Abram and French to operate old glass plant

[Trade Journal]

Publication: The Commoner and Glassworker

Pittsburgh, PA, United States
vol. 9, no. 13, p. 4, col. 4


FLINT GLASS ITEMS.


Boston and Sandwich Glass Plant will be put

Into Operation by a Company With $80,000

Capital — The Strike at Bridgeport and Martin's

Ferry Declared Off — A New Paste Mold

Patent — Thos. Evans & Co. Send Greetings

Factories Shut Down for the Holidays --Other

Notes.


As mentioned in these columns several weeks ago, the plant of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co., Sandwich, Mass., has been sold. Geo. B. Jones, of Boston, has bought it, and it will shortly be put into operation on a general run of flint glassware. The firm will be known as Abraham [sic] Abram, French & Co. The capital will be $80,000. Of this Mr. Jones holds $75,000, and the remaining $5,000 is held by citizens of Sandwich

The plant is one of the oldest in the country. Its history has been rehearsed on several occassions in this paper. How it suspended operations in the general lockout which occurred in the flint glass trade in 1888, and never resumed. But now the prospects are that it will run with renewed vigor.

The glass blowers of that section have watched the steady decline of the industry there, and they have in the past few years endured many months of idleness. The starting of this plant will give the old town of Sandwich a boom and bring satisfaction to the workers likewise. Everything indicates that ist future course will be successful.

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Keywords:Electrical Glass Corporation : Pennycuick
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Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:February 20, 2008 by: Bob Stahr;