Berney Bond Glass Company, Bradford, PA., Plant
History
11-28-1900 (Berney Glass Company) - Date of Incorporation
1901 (Berney Glass Company) - Incorporated, S. D. Heffner, pres.
1903 (Berney Glass Company) - Plant running, making, flint, green, amber
bottles for beer, drugs, wines, milk, in all sizes.
3-10-1904 (Berney Flint Bottle Factory) - Plant fire last Sunday, down
several days.
3-17-1904 (Berney Flint Glass Company) - Plant starts up after fire repair.
9-17-1904 (Berney Glass Company) - Stockholders to meet 10-1-1904 to discuss
merger.
9-29-1904 (Berney Bond Bottle Company) - Bradford and Hazlehurst bottle
factories merge to become Berney Bond Bottle Company.
10-4-1904 (Berney Bond) - Elected officers: A.J. Bond, pres., C.E. Hazelton,
tres., W.H. Koch, sec.
1905 on (Berney Bond) - Office at 80/84 Mechanic St.
1906 (Berney Bond) - Bad fire (Toulouse).
10-5-1906 (Berney Bond) - Plant starts.
10-10-1906 (Berney Bond) - Fire, entire plant at foot of Sherman St. gone.
Rebuild will depend on gas suppy. 65 people out of work.
1-1909 (Berney Bond) - Plant down
9-29-1909 (Berney Bond) - Plant starts in old refurbished Tuna Glass Co.
plant at Grove & Rochester St. Plan to employ 250 men.
9-30-09 (Berney Bond) - Plant operating with men from SP. They should
return when SP starts in 4 weeks. (Note: second SP tank comes up in December,
BF goes down in January).
10-2-1909 (Berney Bond) - Plant starts
10-9-1909 (Berney Bond) - Plant starts, 15 ring tank.
1-1-1910 (Berney Bond) - Plant down, gas shortage.
1-22-1910 (Berney Bond) - Article from "The Commoner & Glassworker"
titled "The Berney-Bond Glass Co.'s Neat Calendar", "The
Commoner & Glassworker begs to acknowledge the receipt of a very useful
& Attractive trade reminder from the BBGC in the form of a calendar
for 1910. The upper portion of the calendar bears the portrait fo a beautifully
dressed lady of the Marie Antoinette type. Below this is found the words,
"Berney-Bond Glass Co., Bradford, PA." To the left of the calendar
proper is a very neat thermometer. The calendar is of convenient size,
and it will find a permanent place in the office of those who have been
remembered by this well-known company.".
Unknown (Berney Bond) - 50 employees.
1911 (Berney Bond) - Plant listed as abandoned.
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