Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-20

To the blowing room, in which 20 men are kept busy, the bottles next rass, subjected again to a gas flame to have the pointed bottoms founded cut to the required form by the expert glass workers, who also fuse on the two hollow glass tubes called capil- laries, through which later, in the pumping room, the air is extracted to make the vacuum. In the blowing room also the necks are sealed togeth- CT under the potent touch of the gas flame.
 Silvering Shuts Out the Light.
 From the blowing room the bottles, now firmly fued together at the neck, pass to the silvering room, where the work is done by female help, ten wom- en and girls being employed here. Through the hollow tubes, or capilla- ries, which have been attached to the bottom of the bottle, pure silver so- lut1on IS poured into the space be- tween the bottles It is shaken up so as to silver the glass completely, hav- ing the effect of closing all the pores, and being used for the special reason that luminous rays radiate heat while the silver deposit will reflect these rays and not allow them to pass through the vacuum chamber and thus affect the contents of the bottle The women who do the silvering work at sinks of hot water, into which the ! bottle is dipped after silvering.
 Dried in the Ovens. Adjoining this is the oven room. where the bottles are dried after sil- vering, remaining in the ovens sev- eral hours till every particle of moist ure has been evaporated. Here are also the testing cauldrons, from which water at the required temperature is furnished to test thoroughly each bot tie, to see that it holds the heated liq- | uid the required length of time Making the Vacuum. Sealed together at the neck, rounded and closed at the bottom, and silver ed in the vacuum space, the bottles are now ready for the pumping room, where the final process is accomplish ed-the creation of the vacuum l which enables their contents to retain either heat or cold alike for long peri ods. Forty-six pumps, in charge of a oozen men, is the equipment of this department each pump taking eisht bottles at time, and the process of forming the vacuum occupying from 30 to 45 minutes. Through the capil- laries the air is drawn from the vac 1 uum space by the pumps, each capiI- lary being sealed with a gas flame when the vacuum is complete. Finishing, Cleaning and Boxing. Passing to the finishing room, on 1 another floor. where the metal should CTS are attached by cement to the bottles, they are first dipped in acid to roUghen the neckS to give a holding surface for the cement. The bottles | stand for about three days till the ce- ment has thoroughly hardened, and are then ready for assembling and l boxing in the various forms in which | they are put upon the market. The | finishing, cleaning, assembling and | boxing is all work which can be done | by female help. about 20 women and 1 girls being employed in this depart ment.
 Grinding the carafe Shoppers.
 In the finishing room also the glass stoppers are ground for the quart size 1 carsfes, the newest member of the | Thermos family, and one which is be- ] ing quite generally adopted by New York hotels for its utility as an ice wa 1 ter carrier for guests rooms. In all 1 the other Thermos bottles corks are used, since they are the only feasible thing for stoppers where hot liuuids are to be put into the bottles, as the | expansion resulting from heat would make it impossible to use glass stop pers.
 Shipping and Stock Rooms.
 The third floor of the building is 1 utilized for the shipping room and 1 stock room for finished product, keep | ing force of 15 men busy. while the fourth floor is entirely taken up with unfinished stock, and a part of the basement Is used as a stock room, Reoapituation.
 For the exact information of the | citizens of Norwich upon a number of points involved in the Thermes com pany proposition, 8 member of the local committee has prepared the fol- , lowing recapitulatiOn of points upon which they are questioned:
 The American Thermos Bottle com pany was brought to the attention 6r Norwich by w. H. Seeley. rnanagar of of the industrial bureau of the New York New Haven & Hartford railroad.
 1T the citizens of Norwich will raise $fo,VO0 for factory and site the Amer Ican Thermos Bottle company win agree to spend s375,0 in wages in Norwich and $375, 1000 additional in sd- Yertising Norwich as the home of the Thermos bottle, before the factory be- comes the property of the American ThernoS Bottle company.
 In case the factory is ever closed down 1t reverts to the Norwich cit l izens who furnished the money. and can be used as an inducement to get over companies to locate in Norwich Every one who contributes s75O gets a building lot 50x100 oil the Dr. Mason estate. These building lots will en- nance in value rapidly when factories are located in that section. The lots odayare easily worth $500.
 All members of the Norwich h. dustrial Improvement association will have voice in the affairs of the company and will elect directors and l officers to manage the property and arrange the details of the building operations and finances.
 l It is the intention of the American | Thermos Bottle company 10 immedi- 1 ately erect at their own expense on the Mason property a second factory 1 of the same size as the one erected by the citizens of Norwich.
 1 The movement for the industrial development of Norwich being a pop ular one, every citizen is expected to aid it to the extent of his ability,
 there being no one to receive any bo- nus. commission or salary for pro- | motion or expenses.
 Options on the pr. Mason property
 will expire February Is on which date
 the proposition of the American Ther-
 rlcs Bottle company will be with 1 drawn.
 Expert male help of the American
 Thermos Bottle company are receiv-
 ing from $50 to $50 per week. It is
 expected that 1000 hands. will be em- l pioyed within five years.
 An open meeting of the Norwich
 board of trade has been called for
 Monday evening, to which every man
 who has the welfare of Norwich at
 heart will be welcomed.
 The question of taxes and insurance
 on the building to be erected for the 1 American Thernos Bottle comnanN