Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1904-07-28
EVANSVlLlE'S CHANCE.
Discovery Of Large Deposits Of
Glass Making Sa nd at Mar.
on. kY., will be Evans
vIIe's Opportunity.
Evansville Jourual- News.

its ri Marion, Ky. adds another tC
those great commercial aud indus
trial advantages which this city q,
enjoy ing, AS there will he not ON ly
plenty of sand Of The very highest
quality for glass making, but the
product also he brought TO TIL:
Guy nj small cost.
Glass men anu others Of tech.
nlcal turu OF mind, VINO have CAV
oil the matter attention aud caus
ed chemical examination Of the
sand TO be made dec are that these
deposits In 90 close proximity IL
thIs city viii doubtless make Ev-
aLsvllle the foremost glass manu-
featuring center of tue entire I'M
ted States.
Many Of tue & ass manufacture.
eIs who are now earn estlg cOntem
plating the removal Of their plants
trotu the former natural gas belt
10 other localities, will soou deter.
mine future location. 1t is doubt
tut If any other place IN the coun
try is in position to offer better
reasons for the location of plants
than Evansville.
Without going deeper into tech
nicsl dstsils than is necessary to
interest the general public, it may
be stated that the SAN, which can
be obtained at Marion eau har dly
he surpassed in its chemical CON-
position, 1t produces glassware
of the finest quality, and is melted
III less time, or in about half the
time required t. melt the n d
now used by the glass factories of
this city.
Then again this Kentucky sand
can be brought to this CITY Grl
about half the present LET of
shipping ss-d from 2.ner deposits
to this city, q rs means, as stat.
ed By a4e of tho principal stock
holders Of ono t the two Z ass
plants located lsre, an annual cav
Jag OF about $1,000 to his firm
alone, audit may therefore be east
ly surmised what the discovery of
this deposit means to glass mand-
taoturers generally.
Coupled with other advantages
which this city offers to represen-
tstives of the glass industry, cheap
coal and excellent shipping facili.
ties being among them, the dis 'ov
cry of these Kentucky glass beds
will not only enable Evansville to
successfully compete with other
glass making centers, but it will
really give this city supremacy
over them all.
What will, for instance, a bonus
Of ten or even twenty thousand
dollars mean to glass company
when, by coming to Evansville,
they will be able to save annually |
this amount alone in the cost Of I,
transportation of sand to their lac
tories, not taking into calculation
all other advantages they will en-
Joy here.
Only the other day, when at
public meeting the question of
securing new enterprises for the
city was discussed, it WAS stated
that it is rather difficult to accom-
plish much on that line at time
on account of the presidential
campaign, which always causes
manufacturers aud capitalists to
be careful aud make them unwill
ing to engage in any new bust
ness enterprises, but now We have
this new aud truly splendid gift
Of nature laid right at our door,
gift which will undoubtedly bring
a nun Der of new glass plante to
the city without the people hav- q
ing to offer them anything in the
way of financial aid, because, as
already indicated, 1t does not even
take very enterprising and far
seeing glass man to find that what
is able to offer him in I
the way of natural and other adj a
yantapes eau hardly be duplicated a