The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-15
Operations Have Started in
Elonongah Co.'S Big
Building.
BOX PLANT ALSO AT WORK
Lynn Gas Being Used Un-
der the New Glass
Tanks.

4 wc"ll sso yesterday two glass
n.king machines with automatic take
ol;s cld conyeyorS were started a: the
new fac:ory :; Twelfth stree, belong
!Eg 20 f.io Snhungaii Glass Company.
Yesterday To- blI ;act0Iy started op'
erHtion IL hr aeW R.lrullouse. Mu-E
at tho ::-w Mi,iihEs which ware c5m-
p!e,Hi M.rc,a: ;3oHihs aGD. begins to
nhe &C . 1asy sSpn:: though sIll
:ofce IS 70. y"s .stfpioyed IN the bas:2.'
uAnt oi H. 's4feh0use nc frs; oJ'
iA,s 20 u"rt the eve &c the immense.
somewhere around 90 feat in length.
paper machine. This ma
::.,nc Was started u stefday for tale
mrs; time. II is a complicated outfit
cos;ias near $4,000. running of about
foG. or five miles o: the finished paper
e day. Ia''g in about right rolls ot
1850 R"nas each pct day.
A scrcrete tank in TIC basch;snt
.salds 9io,,t 10000 gal'ces " stne
.Siitca IL fssi ~ this nld1h .ls. a wide
br;t ca. rias -traw paper which Is GIN.
I'd fast To tie corrugated paper ].e-
fore the a;'otss is finissvl ne cHrrIl.
.a,nh ;;lpr, is faced on both stiles with
;,.ain p,rer. l'le machine cuts nc
i!a'.s..: I aper IN desired lnns his and
ne piecrs are taken upstairs where
In. are nsds. ready for boxes. u, T..
Dollison manager of this department
.ats /; orlv lakes three en- 10 rim
,',e retsinc Ntc,h started "tf ye$;er.
day with little trouble OF any sort.
After the pieces of corrugated paper
are sent upstairs they are scored, so
that they will fold easily at certain
points. Next they are marked with de-
sired printing and finally folded and
filled with corrugated partitions, after
which they are sent down shoot to
the new glass factory at the exact To-
cation where needed. Most Of them
are use1 for packing jars for dried
beef. These are being turned out to-
day at the rate of about u hundred
dozen every twenty four hours.
At that only two machines are work.
ing, though two others will be ready
very soon for operating. 1t is partic-
u,arly interesting to watch the girls
told boxes at the rate of about 5000
a day Their arms fly so swiftly that
the work becomes after awhile just me
chanical 1t is so arranged that one
girl does no. stand on her feet more
than ona day out Of every four as the
work calls for several kinds of labor.
One gin makes corrugated partitions
alone. Sh. can work sitting. Anoth-
er fits partitions into the boxes and
still another girl folds the boxes and
Clues them shut. The work goes on
with tightening rapiiity and requires
some practice before as many as 5000
a day cal be made. These girls work
piecework. When the box factory is
running full force about 125 people
will be employed. Just now the force
:s scarcely third Of this.
The two glass machines in the new
factory are doing some intensely inser-
esting work. Nowhere in the city is
there anything like this. With the new
Lynn gas running the big furnace or
tank and the natural gas on the lehr5
which run automatically visitors may
we'll stop and admire efficiency to the
last extreme. The new tank is very
large-the largest in the city. 1t oc-
cupies one entire corner Of the large
factory building. Lynn gas runs
through large main distance Of
about city block from the new Lynn
gas producer plant to the tank. enter.
ing from underneath. The gas has a
rnCulior ndnp-a cort nf TAR pas SmAlI