Glass Writer Writes of Prosperity of Hemingray & Boldts (new furnace)

WRITES WELL OF

LOCAL PLANTS

PROSPERITY AT MUNCIE

Glass Writer Says Affairs Are

Prosperous at Boldt's and

Hemingray's.

Charles C. Mayer, a staff writer for the Commoner and Glass Worker, says:

"At the Muncie plant of the Boldt Glass company, Superintendent Thomas Holden has affairs moving in the usual good order. In addition to the nine-ring continuous flint tank he has four shops working on a small amber tank making pints and half pints. This tank is also under the main roof and is large enough to give employment to six shops. Eighteen shops are making a va­riety of flint bottles on the big tank. This plant was successfully operated up to the end of last fire and the present season was begun September 15.

"As the works are equipped with a modern fuel system, there are at pres­ent no obstacles in sight that would hinder the thus far recorded excellent run from proceeding to the end of the blast.

"The Hemingray Glass company, Muncie, Ind., is erecting a new ten-ring Dixon continuous flint tank, and Su­perintendent J. C. Gray expects to put it in operation about the first of year. A general line of flint ware will be the output. This tank takes the place of the old 14-pot furnace, which had to be discarded on account of an inadequate natural gas supply. Pro­ducers and every other modern equip­ment will be installed with the new tank.

"Two tank furnaces with about 26 shops are being operated on insulators at present. Owing to the fact that con­struction work is practically at a standstill at this time of the year, shipments of this kind of goods are but normal at present, but this old established institution is usually doing a brisk business on this line. The officers of the firm are: R. C. Hemingray, president; D. C. Hemingray, secretary and treasurer. The main office is at Covington, Ky."