, 1872-10-18
a New Source Of Supply Of
Building Material.
The Works of the Excelsior Pressed
Brick Manufacturing Com.
panr.
Inspection CT the Establishment
BY a Largo Excursion
Party.

turing Company of Chicago: situated at Greg
| Station, about Is miles from the city on th
Chicago Pnr1;nrton f. f,1incv Ra;1rnad r.
c1uaag ~ 49,, ,,art', ~ t p,aaa,na ,a ~
men who had made trip to Chicago for til
PURPOSE Of seeing the city in general, and of in
spectinp tile new brick factory. in which tha
ots ~ o.. 49,. noa;z.s c.
aue al niole s or 4ess n'tefesseu' peslues oieno
Antonio t1orlo, Minister from ECUADOR, ant
| Signor Francis Gonzales, Minister from Chilli
| who had also mined the companv from tn
nua1,er citv ,voro co1ona, Thomas A Scott H.,
rro.t T,.oaa o;as1s , W w.
| erea9 railway masnase, 1nomas a. bldale, Wm
RHejeo, Edward shippen, ]. B. Lippinco.t, IL. J
Mitcheleon, Theodore 1Iegargee, z. J. Matthews
Mr. Wbee1an. Dr Ma1in Frsncis b1ca1nrtr;a
| R. D. Coxo. Major o. e. Robinson. r. "
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Ls;ae sioII ~ otsap!su =! eno Atua.
md ;t cIa;nes ~ - iii 40
interest r. the neon1c IF C;caro ~ ,r1,o,1, ;nat
now. the question Of cheap and durable brick i
of fho Fxcelsior Pressed FIX hfachino faJ oa
spent twenty years and several , fortnnes nee
;2 br;nc;n h2s natant t arfactio., and aa i;
ia hel;aSa fn1j1 demnnsfr,toS ta' uso1asenaas
- as1enp'iag ~ %ane serslccapie ptlcA ilom
.,e4y - 4oi: = 3t1 ~ s4h5 - n11oto
t ~ ene rAnA ~
are+;n o W. SneH @ !; @ = ~ ~ oNn Pi1p.
aration' aiu uoss ~ Mell, II tue quanty OF me
Rroouctlon may oe taken as cr1ter1on. Dnr1ng
!ne procees VI hanu1actufe, Tue @ eiag 1ecel'es
tn1ee os1lnct pressures, equal 70 3go tons upon
each oI!ck, when l6 tnus rendered e extremely
nary BRICK OF the same size, and, Of course,
renoers me wal stronger, heavier, and capable
of sustaining greater weight and strain. The
@ oraek are iargef tna9 me average maae, Cmsago
iii S sa
1actnres OF Phlade!phla and baltimore. Even
the common brlcks 40 not fau n these qualities.
sclentltc CYL engineers IN Ph1ladelphla have
pronounced them the strongest, best, and most
serv1ceable brick for public works, such as cu1-
verts sewers, arches, &C.. and have said that in
the matter of dunpage alone there is q saving
OF at least 81 cents per thousand in comparison
With homemade BRICK: sixty millions Of these
IN na 10 ny the
demand.
The two machines now IN operation at Gregg
etanon are capable OF producing ", 9Qo br1ck per
gay OF ton houIs' as by the use OF CaldWeus cry
which they are delivered on tram
ways to the drying tunnels IN which tho '.smoke"
water " Is wholly eTaporated, and the bricks are
through the drying tunnels OF tho Kiln, beng
handled but once previous to burning. a great
feature OF the estabshment i CONSISTS IN the 1act
that brick may be made throoghoat me WINTER
months, WINE E.nd-maGing Gg ya1as nave already
closed tor the season. Gay sn1nclent 1or several
QlIuOQS Oh DTlCH Ii uOW ulQeT cover a8IlilsL Lu0