Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-04
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CHEAP BUILDING YArrRrLLa

~ N9'Nii htA Dt III ~ UlUIAlO
TO the abundance and c~heapness of build.
ing materials.
Il becomes a matter Of deep interest tc
every settler, to enquire into the subject
Of building mat 'rlal, and to ascertain, if
possible, the best and cheapest method o.
building substantial, comfortable, if moi
elegant public and private buildings.
Experiments have been made in several
Of the middle and western States, going to
prove that a compound Of lime, gravel
ana rock, make a cheap substantial and
comfortable building. Numerous build
ings OF this description were erected sew
erai years ago in Wisconsin, Illinois, and
the State Of New York. The materials of
which these buildings were composed have
become oemented together, until they have
acquired the consistency Of rock, and are
apparently as strong and safe as walls Of
BRICK and at the same time, a great deal
cheaper. These buildings are represent
cd as being remarkably warm in the win
Ter and cool in the summer.
A house composed Of the above named
materials was built in 1850 or 81, by the
distinguished phrenologist, O. S. Fowler
Esq" OF New York. Dir. Fowler saws
that the walls are four times cheaper than
wood and six times cheaper than brick.
Mr.. Fowler ; house was d very large one,
and required a vast amount Of material
for its construction.
According 10 his calculations. a house
% by 80 feet. and two stories high, would
require only ten dollars worth of lime for
ats construction. This calculation is bas-
ed upon the price of lime in the CITY OF
New York, which we think is usually
about 10 cents per bushel. The proper
method Of erecting these walls is TO set an
standards Of wood where the wall is 20
lie built. These standards are TO be SET
up and fastened in an upright position.
Boards are nailed upon these standards
outside and in. After this preliminary
process has been completed. the well itself
may be commenced. The lime having
been Stacked and properly mixed with
sand gravel, and rock is placed withiu
the cavity formed by the boards already
fastened TO The height of two feet. When
this becomes sufficiently hard 10 remove
the boards-which is usually in one days
time-they are taken of and raised up
nearly two feet, and again filled up as be-
fore. In this manner a wall Of any size
my be raised up at the rate of two feet.
a day and perhaps more.
a small building IA by l6 feet was
erected by |. II. Bennett Of this place, in
Bellevue, last summer; and notwithstand-
ing 1t exhibits signs of inexperienee; it
proves the practicability Of building dwell
Lighthouses in this manner.
If q building can be put up with these
materials in the city of New York at ore
fourth the expense of wooden buildings,
where lumber is cheaper than it is here,
we cannot see why they cannot be put up
here for at least one half The sum r~equir-
ed TO build Of wood.
We find in Goward's nReal Estate
Register" published in Boston, an account
Of a new discovery in building, which
we believe is destined to come into COM
petition with, and take the preference
over every other known method Of build
ing.
1t consists Of pressed bricks, composed
of lime and sand, made in such a form as
10 have an air chamber between the outer
and inner surface Of the wall, forming a
non-conducting medium within the wall
itseif-which condition would greatly
contribute TO the warmth Of the building
in the winter as well as 10 its GOODNESS in
the summer. The following is the ac-
count to which we refer, taken from
GOward's Register: ,
We have been shown a sample of a |
new building material in which we al
luded a week or two since. II is a kind
of brick made with dead air spaces, and
possessing all the beauty and hardness of
granite. II is made Of dry sand in the q
proportion Of one-twelfth lime and eleven /,
iwelflhs sand laid in moulds and subject +
ed to an equal pressure of one hundred
tons. The lime is slaeked and the sand is
siGled. The pressure is sufficient to 6
cause all the particles TO come in contact ;
forming a beautiful material. The bricks q
can of course be made in any form or
shape according to taste. 1t is fully eq- !;
ual TO sand stone and is much cheaper
than common brick or stone. The advan- .
are Tie facility Hiih which they are c
manufactured, laihing and plastering be-
unnecessary, and the outside and