BGM factory will be in Baltimore instead of Buffalo, NY; will make fruit jars

BUFFALO MISSED IT.

That New Glass Manufacturing Company

Will Operate in Baltimore.

Several day ago the certificate of incorporation of the Baltimore Glass Manufacturing Company was filed with the county clerk. J. A. Oaks of this city, one of the directors of the new company, was seen at his office today by a Commercial reporter.

"Our factory will not be in Buffalo," said Mr. Oaks. "We wanted to come to Buffalo, in fact had about decided to do so, and build a big factory between Blasdell and Depew, but the controversy between the proposed Depew and Southwestern Railroad and the Buffalo Terminal Railway Company caused a change in our plans, as we were not sure either road would be built, giving our employes transportation to the factory.

"We found a factory, down in Baltimore, which we bought. Sand, a large quantity of which is used in a glass factory, is cheaper there than here. In the Baltimore factory we shall employ about 100 men. Had we located in Buffalo we should have built a big factory, large enough to accommodate a force of from 500 to 1,000 men.

"It may be that in the end we will come to Buffalo, as I don't believe the Baltimore plant will be large enough for the business, if it grows into as extensive a concern as we expect. But at Baltimore we are located for the present, at least."

The Baltimore Glass Manufacturing Company has secured the right to make glass under a certain patent allowing for the moulding of the glass while it is yet hot, thereby ensuring a very smooth glass. Fruit jars, bottles, and flasks with air-tight screw tops, will be made by the new company, which, by its new process, is able to so smooth down the surface of the jars where the top is screwed on as to render them impervious to moisture or air.