Hemingray Glass Company - Muncie, Indiana

Operating Conditions in Seven Muncie, Indiana, Glass Companies (1892 - Fifteen Years Ago)

[Trade Journal]

Publication: The Commoner and Glassworker

Pittsburgh, PA, United States
vol. 26, no. 1, p. 3, col. 2

MEMORIES REVIVED.

Happenings in the Glass Trade, Which Took

Place Fifteen Years Ago, Chronicled by

Commoner and Glassworker Scribes.

An estimate of seven factories that were in operation showed 180 pots 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 8 pots, employing 93 hands.

Keywords:	Hemingray Glass Company
Researcher notes:
Supplemental information:
Researcher:	Bob Stahr
Date completed:	October 9, 2005 by: Glenn Drummond;