FRENCH PLATE WINDOW-GLASS.

Polished French plate window-glass, which is considered to be the highest grade of window-glass in the market, may be obtained in lights varying in size from a piece one inch square to a light eight feet wide and fourteen feet long. Owing to the extra cost of rolling large lights, the price per square foot of large lights is sometimes twice that of smaller lights; so that the cost of plate-glass must be estimated by a price-list, giving the cost of every different size of light. Such a price-list is given below. This list remains the same from year to year, and is known as the "standard" list for polished plate glass. The fluctuations in the price of glass are arranged by means of a discount, which is the same for At the present time the discount on large lots of plateglass is about fifty per cent.

all sizes.

The weight of polished plate-glass averages 34 pounds per square foot.

TO APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF POLISHED PLATE GLASS BOXED.

Extend the glass 3

pounds per square foot. Weight of box equals the contents of a plate of greatest width and length of those packed therein, multiplied by 10. Thus:

1 plate 36" x 96"

1 plate 60" x 84"}

59 feet × 3 =

206 pounds.

Size of box 60" x 96" 40 feet x 10 = 400 pounds.

606 pounds.

PRICE-LIST OF POLISHED PLATE-GLASS (Continued).
Sizes, in inches; prices, in dollars and cents.

104

106

108

126

130

39.95 42.60 45.25 47.95 40.85 43.55 46.25 49.00 41.70 44.50 47.30 50.05 52.85 55.60 42.60 45.45 48.30 51.10 53.95 56.80 43.50 46.40 49.30 52.20 55.10 58.00 60.90 100 44.40 47.35 50.30 53.25 56.20 59.15 102 45.25 48.30 51.30 54.30 57.35 60.35

50.60 53.25 55.90

51.70 54.45 57.15

58.40

59.65

62.15

63.35

46.15 49.25

47.05 50.20

55.90

57.70

132 58.60

144

52.30 55.40 53.30 56.45 59.60 62.70 47.95 51.10 54.30 57.50 60.70 63.90 110 48.80 52.05 55.30 58.60 61.85 65.10 68.35 112 49.70 53.00 56.35 59.65 62.95 66.25 69.60 114 50.60 53.95 57.35 60.70 64.10 67.45 70.80 116 51.50 54.90 58.35 61.75 65.20 68.65 72.05 118 52.35 55.85 59.35 62.85 66.35 69.80 73.30 120 53.25 56.80 60.35 63.90 67.45 71.00 122 54.15 57.75 61.35 64.95 68.60 72.20 75.80 124 55.05 58.70 62.35 66.05 69.70 73.35 77.05 59.65 63.35 67.10 70.80 74.55 78.30 128 56.80 60.60 64.40 68.15 71.95 75.75 79.50 61.55 65.40 69.25 73.05 76.90 80.75 62.50 66.40 70.30 74.20 78.10 82.00 134 59.45 63.45 67.40 71.35 75.30 79.30 83.25 136 60.35 64.40 68.40 72.40 76.45 80.45 84.50 138 61.25 65.30 69.40 73.50 77.55 81.65 90.00 140 62.15 66.25 70.40 74.55 78.70 82.85 91.00 142 63.00 67.20 71.40 75.60 79.80 84.00 93.00 63.90 68.15 72.40 76.70 80.95 85.20 94.00

PRICE-LIST OF POLISHED PLATE-GLASS (Continued).
Sizes, in inches; prices, in dollars and cents.

PRICE-LIST OF POLISHED PLATE-GLASS (Concluded).
Sizes, in inches; prices, in dollars.

229

160 199 204 210 215 220 162 201 207 212 218 223 310 164 204 209 215 220 226 232 237 301 307 314 321 328 166 206 212 218 223 229 234 240 304 311 168 209 215 220 226 232 237 301 308 315 322 170 211 217 223 235 240 305 312 319 326 333 340

226

231 237 242

307

313 320

229 234 240 304

317 324

318 325 332 329 336

The above table was kindly furnished the author by Messrs. Hills, Turner, & Co., Boston, Mass., importers and dealers in French and American window-glass