Did some business then, report of glass from 1868, William F. Modes listed

Did Some Business Then.

That the glass concerns of Pittsburg did some business 38 years ago is made evident by a perusal of the following figures. They comprise the exhibit of business done for the eight months ending December 31, 1868. The end of the fiscal year was May 1, 1869. These statistics were verified by oath. The figures given include the $50,000 exempt from taxation. Statements are made concerning the amount of business done by 29 local glass concerns operated by the following companies:

Adams & Co., $99,500; Atterbury & Co., $123,419; Bakewell, Pears & Co., $280,736; Bryce, Walker & Co., $278,056; Beck, Phillips & Co., $81,780; Chambers, A. & D. H.., $436,907; Campbell, Jones & Co., $114,353; Cunningham & Ihmsen, $212,341; Dithridge & Sons, $133,283; Evans, T. A. & Co., $59,025; Excelsior Flint Glass Co., $164,361; Fay, Semple & Reynolds, $171,407; Fahnestock, Fortune & Co., $108,350; Hamilton, Wm. H. & Co., $51,121; Ihmsen, C. & Sons, $304,753; Johnson, King & Co., $106,996; Knox, Kim & Co., $88,445; Lorenz & Wightman, $311,460; Modes & Nichols, $61,136; McKee, S. & Co., $262,605; McCulleq, William & Co., $420,592; Miller, Estep & Co., $111,529; McKee & Brother, $141,851; Plunkett & Co., $53,104; Pittsburgh Glass Mfg. Co., $61,171; Page, Sellers & Duff, $160,444; Richards & Hartley Glass Co., $57,075; Ripley & Co., $106,305; Wolf, Howard & Co., $135,517; Wallace, Cavitt & Co., $59,300; Total $4,555,192.