Geneva Glass Company Reorganized, Guy Ellinwood, formerly with Hemingray among organizers

Geneva Glass Company Reorganized.

In its issue of September 10 the "Geneva "Daily Times," of Geneva, N. Y., said:

"Negotiations have been completed whereby Rochester capital will take over the Geneva Glass Company, which has been shut down for a period of three years, and develop it for the manufacture of bottles and other glassware. It is expected that the plant will be in operation before December 1.

"R. S. Ellinwood of 331 Woodbine avenue, formerly connected with the Reed Glass Company, of Rochester; H. Guy Ellinwood, former superintendent of the Hemingray Gas [sic] Glass Company, of Muncie, Ind.; E. A. Slater, Harry Quereau and Orin Skutt, of North Rose, are the parties who have secured control of the company, which will be incorporated as the Geneva Glass Manufacturing Company with a capital stock of $200,000, most of which is now subscribed. The deal with the Rochester capitalists was closed by J. O. Jensen, Charles Jensen and other stockholders.

"It is the intention of the new management to install $50,000 worth of new equipment and to make extensive alterations in the plant. The work on these improvements will be started at once to enable the plant to be opened before December 1st. A force of fifty men working in three shifts will be employed with a weekly payroll of $2,500 to $3,000.

"The Geneva Glass Company was organized in 1909 with J. O. Jensen and Charles Jensen as the principle stockholders and managers of the industry, which for several years was one of Geneva's leading industries with a large weekly payroll. A fire in November, 1914, destroyed the buildings, which were rebuilt and operated up to July 6, 1916, when the manufacturing of bottles was discontinued and the J. O. Jensen Machine Company, manufacturers of glass gathering machinery for bottles and other glassware, was organized and occupied part of the buildings. It is the intention of the J. O. Jensen Company to occupy the part of the plant now used by them for a least one year, when it is expected that a new site will be purchased and new buildings will be provided for the growing industry."