kiln room 140 x 70 feet were erected. In 1893 a six story
building 176 x 110 feet was added to the plant, which now
extends from South Avenue on the Ohio River to Reedsdale
Street and contains about ten acres of floor space in which
are manufactured not only glass melting pots but Tank
Blocks, furnace linings, lehr tile, floaters, gathering boots,
pyrometer tubes, crucibles, enamelers, furnaces, muffles and
smelter furnaces, etc., using annually from 5000 tons to
6000 tons of domestic clay, a large portion of which comes
from Missouri, and from 2000 tons to 3000 tons of imported
lay from Germany.
The original organizers of this Company were:—John
Adams, Thos. B. Atterbury, David Challinor, James
Campbell, William Doyle, Thomas Evans, A. H. Heisey,
Edward Hogan, William C. King, William McMillen, David
Taylor.
John Adams was President until his death. He was
succeeded by William Doyle, who was President until
1894, at which time he was succeeded by A. H. Heisey,
who held office until his death in February, 1922. A. H.
Heisey was succeeded by Dos Taylor, who was elected
President and holds the office at the present time.
PreseENT Directors. Dos Taylor, James F. Challinor,
William C. King, A. P. Duncan, James Hogan, T. F.
Emminger, A. E. Gray.
Orricers. Dos Taylor, President; A. E. Gray, Treas-
urer and General Manager; J. E. McKelvy, Secretary;
T. F. Emminger, Production Manager.
The company enjoys a national reputation for its
superior products, which are recognized as the highest
standards obtainable.
The company employs from one hundred fifty to two
hundred workmen, mostly skilled, as the manufacture of
glass melting pots is a process which requires the most
painstaking care and attention to detail. Years of exper-
ience are required to properly select, combine and prepare
the clay used in their manufacture, as well as to acquire
the skill necessary to properly build pots to withstand the
high temperature and extreme working conditions incident
to the manufacture of glass.
