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GRANITE BKJCk WORKS.This is comparatively a new industry in Burlington. The plant was started in 1889 and completed in 1890, at a cost of about $24,000. Their works are located near what is known as tin Cascades, in the southern suberhs of Burlington and adjacent to the fa-l in oils quarry of soapstone and earth,| the combination of which requires quarrying, but the product has proven to be ot the rarest and best material for them anufacture of vitrilied brick. Its tenacity and capacity to reach such a hardened state has established the reputation of these brick, by test and use. to be the best and most durable in the country. They now operate 1 !iv patented kilns of loo.ooo capacity 1 lt;'!• ! they have one hot air dryin / hoiu-e, with a capacity of 75,0t»0, am. s j brick machines capable of turning ( out l.OuO perfect brick per day. Theslt;. i works can turn out r*.nun,000 brhk per annum, and this year tnade .‘J,’00,00' f during the season of twenty-seven i. weeks that it was in operation. Curing thi; time they had in their employ 4a men. and paid out $11.r,52.11 in wages, and consumed $1,309 worth of fuel. In addition to their plant for the manufacture of vitrilied brick, tin stockholders are preparing plans for machinery and works that will turn out pressed brick of a superior quality. A test of the clay near the works shows it to be especially adapted for this class of bricks.The officers are (diaries \V. Starker president: W. W. Baldwin, vice president; lt;Mathes, secretary and treas-d I tircr, and lt;\ Neis, superintendent, li s ! is one of our largest factories in thlt; tl i eoursa of a fc*w years.
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Burlington Evening Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Sat, Dec 18, 1897
Page 11
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