The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-31
WHEELS BEGIN TO TURN IN McNlCOL'S
MAMMOTH POTTERY: PLANT, LATEST
ADDITION TO CLARKSBURG INDUSTRIES
Big, New Factory at Norwood
isia Model One in Every
Respect.
ALL NEW EQUIP M s Il
When in Full Operation Nearly
300 Skilled WorkinensMill
Be Employed.
(By Samuel r. Madison, ii


Out at Norwood, just two miles
from the heart OF the city's busfnessll
district, nine pottery kiins rear their
noses heavenward, standing as .nior,ti-
ments to the, ilntiring zeal. OF NE
Ciarksburg Board OF Trade. Possibly
peiore another year has passed, at
ieast within two years, nine moro
'kiins VIII be erected beside them. &
s me kilns are a part Of the mans
moth plant OF the d. e. ,McNicol Pot
tery Company OF West Virginia which
mas ~ Just started partial operations;
me average lay mind, perhaps, falls.
70 comprehend the extent OF this new
industry, which was brought from
East Liverpool, o., to this city through
the efforts OF the board OF trade Also
very few persons really know what
the products of this industry are. Tfey
DO not realize that completed dinnsrs
sets, all kinds of bowls and pitchers
dainttly decorated, are turned otit
from this plant already for the dinner
table. - 2
Investment Of Sis5,0OO.
the plant Of the company, which
mas not, as yet, been entirely compiet-
ed represents an outlay OF SIPS ono
and Is one OF the largest pottery con
cerus in the United States. The rfirSt
fioor of the building is 4S6x1T2. while
tne second. story Is 172xSO, afforiinr
plenty OF floor space for the opera-s
hons that are lcarried on. AS adjirncfs
10 the main plant, the COMPANY opey-
ates its own water plant and coopors
shop. Two water tanks With ! c;-3
pacity OF los, 900 gallons. stand ON -Si,e I
iliil at an elevation. Of $50 feet snb6Fe
tne plant itself. thus attordtng plenty
q q. esss1lllre-to " be exact 1863 pounds.
Latlle water is. used In the 6petati6n
OF tne plant and the tanks were CON
structed mainly with a view towards
IRE protection. In the cooper, shop.
nogsheads are manufactured for the
shipping OF the finished product. 3
ID. E. McNlcol, senior member OF
the firm, which is composed OF him 4
self and four sons, has been engaged
In the pottery business longer than
any other man living in the. United
States today. In 1856 he started his
first plant in East Liverpool. The sons
connected with the concern are John
A., who is assisting his father ia the,
of the local plant: Hnpi,
and Cornelius, who have charge. of
the plant at East Liverpool, which is
still in operation at the present time:
and D. 3. Jr., who superintends the
companys plant at Wellsville, o. Botn
the East Liverpool and Wellsvilie
plants will shortly be closed, accord
ing to the present plans, and all the
members of the firm will come to
Clarkslburg to assist In the manage
mant OF the local plant;
All Skilled Workmen.
Although the carpenters hammer
Is still heard resounding through the
operations in certain depart
ments have already begun and salis
kinds of tableware are being prepared :
for the decorators to commence work
ON when their department is complet-s
cd. Forty Skilled workmen are all
ready at their tasks and before sixt
weeks have passed, the plant will be
IN full operation, employing betweeni
2o0 and 215 persons. Practically ali
OF these employees are skilled ana viii
be brought here from East Ldverpool.
Where they are now employed by the
company. s
The process by which tableware Il
made is quite interesting. Sixteen or
seventeen days are required to fifiish
the plain ware, while about three days
longer are required to turn ont the
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