Hemingray Glass Company - Muncie, Indiana

FORCED TO CLOSE

Another Pipe Line Attached but Not

Enough for Both Places.

The Kitselman Brothers' Wire fence factory which was put in operation Monday, was forced to close last night owing to the shortage of gas. The management arranged with the Hemingray Glass Company for . . . [illegible text] . . . but when it was hitched . . . [illegible text] . . . it was found insufficient to run both plants and it was again cut off. The work men were given orders to the affect that they would not need to expect to go to work before the last of the week. The gas pipes leading to the factory are above ground in many places and are frozen and the fuel cannot be obtained. The management is anxious for the resumption and it will occur as soon as the pipe lines can be thawed.