The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-28

AHoNG THE BRICK .YARDs.-Yester-
day, under btoiling hot san, We ex-
pIored the sztIsmest recsszes Of East
Wheeling, in search OF the brick yards
there to be found. What we learned
We propose to lay before our readers.
OF the corner of Clay and Seventh
streets, Mr.. John Glew carries on q
small yard. He employs one gang Of
men, who make about 5000 brick per
dsY. Mr.. GIsw manufactures both
common Aud stock brick, but has never
tried his hand on the pressed article.
He has already, during the present sea-
son. burnt upwards Of liU. OVJ Drlcki ana
expects 10 work on as long as the wealth
er remains good. He Is now engaged
in bnildlnR q kiln which, when com
pleted, will contain 100 .Oc0 brick. Mr..
Glew's method OF tetnpering clay Is to
put it. in " hat Is called "buE, which,
set in motion, mixes 1t up. AS but lit
tie clay can be put into the concern AT
once, we suppose it does not work very
we'll.
Just below Mr. GIsw's establishment
is 10 be found the extensive one Of M
James BOdley. Mr.. Bodley's yard &C.
cupies nearly a square between Lind
sey and Clay streets, and has been in
operation upwards of twenty years.
the clay is of very hDe quality and ex-
lists in large veins over twenty feei
thick. Under the clay il an excellent
bed of sharp sand, OF which Mr.; Bod
ley ships large qua ntities by the Hemp
field Railroad TO Washington, Pa. Both
clay and sand are entirely free IRON
gravel, but at various times the limos
and trunks Of ancient trees have been
met with deep in the ground. IAese
trees belong TO the pine iamlIy, hhc
must have been deposited long ago,
while the earth in which theyz were
found WAS making.
Sir. Bodley employs TWO gangs of
men, y DO mould about 1900 brick per
day. He has already burnt about
100 OOO, coo, during the present season,
and has recently finished burning a
kiln OF 20, 900 brick The clay used
for them is tempered in n pit, sliding
wheel being used. The other yards 10
the city, we believe, do not WORK ex-
cEpt during the dry season. MI. Bod
Leg, however, is prepared for all sorts
of weather. While il is good, he works
out Of doors. When the rains come,
he goes inside, under shelter, aud
serenely continues TO temper, mould
and burn. HAND labor is used alto
gether in the moulding. The amount
OF earth which Mr. Bodley has used up
in the prosecution Of his business Is
really something wonderful, and he Is
still steadily progressing.
The yard of Messrs. j. VI. wheat u
Co. il situated on the creek bank, a
short distance below the railroad
bridge, and covers some % lots Of
ground. & machine for moulding is
here in operation, its capacity being
about 5000 brick per hour. Eighteen
men, eight boys and two teams, are
employed, and turn oct about 10000
brick per day, working six or seven
hours. In addition TO these, about 1000
pressed brick are Manufactured daily.
In making the latter the utmost care is
exercised. First, the brick are mould
ed one by one and placed on sanded
floor to become partly dried. After they
nave become sufficiently free from
moisture, they are carefully carried to
a shed, erected for the purpose, and
then subjected to severe pressure In "a
machine, the mould of which is lined
with steel. When the prick comes out
of this mould it Is exceedingly smooth
on the faces aud we'll defined on the
edges. 1t then undergOes drying
process, and Is finally consigned to the
kiln. When taken from the kiln, the
brick are selected according to color,
those that are found too soft being put
on one side TO be returned to the fire.
OF the pressed brick manufactured by
Measrs. Wheat a. Co. We must be per
united To say that they seem TO be as
smooth and well finished every way as
any We uhNt seen nom AHG east DE-
sides they can be furnished for from $50
to $40 per thousand, about one half the
cost at which they can be
Obtained from the east.
Messrs. Wheat 81 Co., have furnish
ed at cost the pressed brick now being
used for the front OF the new United
PRESBYTERIAN Church, Fourth street,
Lewis new store on Main street, Centre
Wheeling. This branch Of the brick
making business has never before been
prosecuted in this city. or at least not
extensively, and it is only after two
wears Of constant experimenting that
Messrs. Wheat g. Co. have succeed
ed In producing their present line ar
ticle. -
The extent OF business doBe by The
company will be learned from the fact
that they have already burnt 10000. 900
brick, this year, and that before the
season closes JOG. coo, 900 more will be
burnt a kiln is now being put up
which will consist of 20 arches, and
contain the million TO wind up the bu-
siness oil the season.
In the Immediate neighborhood Of
the large yard of Wheat IS Co, there are
three smaller yards of the Messrs. Britt,
who employ four gangs of men, turn
ing ont about II, 600 br ok per day.
These gentlemen use the wheel and pit
for temperinR clay, and have made
about ,O20, 900 brick this summer. The
brick made hy them'ars the common
and stock, and speak for themselves.
Further up the creek, above the rail-
road bridge, is the yard of Donel &
Gray, run by Berry & Quigley, the
yard being divided between the two.
Three gBDes OF. men are employed, aud
about 1900 brick produced per day.
The total number burnt, this season, is
about 500, 600. 1T gfEfTG
Wehave now given short account
of all the brick yards in the city except
one on the Island, which we have not
had time to visit. II will be seen that
the business Is quite extensive and EN-
plOys great deal of capital. No more
gratifying evidence of the city's pros
perity can be found than the fact that
the brick produced by all these yards
are sold here as soon as burnt, and n
large supply stiu demanded.
A LITERARY CURIosITY.-The follow
ing portion Of letter of the tender
class, WAS written by a servant girl not
thousand miles from here, and is GER
tainly as extraordinary a specimen of