Hemingray Glass Company - Muncie, Indiana

Talk of Muncie's Factories.

In conversation with a well-known glass manufacturer last evening says the Muncie Times, he asked our reporter if he was aware that Muncie was only second to but one city in the United States in the manufacture of glass, and that city is Pittsburg.

An estimate of the seven factories in operation finds 189 pots being operated by 1,702 persons as follows.

Ball Bros., two factories, flint and green glass, 60 pots, employing 700 hands.

Muncie Glass Co., flint glass manufacturers, 33 pots, employing 240 hands.

Maring, Hart & Co., window glass manufacturers, 48 pots, continuous tank system, employing 325 hands.

The Hemingray Glass Co., flint glass works, 14 pots, employing 140 hands.

C. H. Over & Co., window glass works with 18 pots, employing 108 hands.

Nelson's green glass works with eight pots, employ 26 hands.

The Port green glass works, with eight pots, employing 93 hands.

In the above factories nearly every conceivable kind of glassware is made except plate glass, and with the recent location of the Gill pot factory, Muncie is one of the finest glass manufacturing cities in the country.

The Hemingray Glass Co. have the ground cleared off for a large new furnace west of the main factory building.

There are about 55 hands at work in the Ball Bros.'s tin stamp works. In about 10 days a shipment of zinc will be here and work will then be resumed in the cap department and the factory will then have about 100 hands at work. Yesterday the first shipment of American tin was received from the Elwood mill and Manager Ed Bingman at once gave it a test. The tin is used in making jacket for oil cans and it received a very fair test in this mil which it stood with entire satisfaction. A times man saw a sheet worked up and after passing through three machines, one with a pressure of 1,000 pounds, it came out as bright as polished silver. This is strong evidence in favor of American tin. Democratic newspaper contradictions to the contrary notwithstanding.

The prosperous and well-known Hemingray Glass Co. are now talking of doubling their capacity for another year and the present fine factory building may be duplicated with a building just east of the present factory. This is only evidence of the great prosperity of all of Muncie's factories.

Arthur Smith, of the Nelson glass works, reports everything at this institution as running in the best of shape and consequently all are happy.

When Ball Bros. get their new tank at work in the flint glass works and the stamping mill in full operation over 700 names will appear on the pay roll.

Charley McKeenan, a presser a [sic] at Ball's factory, has gone home to Philadelphia and lost a $6 per day job because of love for his mazes. He got home sick.

Samuel Long, of Ball Bros., has been quite sick for several days past with hay fever, but he continues to work just the same. He has to be conveyed to and from work in a buggy.

The elegant new office at Ball Bro.'s factory will soon be ready for occupancy, and it is a real beauty. Those Ball brothers are hustlers and right in the front rank as extensive glass manufacturers.