discovery of natural
gas in the west great inducements were
thrown out to eastern manufacturers,
and today the west has the bulk of the
industry.
Some years g it became evident
to the people of this state that we had
all the ingredients required for the
manufacture of window glass, and in
1886 . plant was erected in the city
Of Laramie for the purpose of testing
the native material and to develop the
natural resources of the state. Evi-
dence is not lacking that the ingredi-
ents for the S~ucceSSi6i m~anuiScedlS.
Of glass which nature has 80 bounte-
ously layed at our door. is the best
that the world has ever produced. and
IT. is the only known place in the
world where all the material entering
into the composition of window or
plate glass can be taken from natures
supply. The Worlds Columbian ex-
position, Chicago, ILL.,, 1893, awarded
the diploma and medal to Wyoming
for the best glass and glass material.
and that was In competition with not
only the United States, but all Europe.
In entering into a discussion of the
details Of this industry, from a prac-
tical and business standpoint. we must
take into consideration the difference
in the cost of the production of a box
of glass in Illinois or Indiana, and the
state Of Wyoming. We will take the
figures Of the Hon. Carol D. Wright.
commissioner of labor, as to the cost
of one box. fifty feet, single strength,
window glass, manufactured in the
eastern states:
Pounds per box, so feet, 60; mate
rails, $0.2606; labor, $1.1229; all other
items, $0.4731; total cost of production,
$1.S566.
I beg to submit the following figures
as to the cost Of n box. fifty feet,
single strength, window glass manu-
featured at Laramie, state Of Wyo-
ming:
Pounds, per box so feet, 60; mete.
rails, $O.619; labor. 1929; all other
items. $0.4731; total cost of production.
$1.6579.
The difference in the cost of pro-
ducing one box. fifty feet, Of single
strength. window glass in the east and
the state Of Wyoming is $0.19S7 in IA
vor Of Wyoming.
One twenty-four blower tank will
produce 92.16O ifty-foot boxes Of win
dow glass in ten months, or what is
termed a fire or glass year, and the
difference in the cost Of production in
that time would be 3~1S.121.1s in favor
of Wyoming material, or a little more
than IS per cent on an investment Of
$780, 1000.
Near the city of Laramie are located
some Of the most remarkable soda de-
posits in the world. These deposits are
known as the Union Pacific and
Downey soda lakes, and are located
respectively thirteen and twenty-five
miles southwest of Laramie. The soda
deposits cover an area of about 200
acres, and the quantity Of this natural
product cannot be estimated. because
the springs feeding the lakes bring in
an additional supply each year. and
no one can tell what the annual pro-
duction might be. There Is not an
ingredient in its combination that will
in any way impair its value for glass
making purposes. I will defy any
glass expert in this or the old country
to tell the difference between the glass
manufactured In the state Of Wyo.
ming, from the natural material, and
the best French window glass on the
market.
Not only u our native material Of
the very best for the manufacture Of
window glass, but It has been thor
oughly tested In Kokomo, Ind, for the
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