Bushwick Glass Works

MISCELLANEOUS TRADE ITEMS.

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Brooklyn Eagle, January 7: The glass making industry fell on evil times during 1893. The green glass works of A. J. Haggerty & Co., Smith street, in fair seasons usually gave employment to about 250 hands. These works have been shut down since June. James F. Haggerty said he does not know when they would open again. The depression was general throughout the country. In William Brookfield's Bushwick Glass Works one furnace has been kept in blast with the exception of the regular closing time in July and August. Another will be opened up shortly. F. Thill's Sons & Co., manufacture flint glass goods. The firm's factory is situated at Kent avenue and Taylor street. The firm employs between fifty and sixty workers. The works have been closed for nearly a month. From May up to that time work had been carried on at half time. Mr. Thill said he did not consider the tariff alone to blame for the dullness of trade. An important factor was scarcity of cash. A similar condition of things exists in the glass factories in Greenpoint.