1907 - Salem's Glass Plant

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Roanoke Times - August 17, 1907

Salem's Glass Plant

   We are advised by General Manager E.S. Barnitz, of the Catawba 
Valley Railway and Mining Company, that their glass plant, in this 
place, will be completed and in operation early in September, and 
that they already have booked contracts for bottles, etc., for 
delivery beginning with September 15th. Several glassblowers have 
already arrived, and others will be here in time for the starting of 
the factory. These men are of a high class of skilled mechanics, and 
command the highest wages paid to labor of any character in this 
country, ranging from $7.50 to $15 per day. It is expected that 
within a short time there will be from 100 to 150 operatives at work 
in this plant, which is one of the most modern and up to date in the 
United States. It will be a model plant of its character, with every 
facility for the successful manufacture of glassware, and has been 
built under the personal supervision of Mr. Robert Ballentine, who 
will have charge of the plant, and who is a thoroughly experienced 
and efficient man for the place. When in operation it will be one of 
the most interesting and important of all the enterprises in this 
section, and we shall take pleasure in giving our readers in an early 
issue a complete description of it and its work. -- Salem Times-Register

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