John Campbell & Son

JOHN CAMPBELL & SON, Glass Bottle Manufacturers, 19 and 21, Claythorn Street, Glasgow.

    One of the most important branches of industrial activity in Glasgow is that represented by the old-established firm of Messrs. John Campbell & Son, Glass Bottle Manufacturers, who have for many years past occupied a leading position in the trade, fully meriting recognition in these columns.

    The business is one of the oldest in the trade in the City, having been established in 1846 by Mr. John Campbell, who was subsequently joined in the proprietary by his son, Mr. Robert Campbell, the present head of the firm, trading under the title indicated above. The premises occupied by the firm are of commodious proportions, comprising the Calton Glass Works, a handsome two-storied building with well-appointed offices facing Claythorn Street and filling the intervening space between King and Chambers Streets. The manufactory is fitted throughout with the most improved modern plant and appliances, the firm having recently erected, at considerable expense, large gas furnaces for the continuous fusing and working of the raw material, thus doubling the output of bottles.

    The goods manufactured by Messrs. Campbell include every description of mineral water, confectionery, and pale glass bottles for exporting whisky. The manufacture of black bottles for the wine and beer trades is also a speciality and bears a high reputation throughout the trade, and are supplied to the leading consumers in the home markets and also largely exported to the Colonies and other centres abroad. The total number of bottles produced at the works amounts to 800 gross per week, which will afford our readers some indication of the scope and magnitude of the operations of the firm.

    A large number of workpeople is employed in the works, which are ably managed in each department under the personal supervision of the principal, who possesses a thoroughly practical experience of the requirements of the trade, and whose energetic management has contributed in no small measure to the sustained success of the undertaking. Messrs. Campbell are in telephonic communication with the central Exchange No. 1127, and telegrams should be addressed “Claythorn”, Glasgow. Mr. Campbell is widely known and esteemed in the City, having for many years taken an active interest in public and municipal matters as a member of the Parochial Board and other public bodies, and at the present time holds Her Majesty’s commission as Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Corps.

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