The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-30
OPENING OF VAST COMMERCIAL
VALUE AWAITS CAPITAL.
GLASS FACTORY ENTERPRISE
Fine SILICA Sand In IneshsustibIe e
Quantities Lies at Our Door.
What Noted Chemist and
Scientist Has to Say.

Prof. Duke II. Bashford of Chicago,
the noted chemist and scientist, who
Is spending some time in this city
and is making his headquarters at
the Commercial Club. was shown
samples OF the fine SILICA sand
which exists in inexhaustible quan.
utics close to ArimDre and ,kci
as to its vaU1 CONNER ,lally. Attef
careful examination he made the
following statement. =
The SILICA is equal to any In
the United States, or anywhere else,
for that matter. Last year the glass
plants In this country could not sup.
ply the demand. They turned out
about 5000 cars of soda water bot.
ties alone. Many plants procure
their SILICA from a distance of sew.
eral hundred miles, the most of
them from the SILICA beds on the
Illinois river. not far from Ottawa.
ILL.,. about 100 miles southwest of
Chicago.
The SILICA which exists I'm large
quantities about Ardmore is fully
the equal of the famous Ottawa prod.
uct Ardmore is the logical center
for a glass bottle plant as 1t could
| command the trade OF 300 manufac.
turers OF carbonated beverages. who
use not less than 300 cars of bottles
| each year Oklahoma City, at a con.
| servative estimate, will use during
the coming year something like 5000
gross of bottles. The purchase of
these bottles In this locality would
mean a saving of several hundred
4 dollars in freights alone, to say
= nothing about the lower price at
which the goods could be sold be-
cause of the raw material at hand
and the use of natural gas.
The glass concern which might
see Fl ito locate plant in Ardmore
would reap substantial revenue by
/ turning its attention to fruit Jars, the
/ demand for which Is enormous and
the manufacturer would have an ex.
elusive territory of 100000 square
miles. There Is also a constantly
growing demand for glass milk bot.
+ ties. Z.
1T is only necessary to cite two
reasons why a glass bottle plant in
Ardmore would prove a paying In
vestment from the outset: The pres.
ence OF raw material In inexhausti
Bile quantities and an equally mex.
haustible supply OF natural gas at
low rate for manufacturing pur.
/ poses. These two elements would
comprise a saving to the manufac-
turer OF at least % per cent and
the finished product could be placed
on the market that would do away
with the fear OF successful competi.
tion In the natural territory OF the
plant.
The SILICA could be put to a
/ number OF other uses besides the
making OF glassware by treating the
SILICA with soda. sillicate OF soda
may be produced This process is
| simple and yields a product similar
In appearance to glucose or heavy
mucilage. When in liquid form this
has great commercial value and may
be used for variety OF purposes.
when in dry powder form 1t is an
important factor in the making OF
paints, stove polish and other simi-
lar preparations.
From reliable data am led To
believe that for the amount OF capital
invested a glass manufacturing plant
will give larger margin OF profit
than nearly any other Industrial
proposition Very little expensive ma
chlnery is needed. with an abund'