Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-10


rraIns Of sand taken from the sam
pies representing the different glass
R0nd areas that nre likely lo be work
ed. and also the samples from Pact
&C., Missouri. Tho figures placed ~
clch column show the per cent of
stnd retained on a sieve after shak-
n gently for two minutes, The size
~ the mesh is indicated by the figures
al the top of each column
40 100 200 Pan
Pacific. Mo. ..104ir 726 4.23 ~
ron, okla ..., 1,74 22.58 2O.83 1.3j
Mil Crock OK. .16 32,1s 37.lS $40
C.ushcr Ok... "a 1i25 5Si .03
cool Crock, Ok As 3G.2S $3.50 ,1G
Hickory. OK .. SIS 2795 1888 2.24
N,bo, okla. ... 40 32.09 32.97 .j2
hrdmorc, ok D.. i5O 1880 1913 $50
bromide, okla, 1.7G 12.42 5.41 .G2
These results prove that we have as
good "a grade Of glass sand tbarrng
possibly the size Of the grains) ana
ms great u quantity Of II as any other
strte in the union Surely It IL not
necessary for the few glass men of
our state To send outside for thel
glass sand when better material can
be had at home, and one third OF
the distance for shipping. our unlIm-
tied supply Of cheap fuel and good
rallroads facilities win necessarily
hasten development Of this industry
which will add another profitable
source of income TO the state.
In the year 1910, Charles Page, n
prominent capitalist Of Tulsa, concoiy-
ed the idea Of creating city from
the village Of Sand Springs. which lies
some miles west of Tulsa. According
~ an interurban railway was brought
into operation between this city Of the
present and that Of the future, Fac
tories were brought into operation,
ana soon the rays Of the MONDAY sun
Bcntillated upon well filled dinner
rails. The factory whistles offlciated
ms the town clock and the surround
ing countryside revcrberated with the
clang Of machinery and rumble Of
cXhausts Nature aided In the activ-
itics yielding from the bowels Of the
earth precious gases, the product Of
the ages The city grew and became
the Sand Springs Of today, with a ma
ton wide reputation as a manufac-
turing center.
In 1911 there came from Neodesha,
Kansas the Neodesha Bottle and Glass
company in search Of a new location
or
advantageous for their requirements,
the factory was built and put into op-
Grafton, the institution thrived and en-
larged upon its facilities and is now,
IN the fore part of the year 1912 the
most prominent industry In the city.
The company is concerned only in the
manufacture Of bottles and Jars pro-
duced by blowing and molding, rival
ling any institution Of its kind in the
southwest In the quality and the
workmanship Of their products.
The manufacture of glass was sup
posedly carried on in the dark ages,
as we have records TO the effect that
the ancient Phoenicians obtained glass
produced by the heat of their cooking
fires, and the alkali of the sea shore.
The art was practiced by the Egyp-
tilns, the Greeks and the Chinese, and
has resulted In the present day indus,
try. The coloring of glass was effect
od by the Egyptians, there existing TO,
day rlics from the pyramids and
places OF worship Of that race. The
Romans were the first to use glass
as window coverings. They reached
point in excellence Of manufacture
OF that article not equalled I'm the
present day-even going so far as to
construct glass pavements. a dream
Of the twentieth century.
Glass in its ordinary Specification is
brittle transparent compound pro-
dUced, by the fusing, at a very high
temperature OF silica with one or
more basis substances one of which
must be an alkah metal. The sub
stances which form the essential basis
OF all varieties of common glass, Are
silica or sand soda or potash and lime
as the alkaline earth.
! Various authorities who have in
vestigated the constitution ,of glass
have endeavored to establish n chem
ical formula for what they term nor
NAL glass. The results arrived at
however by different investigators
disagree among themselves; and the
BALANCE of opinion is in favor Of the
view that no such substance as nor
rial glass exists and that glass does
not result from any definite chemical
compound, but is simply a mixture of
sllicates with usually an excess of un-
combined silica or sand. The proper
tons in which the ingredients of
glass are present, however, have not
only very great influence OF the
fvsiblllty of the mass; but these CON
dltions also very materially effect the
qualities of the substance.
The method employed In the manu-
facture of glass ware by the Sand
Springs company as we'll as all others
does not differ greatly from that In
use hundreds Of years ago. The In
gradients are first mixed in the right
proportion, fifteen hundred pounds or
sand. six hundred pounds OF sodiac,
and one hundred and fifty pounds of
limo These together with remnants