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All of the properties of the Scioto Fire Brick Company at. and near Sciotoville, have been purchased by L. C. Turley and Alan N. Jordan, according to anannouncement made Tuesday afternoon shortly after the big deal was cousumated.These properties consist of a fire brick works and ft paving brick works, occupying retd estate with a river front of some 1400 feet in the West end of the village, also a store and several houses north of the Norfolk and Western railroad tracks at the same .‘ point and some 900 acres of land jiLSt north and west of Sciotoville, including the East end of the ' shale bank, at what is generally known as the Narrows.”'Messrs. Turley and Jordan, at I he Maine time this deal was closed, leased to the Jlarbisan-Wnlker Refractories Co., with general offices at Pittsburgh, Pn.. both the brick plants and all nf the properties south of the Norfolk sind Western railroad tracks mid all of the firo clay and sand rock rights and leases upon all the properties heretofore owned by the Scioto Fire Brick Co.It is understood that the TTarbi-son-AYalker people will immediately largely increase the outpm of these two plants in the way nf hand-made and macliiiie-niarlc lire brick, which will benefit Scio-toville.The remaining property will he handled by Messrs. Turley mid Jordan in connection with this lands they arc now developing, north and cast of New Boston.Fids’ is one of the biggest business deals put through in this countv for some time and will mean much for the future gnnilh of Portsmouth, New Boston, Scio-loyillc and Scioto county.The history of the Scioto Fire Brick Company, whose capital stock is $100,000, is practically the history of the fire brick business in the .PorlHmoutU-Sciotovillo district. The original plunt of this company was built in 1SB4 and the Scioto Five Brick Co. was incorporated in 1K71.Many names long fnmilipr lo Portsmouth people, have Imen connected with the company ill its past The first plant \n» erected by Keesc Thomas and Charles, Tnylor, Cincinnati, ;uul following this other small plants were erected and later consolidated with the original plant.Samuel McConnell, Jus. Porter, Sr., James Porter, Jr., II. A. Towne, Samuel Williams, AY. Q. Adams, D. R. Connell, Charles Lloyd and Charles Turner lire the names of some of the presidents of the Scioto Fire Brick Co. in the past.The new purchasers have been sold all of the good-will of the Sciolo Fire Brick Company umt.v in turn it has been conveyed to:f the Harbisnn-Walkcr Refractories Company.
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Portsmouth Weekly Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Sat, Nov 25, 1916
Page 7
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