Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-12
BRICK MANUFACTURING.

The Millions of Brick Made At The North Haven And Hamden Yards Important Changes And Improve. ments In The Work of Making Them.
 Brick manufacturing has undergone many improvements in the past ten years as trip to the brick yards of North Haven well at tests. It is interesting to note these chang es, and see how much they facilitate the work. Talking with brick manufacturer we asked about these changes. He said:
 The last few years have seen almost a revolution in our methods of making brick. From the open yard we have almost all changed to the pallet system. By this sys- tenn the clay is moulded much stiffer and dumped from the moulds on pallets, which are cleated boards nine inches wide and thirtytwo inches long, moulding six bricks each. The pallets are then trucked away to the racks or long narrow covered sheds with cleated partitions holding twenty to thirty pallets each, according to width.
 What are the advantages of pallets over the old system2
 Well, the clay bin worked stiffer does not contain as much water to be evaporated, and as they are dumped on pallets instead of tbe uncertain surface of the ground the lines are truer, and as they are dried under cover they are more uniformly dried through and through tban when exposed for shorter time to the direct rays of the sun.
 Again, we do not touch them until ready to sit in the kiln for burning, whereas form erly they had to be spatted and edged and spatted again, and then when dry enough to handle were put in hacks about twelve high until dry enough to set in the kiln.
 Our North Haven clay stands up better than most other clays, which, with uniform shrink age and freedom from warping in drying and burning, makes them the best impressed brick in the United States.
 The change to the pallet system stirred me up to invent and patent 8 machine to do it's own sanding, striking and dumping, whereby two boys are to do the work of four men and one boy. I have laid that machine aside to perfect some details.
 I have patented another machine, however, which is in practical daily use for expressing brick for fronts. This machine receives six bricks on pallet, takes them of, presses and returns to the pallet, when they are dried on racks and not handled singly any more than common brick, so they can be sold S10 per thousand less than the single pressed North Haven brick, such as are now used in competition with the Philadelphia fronts in New Haven, most persons not knowing the difference.
 After several years of experiment I have perfected a portable furnace for burning bricks, which is large saving in the cost of fuel and does away with the necessity for stationary kilns; saving of 80 per cent. ill construction of one kiln of 300, 900, and can be utilized to burn millions without disturb ing the kiln already burned.
 Is this also patenteda
 Yes Solicitor Julius Twiss, who has care fully prepared all my patents, informs me that patent will issue the 18th, the department having notified him to that effect.
 What is the capacity of the North Haven yard?
 We'll. about forty-one millions, although we hardly work up to full capacity.
 have been asked many times and will try