[Trade Journal]
Publication: Crockery & Glass Journal
New York, NY, United States
vol. 22, no. 11, p. 18, col. 2
THE GLASS FACTORIES
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A San Francisco exchange says that regular work has been begun at the Oakland Glass Works. Demijohns, bottles, flasks and fruit jars have already been made at the works. The white sand from which the glass is made comes from a beach at Monterey owned by the company. It comes from the beach so clean that no washing is necessary before putting it over the fires. Claret bottles will be made at the Oakland factory. Nearly all used on this coast now are made abroad. The demand is said to be about fifty gross per day for the Pacific coast. One of the specialties of the works is a fruit jar with a new device for closing the top. The furnaces are heated by a bed of Sydney coal, six inches deep.
