window glass manufacturers united_states continued nation largest acquisition country largest manufacturer glass capacity double nearest competitor company works glass plants existed indiana city largest manufacturer employer peaking employees skilled workers employed city glass company belgium time world leading manufacturer window glass belgian workers families accounted population 1890s lived city south importance french speaking local newspapers featured articles french acquired american window glass company controlled percent american window glass manufacturing capacity decade company began replacing skilled paid belgian glass machines skilled machine operators company plant test new technology belgian glass workers left town 1920s competitors developed new window glass production processes eclipsed american window glass technology company lost advantage time great depression struck plant closed manufacturers drawn indiana late 1880s discovery natural gas indiana started economic boom period manufacturers lured region advantage low cost fuel small rural county located close people working manufacturing county people employed manufacturing plants small communities indiana populations doubled area counties delaware grant region indiana major manufacturing center like indiana communities gas boom leaders sought advantage newfound energy resource formed effort attract manufacturers company offered free sites free gas excellent switching facilities reasonable cash subsidies manufacturers locate boom town manufacturers high quantities energy especially attracted cost low cost natural gas sites energy consuming industries success attracting manufacturers indirectly measured population growth city population grew city convinced relocate indiana additional glass maker relocated ohio indiana state visited manufacturing facilities manufacturers employed people american window glass plant plus glass works accounted half manufacturing employees home glass factories organization management organized window glass plant new_york factory superintendent plant largest window glass plant state moved indiana opened window glass plant region use natural gas fuel source plant lasted years destroyed fire instead rebuilding moved organized company organized financial assistance production began early plant constructed plant manager retirement principal new company multi millionaire barber involved grain banking ohio important investor colonel company president civil war veteran invested companies ohio indiana including elected president secretary early years president state organization window glass manufacturers attorney involved investor president management change management changed company annual shareholders meeting colonel president company beginning lost position colonel fallen local citizens immediately expressed election selling company stock leaving town stock purchased banker officers president vice president treasurer general manager secretary colonel civil war veteran president involved banking president began working plant elected secretary years lived helped run business submitted resignation august board meeting retiring years glass business plant manager time resigned short time later effective april formed september year workforce peak years employed people employed glass total workforce people wages workforce said equivalent men industry glass works largest industry county thought second largest plant industry located help meet housing needs factory employees houses built nearby workers plant lived especially south assuming local worker family city population estimated financially dependent window glass manufacturing process known process labor intensive required services glass glass cutter highly skilled paid glass led small production crew included skilled workers older plants glass adjacent pot located inside pot contained glass created melting batch ingredients included sand lime newer plants works tanks instead tanks essentially huge brick multiple tank efficient pot costly build step glass making process glass extracted pot tank glass typically feet feet long create bubble glass glass manipulated bubble cylinder removed pot tank cylinders inches inches diameter feet feet long glass cutter cut cylinder glass flattened necessary gradually cool glass process known prevent breaking oven product typical 20th century large inside long oven newly glass gradually moved hot end opposite end room temperature glass cut desired window glass size placed box moved inventory known plant late 19th century glass difficult find belgium largest window glass united_states plant manager previously skills glass country glass works relied belgian workers skilled positions glass works city influx french speaking impact town south south known belgium town catholic built city catholic church near homes city south church father native france involved glass making early 1900s local claimed newspaper state prints french window glass iron workers highest paid skilled mechanics world belgian workforce impact city north built block north courthouse features large stained glass windows imported belgium years bigger huge windows considered largest single frame window state indiana stained glass windows plus smaller ones installed local catholic belgian glass workers infrastructure construction new glass works completed early january production started shortly glass works located south originally occupied acres natural gas plant original fuel source glass gradually cool united_states systems 1890s create glass older system pot heated inside melt batch ingredients needed glass newer system large brick tank operated continuously batch plant tank system originally largest tank window glass factory world tank capacity equivalent giving plant double capacity window glass plants built years earlier ohio size newest technology newly built facilities plant said largest best arranged window glass works world existence plant largest window glass works united_states initial production plant continued june works shut decrease summer normal glass industry time heat combined summer weather extremely uncomfortable working conditions summer months best time shut maintenance manipulation case year works production restarted october expansion management decided expand factory capacity adding second tank new tank add approximately capacity early april construction facilities new tank began modern improved methods departments works improving efficiency manufacturing shipping new buildings fire resistant stone brick iron construction materials work environment comfortable glass workers expansion increased total capacity works second largest glass factory united_states expenditures necessary finance expansion million dollars company considered adding tank add capacity expansion cost estimate million dollars said employment men major concerns voiced management community leaders adequate fire protection housing workers community leaders respond soon expansion postponed coincidence began operations plant built city south city acquired chemical fire engine delivered february tank added new room built room feet long feet wide hold boxes roof walls covered iron september capacity expansion plant payroll million dollars month employed glass workers plant employed people produced million square feet window glass month addition window glass company nation largest producer glass capacity double second largest manufacturer glass popular ornamental glass interiors office buildings furniture time plant second largest window glass producer country largest later year grounds grown cover acres included railroad spur grounds contained melting rooms warehouses shop machine shop tank melting rooms feet long feet wide feet deep tank required cutting room plans addition tank began late tank plant largest country conditions expansion plant owners requested housing potential new workers houses built company satisfied expansion tank workforce grew acquisition group men led organized glass trust called american window glass company company formed incorporate trust planned acquire glass plants close bring production demand prices offered glass plants generous owners glass plants sell plant cash combination cash stock new company owners chose receive stock trust incorporated effective august continued president smith directors newly incorporated company initial acquisitions included major window glass plants including original acquisitions indiana pennsylvania glass plants important enable american window glass control percent window glass production united_states indiana glass works acquired trust east central indiana gas belt plants nearby plants hart company plants located anderson indiana known window glass company manager named manager american window glass version plant december second window glass factory jones glass company acquired plant eventually company acquired glass factories american window glass acquisition works known plant number american window glass company plant employed people natural gas supplies indiana depleted manufacturers moved survive major plants american window glass successfully changed energy sources natural gas gas coal company technological advantage instead glass american window glass plants extracted glass machine machine immediately utilized american window glass plants known blowing machine machine glass making process city works plant manager production records entire company set plant machines machine glass blowing machine american window glass factories created pittsburgh resident continued contribute improvements machine decade machine human glass replaced machine operator paid percent glass wage machine times productive human windows times large larger cylinder extracted tank glass highest paid skilled workers united_states considered obsolete case machines replaced human glass consolidation spring rumors circulated american window glass planned production smaller plants nearby factories large plant plant capacity expanded equal capacity plants consolidated greatest window glass town world plant employed nearly people largest window glass plant world capacity plant combination window glass factories considering flint glass plants bottle plants city window glass capacity highest world rumor truth smaller plants eventually closed large plant expanded american window glass sold smaller plants including plant number plant number continued operations employed people start world war american window glass company dominant window glass manufacturer accounting half nation window glass manufacturing capacity company continued close smaller plants large plants equipped glass blowing machines plant number largest window glass factory united_states largest west pennsylvania belgian portion workforce dramatically reduced factors glass blowing machine replaced human glass difficulty returning summer european homeland start world war american window glass record profits company small plants sold closed time glass blowing machines extract glass company described having large equipped plants located near pittsburgh district large plant decline beginning 20th century competitors american window glass trust different approach gain technological advantage machines american window glass replaced glass blowing cutting process 1880s company constantly working process efficient competitors american inventor began working machine produced window glass different process patented work decade 20th century filed bankruptcy patents purchased hired continue work machine creator glass bottle industry working improved window glass machine began production gained window glass market share percent american window glass share percent 1920s developed new process making window glass creating competition window glass industry improved technology processes utilized competitors american window glass patents machinery obsolete late 1920s american window glass forced begin plants new machinery company underwent financial reorganization preferred stock lowered plants equipped plant natural gas supply depleted type sand produce glass better supply near american window glass plants pennsylvania american window glass company plant number closed
Hartford City Glass Company