San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-08
N. MACKEY g. co.
The Biggest Brick Firm in Texas
Not Yet Yearling, But 1t Gets
There al! the Same.

vi San AntOilIO, vi tllC gan SNh'OiiiN
river, between that stream and the
main line of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass railway. At that time a
general description was given of the
lands adjacent to the company proper
W of \. Mackey & Co., and the pre-
diction made that in very short
time the works would outgrow their
then capacity and require material
enlarging to accommodate the trade
so certain to grow up as the
result of this experiment. This pre-
diction has been abundantly fulfilled,
and the product of this yard having
been abundantly approved by test
and experiment as superior to any
thing hitherto found in this state, a
demand has grown for Mackey Il Co. g
bricks which far .surpasses the
present capacity of the yards.
The company has been doing
business about nine months and in
| that time has manufactured $500, 900
brick and are today nearly 1000, 900
behind their orders. The arrange
ments now being made TO double
their capacity will soon enable them
to keep up with their orders and
meet all demands. During the
months that they have been in
business Mackey and company have
furnished brick to scores of citizens in
this city and surrounding cities and
in this vicinity, and to those they re-
fer as we'll as to the architects and
builders engaged in these construc-
ton for proofs of the statements that
these bricks are the superior of any
manufactured in Texas. He also in
vites a critical examination of his
stock, both in the buildings and at
the kilns, only one hours ride from
the city, where prospective builders
will be given every opportunity to
satisfy themselves of the quality of his
clay, the arrangement of his kilns
and the care and skill with which
their manufacture is conducted.
Among the buildings for which
Mackey Il Co. have furnished brick
may be enumerated the following:
Senator Houston's residence, Travis
Square; John Campbell, A. P. Rivers;
Mr.. Sauer; Mr.. Cunningham; H. d.
Kampmann, business block on South
Flores street; the Joske block, corner
Commerce and Alamo streets; the
foundation of the new federal build
ing purchased by Anderson &
Braden, contractors; two different lots
of brick have been condemned since
this building has been contracted for,
but neither lot was from Mackey &
Co.'S. yard. All brick put in the fed
eral building by Mackey & Co. has
been first-class, and the government
lit h. all
with the Mackey IL Co. brick, and
pronounced the work, both material
and workmanship, to be first class.
The foundation brick in this
building is all Calaveras pro-
duct from Mackey Il Co.'S. yard.
They have the contract to furnish the
brick for the enlarging of the Men
ger hotel, H. D. Kampmann. When
completed this Will be one of the
finest hotels in the south. Half mil
lion of brick will be required for this
work. This company also has the con-
tract to furnish brick for the Vance
building, next to the Maverick hotel.
Outside of this city the Mackey & Co.
brick has built the Fisher & Bro,
block at Gonzales, the cotton compress
at Yoakum, the foundation of the
Rockport hotel, H. Runge & Co.,
Cuero; F. f. Muench, Breckenridge.
Parties contemplating building will
please look at the buildings referred
to and examine these brick and COM
pare them with the Houston red
brick, and the Laredo yellow brick,
being used on the Waelder building,
corner OF Houston and Soledad
streets. Look at the pile of Eagle
Pass brick in the rear of the Vance
building, and compare it with the
Mackey & Co. brick in front of the
same building.
Mackey & Co. make no remarks con-
corning their competitors, but they
ask, as a fair business proposition, an
intelligent examination of the material
and fair examination of its quality
as compared with the product of other
yards. Confident that their work will
compare favorably with any brick
ever brought to this market, not ex-
excepting st. Louis pressed brick, and
that they have all the advantages of
superior clay, convenient loca ton,
and ready rail transportation they are
preparing to dou BILE their capacity and
will at once put in machinery capable
of turning out $4,000 brick per day.
PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE CA
PACITY.
These works as they stand today
have yard capacity of $4,000 brick
and a kiln capacity Of 10000 day.
Their clamps, four in number, have
capacity of 924 900 and can be indefi-
nitely increased.
The company own 106 acres of brick
clay, lying between the San Antonio