Evening star., 1909-05-14

process. The soft glass is first dropped
into round cylinder. known as
blank" 1t is next lowered into the
mold and the compressed air turned on,
blowing it automatically into the milk
bottle shape.
The automatic machines do away with
the Workmen known as 'pressers' and
those known as blowers" and gather
ers. 1t is said many plants are adopt
ing the automatic system. In order to
supply the demand for the bottles the
Belle Pre- company is working two shifts
of men, night and day.
Another interesting corner In the plant
is the mold room, where the molds are
designed and made: also the trade mark
designs and lettering that are to be blown
into the bottles. Exactitude Is cardinal
principle of the mold room and must also
be carefully observed by the presser in
dropping the melted glass into the mold.
as a slight cariance in the size of the
mold or the quantity of glass dropped
would mean variance in the size of the
bottle.
In some states the milk bottles are re-
garded as wet measure, and strict laws
regulate their use to prevent the patrons
of the dairymen from being given short
quantities OF cream or milk. Consequent
ly bottles are rejected when there is any
discrepancy in their size. The laws in the
District of Columbia on this subject are
said to be more liberal than those of GER
tain states.
All World Buys.
Shipments are made from the Belle Pre-
plant to all parts of the United States
and sometimes around the world at the
rate of two carloads a day. or DO gross
of the product. Heavy shipments are
often made across the continent to Ore
gon and San Francisco, and the trade has
been extended across the Pacific to the
Philippine Islands.
A recent order came from a Filipino
milk dealer at Manila. According to his
desire both sides of the bottle are filled
with a legend in the Spanish language.
1t recites that the milk contained in the
vessel is from the F'ilipino's herd of flne
Swiss and Holland cows. He assures his
patrons of it's purity and invites them to
inspect his dairy and his stables and
sample his lacteal commodity.
The workman who had to chisel the
Spanish verbage on the cast-iron molds
in order that it might be blown into the
bottles remarked:
Filipino trade newspaper in Spanish on
the side of his bottles"
The latest fad in milk bottles that are
being turned out by the Alexandria fac
tory is individual milk bottles for promi-
nent hotels and cafes. When a patron at
such hostelries calls for a glass of milk
or cream. instead of being served in a
glass, the fluid is brought to the table
in natty bottle, provided with pat
ent metal cover.
Among the Washington hotels that have
adopted this plan and ordered individual
bottles are the Raleigh. Shoreham and
New Willard, also the Waldori-Astoria In
New York. Most of the individual recip-
tacles are inscribed in raised letters with
the name of the mouse and a neat design.
Four Busy Factories.
All four of the glass-blowing plants of
this city are doing a fiourishing business.
The manager of the Belle Pre- company
said he would welcome the coming to Al
exandria of factories in other lines of
trade. He pointed to the green stretches
of fields that spread away in all direc-
tions from the plant. and remarked that
there is plenty of room for factory sites
within the city limits.
when they are exhausted he added,
there is the vast territory lying between
Alexandria and Washington to draw upon,
with its ample water and natural advan-
tages. besides its contiguity to railroad
and steamboat facilities"