Lynchburg Letter: J. William Gayner to W. H. Loyd

September 28, 1926

The year of 1929 written by Mr. Gayner is a mistake. The year was actually 1926. We know from other letters that Pete E. Moore of Greensburg Glass Works in Greensburg, PA, referred to in the letter, was corresponding with W. H. Loyd in the fall of 1926 about the possibility of purchasing the Lynchburg plant. Text was transcribed by Dennis Bratcher. A scan of the original letter is below [parts of the scan are distorted; original is bound in a book].

[Gayner Glass Works Letterhead]

[handwritten]

Sept 28-29 [1926]

My Dear Mr. Loyd

I do not know Mr. Moore but he has taken out Patents on Blowing machines

This sounds far better to me than the Hayes Co as Mr. Moore has been with a plant manufacturing a line of ware suitable for the Lynchburg Plant

I believe your Chamber of Commerce could interest some well establish [sic] Glass Plant to take over the Lynchburg Plant as a Southern Branch Factory[.] have a booklet describing the wonderful growth of the South, Lynchburg at the Gateway with three trunk Rail Roads. The rapid growth of the South which is now consuming so many milk bottles, beverage bottles, fruit jars, prescriptions, and proprietary bottles, etc.

The Gayner Glass is now shipping vast numbers of water bottles south, Last year the Gayner Glass made $44,000. at this time they were running full capacity

Who is the owners of the Plant[?] will you write me their names[?] the main one to write to & tell me the type of man he is & what is his business

Regarding my coming back that would depend whether I could see if the plant was started on a program to become a success

I am now fixed away with a nice position with the Gayner Glass

[p. 2] works & staying at my own home

Tom is doing very nicely with his stores dealing in womens children and men's clothing wants me to go in business with him[.] they have been in business now three years November 17th

My training has been in the Glass works and my lifes desire has always been to be a Glass Manufacture [sic]

Whether I would come back or no I would do all I can to get the Lynchburg Plant started

With kind regard

Yours very truly

[signed] J William Gayner