The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-29

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say " Ill know the fact BY experience.
Burnt clay bricks, even when Of good quail.
ity, are open to serious objection a. build |
ing material. 4
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|ti6isby u actieR Of The etenehts and thai
saelmil les ofOSa Eiimatd D1sAry absorbent
Of water, it being cslcuiated by experts that
each brick will absorb one pound Of water.
This necessitates painting the exterior anu
fasrowing Oh tn ieterior Of the wallsykx.
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per vious to moisture, and, msasnrably SO, To-
the action Of heat and cold. Again, these
blocks are al 30 true and so mathematically
ltnitAe 6nneetlalif4hA exterior Of your waitl
fbe truk, - Al60s VII beS<he nterior-thus REM
dering unnecessary any first aud second coat
Of plaster. The finishing, or as il is techni>
cally called, the hard coatis put directly on,
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Here, you have wall, comprising the
blocks, the mortar requisite to lay them and
the plaster on the interior, perfectly and CONF
pletely homogeneous; for such is the affinity
3sI is1bphaoos fWA9 Gs~, that yonr wall
| is, TO oil intents and purposes a moaotifh.
| But the cheapness of the block. per Sc, is
not the only economical feature of this inven-
ton. A wall built of this block requires but
onsstS ifd the .ql1fnhy of Ihnf1f ~ spns
BUN "a day brkkssdoato lpy)s III pp4 IN
coaseqaeAce u ths Arge side OF tire blocks,
mason can lay up twice as much wall per
day Of these MS he can of those. For many
purposes no interior finish, other than paint
ting, is -requisite; the block itself presenting
q very handsome appearance for halls,
churches, kitchens, dining rooms and inferior
| chambers.
Iisn& "a M prbdugEon Of the mere rec
| adapted Every description Of. architectural
| orna m entat.on, which tasteor fancy may re
uuire, can be made.-is now being made
IRON this material. Columns, capitals,
brackets, cornices, quoins. corbels, window
caps and stills, in fine, any and everything of
which stone is susceptible, is now being pros
Iduccd from this aterinl, every way equal to
stone. and superior TO maay kinds OF stone
in strength!
II is well known that our lime stone fsvery
subject to deterioration from the action of
III elements. lis so eliminated that wa
ter readily finds lodgment, and freezing dis
integrates and destroys 1t. We find ready to
our hands witnesses to this fact oil over our
city. Wherever the curb stones of our pave
meuts have been laid with the lamina perpen-
dicular barely two years have sulticed, in
many instances, to utterly destroy them. The
b'ockis perfectly homogeneous, and consequent
| ly, is free from this obi action ". ter can fad
no Judgment to destroy it. Our best stone,
and our best bricks, are subject to deteriore-
ton from the day they are placed in the wall.
| This material becomes more indurated every
succeeding year. Chemistry, with nil its
iueans and appliances ut acids and gases,
has failed, heretofore, 10 make injurious i'm
| preston upon it. 1t has been hoiied, and
roasted, and frozen, and alternately roasted
and frozen even to the number Of twenty
times, and has borne the trial without injury.
/ Gentlemen, | wish that each of you had
been with me recently Ill the neghberhood Of
New York and had seen the substantial
buildings OF al grades, from The humble cot
/ tage to the massive and elegant church, every
part, from foundation to summit, built Of this
material
But think have said enough to excite
your curiosity II yet remains for me to tell
you that We. eeArt the most rigid scrutiny as
to It's merits. We have notinug TO conceal
| | have detailed to YOU the mode of msnufac
tpre-l have told you the results-but was |
to unfold to you all which We hope and fully
exp .ct to produce from this manufacture
the many and varied uses to which, in the
very near future, We intend TO apply til
fear you would deem me monomaniae, and
charge me with haviGg ''buildiag block on tie
Brain
! Establishments FOR the manufacture of the
| block are in operation in many Of the Eastern
States. In New ork city company, having
paid up capital of 100000 is in full blast
turning out the blocks by the million. At
! Philadelphia, pittsburg, Chicago. Boston,
Portland, Hartford, New Haven. New Lon.
don, and very may other places, this mani
'acture.is in actiseI operaitna.z The Uni-
ted States Government has purchased the
right to make and Use it in the District Of CO.
| lumoia, and purposes to use it in building the
| Howard University. Il is endorsed by the
Franklin Institute, aud by every scientific
man who has inspected it, and the most cons
| elusive and uudenisble evidence Of its merits
can be presented 10 all who will tax the treu-
| bic to investigate
| would here advise you that certain works
recently done at Des Moines, and other places
in Iowa are not in accordance with this pat
ent. Sand and lime are the constituents Of
those, as they are Of this, but there the re>
semblance ceases. The manipulation ofthose
| ingredients, as performed by those parties
ana by us, are radically and essentially diff
/ fereut. t9
/ Now gentlemen CT liens of Keokuk-
shall we fold our hands, and, sitting irertly,
see other cities awaiting themselves Oh this
y1las.,ie aud beautiful material. while we
content ourselves with the now obsolete ones
our fathers used? Can We afford TO do this?
| We have, IN keokuk. gre4; advantages. Our
city has been named Inc Gate CiY'' e the
State, and, acknowledg ing the aptness OF that
title, although originally applied by asriyal
community in deri-ion, we have accented it.
We have the location as was once re-
marked - mach valued citizen, but We
must ever bear IN mind that Providence
helps those who help themselves A race
Tor priority is already instituted between our
sister cities ard ourselves. We must avail
ourselves of each and every means which
shall assist US to win that race. Other places
are active, and we must hestir ourselves.
appeal to you whether have not pre-
sented FOR yodr consideration one of those
means to that desired end
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