1907 - Glass Factory in Full Blast

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Roanoke Times - October 5, 1907

  Glass Factory in Full Blast

   The big glass plant at Salem, supplied with glass sand by the 
Catawba Valley railroad, has commenced operations. A number of 
glassblowers have already arrived, and have settled in Salem, and the 
plant presents a very busy scene. A fairly full force is employed 
now, but this will be added to as fast as possible, and it is 
expected that it will not be very long until the full capacity of the 
plant will be run.
   A large force of men are employed laying the ties and rails on the 
Catawba Valley road between Salem and Bennett Springs, and it is 
expected that the road will be ready for the engines and cars within 
the next two weeks. The sand for the glass plant at present is being 
hauled in wagons, but when the road is completed a greater output 
will be possible.

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- Ron Davis, Roger Link