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Manufacturing, Factories, Mills, Plants
New Glass Plant north of the Catholic church
running from Station across
Third and Fourth Sts
From the
McDonald PA Outlook newspaper, June 12, 1897, page unknown:
The History of a Boom - How It Began, Grew Great, and Withered, in a Day
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Thirty Thousand Dollars for a Glass Plant Raised on McDonald's
Streets on a Day's Notice.--But Not This Plant This Time Will Get It,
But Some Other Plant Some Other Time.
A glass works is forced to move by high fuel rates and taxes. They said
they would bring their works to McDonald if our people would buy from a
tract the company would get here one hundred lots at $400 each. The
works would employ not less than 250 and maybe as many as 500 men. Half
of these would be skilled workmen getting $5 or so a day. The
company's monthly pay-roll has been for years about $10,000 a month.
The managers liked McDonald for two things--the good and cheap fuel and
water. The company paid for fuel last month $1560. This money would be
paid to McDonald coal miners, for coal would be the fuel here.
The company would get sixteen acres from Edward MCDONALD lying in a
block just north of the Catholic church and running from Station across
Third and Fourth Sts.; and in this were the hundred lots. The money from
the lot sale would be put in one of the McDonald banks, and when the
glass company would have done what they said they would do, the money
would be paid to them. If the company would not have their plant set up
and running by September next, the money would be returned to the lot
buyers. There was no risk to the lot-buyer; if the plant came, he bought
the lot; if it didn't, he got his money back. The lots were worth the
price any day, plant or no plant. The lots would be sold for cash, or
for $100 down, $100 in six, $100 in nine, and $100 in twelve months. It
was suggested that the buyers draw lots for the lots they get.
The plant would cover 8 acres, and would likely be in the East End
bottom. They thought to build one "twelve-pot" and two "ten-pot"
furnaces.
The facts given above wee put before a citizen's meeting Tuesday night
by Chairman C. R. BUCHHEIT. Mr. Edward MCDONALD, Mr. HOEY, Mr. T. T.
GILLESPIE and others spoke at the meeting saying what a boon such a
plant would be. Several present said they would take lots, and the
chairman appointed P. HOEY, F. F. FRENCH, Henry ROGERS, Richard GLADDEN
and E. S. MCWREATH a committee to go around and see if they could sell
the hundred lots.
The committee named walked about on Wednesday and Thursday, and the
following citizens and firms signed a paper, wishing to take lots:
P. HOEY, John M. ABRAHAM, Henry ROGERS, D. L. WILLIAMS, C. R. BUCHHEIT,
W. H. YOUNG, Pierre MATHIEU, A. C. FORINGER, J. R. GLADDEN, F. F.
FRENCH, J. C. MAY, A. VALENTOUR, E. S. MCWREATH, Richard GLADDEN, S. H.
COOK, J. P. SCOTT, Samuel SHANE, S. S. JOHNS, MCCARTY & ROBB, W. T.
REED, J. A. BASTIAN, C. R. POTTER, G. S. CAMPBELL, G. J. BUCHHEIT, F. L.
ROBBINS (5 lots), Neil MCGINLEY, James J. DONAHUE, Thos. GILLESPIE, S.
D. JONES, T. WALKER, Geo. W. SCHLEUDERBERG, J. D. SAUTERS, T. E. SAUTERS,
LEWIS Bros., C. G. HADDEN, G. W. SMITH, W. B. MOORHEAD, Bennie FRANKLE,
A. B. MCBETH, GARDNER Bros. J. C. ROGERS, Wm. MADGWICK, J. A. HUNTER
& Son, SHORT & WADE, W. S. DUNCAN, Kate MOLONEY, Dr. G. H. COOK,
H. S. INGRAM, J. J. GEORGE, Dr. W. A. LAROSS, A. C. HOOBLER, B. D.
TILLINGHAST, WILLIAMS & LOCKHART, McDonald Supply Co. (two), David
CAMPBELL, Frank COLLINS, C. M. WILLIAMS, Miss I. V. STEEN, Dr. W. A.
JAMISON, Dr. G. H. MILLER, Dr. W. R. DICKSON, Dr. W. L. SCOTT, Samuel
STURGEON, JOHNSTON & ROBBINS, Aug. WEITZEL, Sr., R. M. CONLEY, James
ROBB, Wm. O'BRIEN, J. S. JOHNSTON & Co., J. G. COOK
Well--here was $30,000 subscribed to bring here the glass plant. And on
Friday Edward MCDONALD and C. R. BUCHHEIT went to tell the glass men to
come on; and the glass men backed square down--said they couldn't
come at all. And that is the end of this story.
But it shows how easy it is to get $30,000 in McDonald for such a thing.
And this will be useful again.
The McDonald Board of Trade desires to thank the public for their
cordial support in this matter. The Board will now try to have a branch
of the Lake Erie Railroad run here from Montour via the Champion valley.
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