The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-03

~ paclty4 employing 9ApoutSfi Nfo aIluU-
dred Skilled Eaborers and an Add
tionaI Factory Doubling the Present
Size is the Promise Of the Near
4 Future. :, y;'sss i;3s
The officialsja and stockholders Of the
owens West Virginia Bottle Company
with headquarters at Toledo, o., ar
rived in Fairmont this morning at $3.50
in their special car for the purpose OF
making an inspection Of their new
plant located in the Monongahela In.
dustrial Company's addition to the city
OF Fairmont on the East Side of tho
river and a. 1890 o'clock this morn
ing the party accompanied by repre-
sentatiyes OF the local Board ol Trade
and a number Of representative pusI.
ness men OF the city was driven out
to the plant in automobiles. about q
1ozen machines being used for con.
veyance.
The owens party was composed y
E. D. Libbey. president; Clarence
Brown, vice president; Wm. s: Wal.
bridge. treasurer; F. L. Geddes, secre,
tary: M. J. owens general manager:
l,Enil Book, engineer; H. W. Wachter.
architect, and Lansdon Walbridge an,i
Geo. w. Stevens, stockholders. j. H.
Mathews. q. S. Fenwlck and E.. u. Nc,
Comic. of ]. H, Mathews & Co., OF
lWellsburg. w. Va, We're also in the
visiting party, they having charge 81
constructing the furnaces.
The local people who accompanied
1.-the Owens officials to the plant were
Mayor! A. g, Martin, 4 w. j. SyNeigle,
Faecretarytn the Board pf 'Iifsde, Il. Al
Hartley; Joe P.a Fleming, ]. i III Brett +
Geo NJ, Jacobs. Frank Pryor, j.. y
Anderson. j. NJ. Jacobs. Curtis Robin
son. Clyde s.. Holt, E..,F. Hartley, Fl
Glenn Fleming, B.ap. Fleming, Coz
IT, Watson. Jas. Otis Watson.s Jr,
Clarence D. Robinson, G: Z, Hutchin
son, C. w. Watson, eX-Gov. A. y
Fleming, c. Z. Reed, Glen F. Barns
Harry f. Smith, L. NJ. Showalter and
L. NJ. Davis.
Supt. S. S. Cochran and construct
ing engineer O. G. King were on the
ground and The mammoth factory tells
Its own story OF their relations to this
work of which not only the officials ol
the Owens Bottle Company but every
citizen OF Falrmort feels so justl,
proud.
: On reaching the factory the Inspec
tlon party end their guests, after thu
ltrwnor7 ~ Arrangement wore off from
looking over the many acres covered
iby this immense Industrial plant ant
listening to the hun OF the machin
cry, interested themselves at once II
the wonderful bottle making machine!
the invention OF N. ]. Owens, the gen
eral manager of the company. which
have made the Owens Bottle. Compan.
possible and which have completed!
revolutionizad the bottle making In
dustry Of the entire world. Two o
4 these machines are assembled and ar
running. showing very fully the auto
matte process of making bottles b.
the Owens process. Four more sim:
1r machines are ready to place ali,
in a-few weeks time the plant with It
iull quota CT six machines with ca
uacity OF $4,000 bottles per day vii
be running "a hours per day as tn
company has the entire output OF tn
factory sold when run to full capac
lily. These wonderful. almost humal
machines. brggar description and eve
a scientific detailed description by a
expert would not convey to the put
lie the intricate mechanism necessar
for their construction and operation
Each OF The six machines is con
prised OF .2n smaller machines eac
capable Of turning out perfect boI
tie every. few seconds and these te'
machines are assembled as one mas
sive machine which continues to re
volve passing by revolving tank @
molten glass kept always at an eve
temperature from which 1t Is auto
catically picked, or sucked, up into tn
molds which continue to revolve pas!
Ing the finished bottle on to an auto
matic carrier device, another Owen
invention. where II is carried away t
make room for the continual outpu
OF bottles. These machines are fitte
with molds for making catsup bottle
but by changing the mold any an
most any kind OF bottles known I
commerce can be made.
With each of these six machine
running out 10000 bottles per day
would seem that the plant was lars
enough to soon supply the deman
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