The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-18


] would dry them on their ends. This
latter plan can only be carried out profit
ably by the use OF side delivery cutting
off table, that places ten bricks at u time on q
| pallet board. and by an automatic arrange
ment that | know OF these boards can be
| placed on n truck ready for wheeling into
the dryhouse. As regards the two sys-
! tens OF drying mentioned above, namely,
the hot floor or the tunnels, the latter has
| the advantage as far as the end OF the tun-
ncls Then comes tho disadvantage Of
! having 10 push car containing 800 bricks
! TO the kiln, and moving sections OF rails in
| the kiln, whereas barrow with 100 or 100
bricks can be wheeled anywhere. The
loose sections OF rails are often getting out
Of place and cars get of the track, which
| occasions much loss Of time, whereas a
barrow running on an iron plate eight
! inches wide and one-eighth OF an inch
thick gives no trouble at all, and the man,
II working by the thousand, prefers them.
Added 20 this II Is only in open top kilns
that tho cars can be worked at all, and in
small archcd kilns whore the doorway is
three and onc-half TO four feet wide thoy
would be moro cumbersome than profit.
able
Now, for burning. On this point may
| say ! have no use Tor open top kilns at all.
They occasion 50 much waste in fuel and
labor and in salmon brick and in brick
ont OF shape in tho arches. | am aware
that this latter point Is done away with 10
great extent by the use OF outside fur
naces, but 20 build enough OF these kilns
to keep machines going costs az much, and
| ia many cuse3 more, than smaller kiln5
with arches over them; and furthermore,
with these furnace kiIns we have the an
noyance Of seeing fully % per cent. Of our
heat wasting ut the top.
In ki.ns on the continuous plan, and
which cost very liulc, il any, more than
! the open kiln with furnace attachment, ca.
| plcity being equal, all that waste heat OF
| which have spoken goes forward 10 dry
and heat another lot Of bricks / have
used kiln5 Of the continuous typo Of differ
cnt designs and regard them rs the best
/ Kiln ! know Of for common bricks have
been told by many people that, so far
| they have not boon success IA this coun.
try. Regarding this point may
give YOU an Instance. Not long ago
was asked by q brickmakcr to
90 and see kiln Of this description
that lac had built, but was not working
satisfactorily When | looked at tho
setting ! saw No once whore the fault lay.
! showed him how il should be set, how
To fire aud work the bumpers, and when
last heard from him the kiln WAS work
my very well. lie was quito satisfied with
Il, aud told me that his bricks cost him
less than onc.lourlh the price Tor labor
and luel that they cost In improved open
NIns ] know OF more than ono case
Whcro the failure OF a continuous kiln was
duo entirely 10 The way Ia which it was
sul; and bal an open Kiln been set with
no more regard g. the direction OF draft,
IL would also have been failure.
Next o. the above, prefer Kiln built
IN The form IT tunnel, the lcn.ih OF
which should Doc about sixty feet. the
w0d,h fifteen feet, and the hight 10 under
side ol arch twelve feet and half These
kIlns are fired from each end until the
bricks are hot IN front and then from the
top With coal dust until finished. Those
k.lls work nearly rs economically as
continuous kiln aud are chcaply builL
LASTLY, | come down 10 draft kilns.
round and square, but as they are now
pretty well known | ne Il not say much !
about them, For face bricks they hayono |
equal, but the cost OF building Is consider !
bic, and they are not very economical in |
luol. though, Of coursa. requiring much |
less than an open top Kiln. SOFT II hardly
profitable io build them iorcommon bricks
unless 20 De- where good trade H. done In
Innct paving blocks aud such goods. aud
where The clay would stand, and require
great heat 10 vitriy them.
As 30 whose make Of machine | would
use, | viii say right here hat | DO not hc. |
licyc In advertising any particular machin.
cry, AMI that have no more interest In
ono than another, only 20 TAT ~ merit dc-
serves u.
As understand, We have met hero 10
day in order 10 learn from each other Of
TIE best modes aud appliances, aud ~
each machine rcquirvs IT, own description,
aud ~ have made thorough examine.
ton Of about all thc bps. machines made
Ia the United States, think that the una.
chine that | have selected the best wire
ca; in the market. lnsclccung machine
It is not wise 90 buy one because Il IL al.
ycrlisd 10 make large quautiiyoi bricks
without any rcgarl 10 quality. The two
most important points o. be- observed in
the buying oi a Wifc.cut machine, are the
dc aud the cuii.ug-0f table. as without
these Il il impossible ~ make cool cur
ncn. Aud | can chccfiully recommend
the machine Ia which ! refer ~ heinz
nearer perfection Tor making u gu0i DUAL.
ily OF brick than anything ! know 81. aud
a, the same time u comes very close la ca
paciiy 30 the largest anger machines in the
market aud only costing about onc.iouuh
as much Ia the purchase.
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