Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-19
omciai Paper oS the City.
1ee Daaeoe oDA Y1ceory.

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1e0 Doaele anA victory.
10 the fall Of 1866, this renowned inven,
tion, which now stands without rival q
practical brick machine. wss first brsngh
before The psblic. The great merit in th
machine consists 10 the fact that it ussl
clay directly from the bank, therouehiy
tempers il 10 its pas sage through Ne "a
70 b. piled frsm eight - ten high upsn Ii,
yard. The machine thus saves the imwses
labor and expsnss Of fret tsmpssing tn
clay By other means. and the bricks 6sisl
put directly into the hscks, do net require
the previous spreading end drying. Lats ia
the fall Of that year, NJ. 4. L. Gard, III,
inventor. constsuctsd bic trss machine, and
fer the purpose Of testing the eorrsctsssl
Of his principle, manufactured . small kilu
ef99. 900 bricks. Tie principle was proved
sound the result Was more than satisfac
tory. Convinced that the invention was Z
most vslusbls one, Mr.. Gard ia the spring
Of 1865 opened bic frst brick yard in Chi
eags. The bricks we're manufactured, ia
ths face Of great rsjudiss sgainst machinsl
m,ds bricks. aud sslsly BY their own meri
and worth received from the builders and
brickmaksrs their unqualified endorsement.
contract was received from the Board oI
Public Works 81 Chicago, TO furnish two
million bricks foe sewerage purposes; also q
large quantity we're used in the construc-
tion Of the famous Lake Tunnel, and pro
nouncsd BY the contractor to b the best
brick used In thot work. Mr.. Guard had
now rented large machine shop, and the
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chine In its construction at once began.
The machines 6rst manufactured were nee
sssarily imperfect in construction and in.
adequate In strength. AZ fast a. these
weak points developed themselves in the
practical working ef the machine upon the
yard, the remedy wss applied 10 their
manufacture 10 the shop. By the clsse Of
the season. With many delays and stopps-
gss, eccasiensd BY the shasgss which he'd
been suggeeted, be had manufactured sew
sral millions Of bricks. realizing G,4OO
profit out Of $50. .42l worth Of bricks man
ufsctursd. During the next season, Of
1867 hs manufactured about eight milliens
Of bricks. and. 10 the summer of 1868, he
started bis new brick yard where four Or
the improved mschines have daily demon.
sUatsd that the preble0 Of esssesuetise
perfect brick machine 10 fully sslvsd. Il
need net bs ted how that Mr. Gard has
gone on in the work Of improving aad per-
iectine his machine, at times msstisg With
difficulties which were suficient to discsur.
age the msst hopeful. until st present We
And him in one II The finest maauiacturing
Embellishments in Chicag), lsituated upon
the corner Of Clinton and Monroe streets.
an1 built by Mr.. Gard entirely Of bricks
made BY bic own machine. These works
are filled with the best machinsry purebas-
Cd from Msssrs Hawkins 4 james, ma
chinsrv dealers At 1873 South Water street,
and are devoted exclusively to the manu-
now composed entirely Of iron and steel.
The experience Of the past, dictated by
the manufacture Of over 100000 Of
brieks upon his ewn yards, enables
him q last to pronounce The machine per-
feet in al respects. The fact that the bricks
Manufactured upon this machine have been
used in the construction Of some Of Ike d.
est business bio ks and residences in Chi
cage, IN I the endersemsnt Of the builders,
proves that the test Of time and public ep-
inisa have weighed them in The balance,
aud found them not wanting. Indeed,
these bricks have sstablishsd . reputation
fer superiority ever all ether mschines
-usds Or hand made bricks in the Obi
cage MARKET The gsod judgment Of Mr..
Gard u thus operating briciy yard 10 con
neetisn With the uanufasturs Of The ma
chimes hes been constantly apparent. lie
has thus bees enabled. BY The actual prscti-
es' ~o,k'oe -. ne mseo'oe' % sr'ns 70
h.. I'M. rim r"ch ,;hsr.l;.v ..;d "a n.
public. II o6.r you . brick machine which
have fully tested. beth - tsits practical
cpe's,on & s eoo 'se msn1!se'ofee precinct.
-, G.,d man - ~. go -..,.;u. -;,, shs
she rate ss she proersssien
Ia ICES oss kila ef.... 10000 bricks
10 !lso o............... S,6o0, 600 bricks
In 1907. ..-............. s,e0O O.O0O bricks
At this rate Of progress it will net take
long fer Mr.. Gard 10 obtain control Of the
Chicase market.
The abovs noted facts should contain
practical indusemsnts to sntsprisine men
10 purchase the patent for other esed 10.
eali,ies where equal results NAV be obtain.
Cd.
The machine. a nov osrfected. II -
simple thss auv man Of ordinarv intelli-
genes can operate il, I.deed. simplicity