The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-21
SHORTAGE Of GAS
SPO|[S VISIT Of
GLASS MAGNATES
Seventy Five Capitalists in
Owens Bottle Machine
Co. Party.
SPEND MORNING HERE
Bankers and Manufacture
ers Much Interested by
Operation of Machines.

Representative Of more than $780,
0o0, 900 arrived in Faimont this morn
ing when the Owens Bottle Machine
company special train arrived carry
ing seyenty.fve Of the leading capi'
talists and glass manufacturers or the
country. The party was taken TO the
Owens plant on the East side In au'
tomobiles and started Immediately
their inspection OF the largest ma
chine glass bottle works In the world.
After coming all the way from Toll
edo, Ohio. for the purpose OF seeing
the big plant In operation, the party
was very nearly disappointed alto
gether, and as It was, saw only four
machines In operation. At the time
for starting the big machines this
morning there was but bare ounce
of pressure In the gas mains.
Later in the day the pressure lm'
proved a little and at ten O'CLOCK,
when the majority OF the glass men
aud capitalists began to arrive, there
was a scant two ounces pressure. The
four machines operated, were COM
PEELED to run very slow because the
,as was so low that the glass could not
4 De kept melted sufficiently
The inspecting party. in groups OF
four and Ave and six. entered the plant
~ the main entrance and were at once
attracted to one OF the big machines.
1t happened that the first machine was
making whiskey bottles and much
comment was heard.
The machines which whirled their
arms from out the great pot of mott
en- glass and in Il few operations
dumped completed hottie into
chute: were the chief objects OF 1n'
terest to the visitors. Many OF them
were capitalists. bankers. railroad Of
ficials and representatives OF many
other industries and this was the first
time they had ever seen the manutac'
lure of bottles on such large scale.
Following the slowly moving iehrs
The party passed through the sorting
packing and shipping departments. In
the store rooms they saw immense
stacks OF boxes. filed with bottles
and bearing on their sides the names
and trade marks OF many OF Amer
ica's most famous products. WEIGH,
ROYAL Blue and other varieties OF
grape Juice which many OF the men
probably never heard OF before; ket-
chup-Wagners Table Talk and a
number Of others; Tanlac and many
other medicines. Bottles for every
trade and purpose are made in the To-
cal factory.
From the storage rooms the party
passed through the plant Of the Lange
Crist Box company where the hoxes
,sed In packing the bottles are made.
Mailing machines which could whirl
out a box every fifteen seconds were
The main objects OF interest here.
Tho party came back to their special
train between II and IL. and at noon
promptly, the all steel train made up
Of three steel compartment sleepers,
one steel standard sleeper. two steel
dining cars and steel club car. pull
cd out for Clarksburg. In Clarksburg
this afternoon the party inspected the
Owens factory and Hazcl.Atlas Glass
company plant.
From Clarksburg the special goes
to Huntington where the Charles
Roldt company's plant will be visited.
Then to Charleston where the Lihbey.
Owens Sheet Glass company will be
looked at.
Leaving West Virginia the party
goes to Muncie, Indiana. and visits the
hall Brothers Glass Manufacturing
company there. At Evansville. ILL.,,
! the Graham Glass company plant will
be looked over and at Alton the II.
linois Glass company. In Streator,
I'LL, the Thatcher Manufacturing conf
pany will he the last factory to he
visited, the party returning from
Streator to Toledo via Chicago.
The guests OF the Owens company
On the trip are: The American Bottle
Company: f. II. Everett. NJ. w. Jack,
j. s. Stoehr ". J. Crane. and Ii G.
Phillips.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad--W.
W.. Williams, a. w. Thompson, Ran.
aolph Stalnaker and J. a. Williams.
Ball Brothers Manufacturing Com.
pany-E. B. Ball, G. a. Ball and w. e.
Ball. The Charles Boldt Company
Charles Boldt and +. W. Schwenck.
The Dominion Glass Company-Ralph
King. Graham Glass Company. T..
Graham. 4. A. Graham, Il. c. Graham.
Hazel Atlas Glass Company--C. n.
Brady. G. G. Oliver. A. B. Paxton. A.
+. Brady, H. II. Dawson. r. F. Prick.
EFT. Illinois Glass company-John NJ.
Lewis. E. NJ. Ashcraft, jr. r. II. Lev.
is. The Kent Owens Machine Com
pany-H. G. Ross and f. L. Walbridge.
The Libbey Glass Company-S. o.
Richardson, jr.. and J. D. Robinson.
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