Ralph Gray Hemingray

Gossip of Many Plants.

MUNCIE, IND., Aug. 23. - Six shops of flint pressers will go from here to work at the new tank on pressed fruit jars at Lockport, N. Y. T. J. McElherron has just returned from there and secured an agreement to hire only flint workers and for the plant to be controlled by the Flint association.

John Mocklar, the well known young flint worker, and president of L. U. No. 2 here, is progressing rapidly in his study of law. He entered the office of Roscoe C. Griffith, a prominent lawyer here, several months ago. Mr. Mocklar was formerly from the South Side, Pittsburg, and has only been in Indiana about three years. He is a bright young glassworker, worthy of the success he is meeting with. Would that there were more such in the trade studying to advance themselves.

A rumor is going the rounds of the belt that Mr. Kaley, formerly book-keeper for S. R. Wells at Greenfield, is at the head of a deal to build a 10-pot window glass factory at Wilkinson, Ind., about ten miles from Greenfield, on the P. & E. division of the Big 4. It is intimated that a son of R. R. Faulkner, superintendent of Factory No. 41, of the American Window Glass Co., at Dunkirk, is in the deal with Mr. Kaley.

W. H. Gill, of Gill Bros., the clay pot manufacturers, has just returned from Chicago Heights where he delivered a set of new pots for the new plant of the Sheldon-Foster Glass Co. Mr. Gill says the new factory is the finest, most substantial and best arranged one he ever saw. It is all of brick and iron and is built to stay. The factory is located at Chicago Heights, about 27 miles from the center of the city. It is a 14-pot furnace, and is so arranged that several additional pot furnaces or tanks may be easily added, which will, no doubt, be done when the gas gives out and the company's factory at Gas City is abandoned.

A pot furnace was torn down last week at the Charles Boldt Glass Co.'s factory here. There is still one pot furnace standing and two large continuous tanks, besides two small tanks. The tendency towards tanks is very evident here. A few years ago this firm had four pot furnaces. Now only one remains, the rest having been replaced by tanks.

Ralph Hemingray, the prominent flint manufacturer, who was injured recently while alighting from his bicycle, were are please to note is able to be about again. He injured the muscles of his leg by the pedal striking it. The injury was considered insignificant at first but it proved sufficient to confine him to is room for two weeks. - MACK.