The Root Glass Company The Root Glass Company The Root Glass Company originated as Root Glass Works in Vigo County, Indiana. Businessman and Pennsylvania native Chapman J. Root (November 22, 1864 - November 20, 1945) opened the original glass company on May 27, 1901, at Third and Voorhees Streets a year after he moved to the city of Terre Haute, Indiana. By 1904 the company was manufacturing beverage bottles for Coca-Cola as well as several other beverage companies in the area. Between 1905 and 1912 the Root Glass Company workforce increased from 600 to 825 employees. In 1915, Root's company entered a Coca-Cola contest
Fostoria Glass Company short time later. Despite the association, Fostoria Glass Company did not become part of the National Glass Company. William A. B. Dalzell joined the company as general manager in 1901. Dalzell was from Pittsburgh, and his initial experience in the glass industry was with Pittsburgh’s Adams and Company. The Dalzell brothers had been involved with the glass business as owners and management in West Virginia and Ohio. In 1899, he worked for National Glass Company, and from there he had joined the Fostoria Glass Company. Also joining the firm from Dalzell's Ohio plant was Calvin B. Roe, who had been