The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-07
HOME MADE PRESSED BRICK
Important Addition 10 the Mann
features If Seattle.
Present aud Prospective Cost OF
BrEek-fisety Of the Raw
Material Here

NJ. e l. Clark. preSlseDs 81 The El1IisieEs
Naserssi Company Of sestsse. yesterday
orserzsi dry press bsfek machine from s.
Issssiz znafassuEe<s This mashine VIII
arrive ard h. Eu operation within Eve
weeks, asss will he fhe sfs. pfess bgisk ina-
chine In operation west ii TIRE Roekiss,
north u szn Francisco. and 6 most ifaaoT-
tAns addition 30 sesl les Inan9fat fartag In
dnssr.es. Heretofore. builders using
pressed h-irk on their bal fsugs were com
PEELED 10 order either iroTa the Eastern
cities or San Francisco, knd when lsad
dawn here. the ixiek eos. froIn SO 30 go
per oa The Seattle corspsny viii be
ab Us fugnish as gs,d II faas fStteT BRICK
al uot To exseed so psF loo. deliver, q
shIca Hilt &c a great saving. aud VIII en-
abe ali 80 a, least Use pressed hrtek on fne
exterior OF the many new bu8su1Ess 10 Be
erected tn the city The quality 81 eesttie
clay has beea pronounced ~ eonFete1'
Judges a. good, Ii not better shan any cay
res icing used in the manufacture Of
pressed brick, and Il is quite probable tuai
The brick Ia be manufactured vii be super
iOr 10 ans heretofore used IN the cons rue
tson Of building In this city.
speaking OF prxssei briek r1asniaeinre,
Mr. fsaass SAYS:
10 make pressed b lex sstcet ssfuliy, the
props r,y. The experience; oI the oldesG
dry Press yari in the unitgd aseS, and
which IS making the finest brick Ia tie
worif. is. that no dry press machine ever
Invented will make perscS1 trick 0uf 81
cay direct from she bank. FEesh clay vii
nos Yield Ia the pressure like o q ay, tie
brick are no, sol q. ard they are almost
sTfe 10 check in Burning. To properly
prepafe clay, the top sail should e+ cis aned
of the grosnd IS bone OF il viii do to mix
in for tiry pf.ss brick. Then take Email
plow or disc harrow and break the GROUND
about tsso inches deep, just a. tnoagh you
were PR pariBg IL 10 sow stea. Then let II
lie in the sun for a few hours. ar until dry,
when with carts, scra,sers or barrows IL IL
brought under shed aud pile! up as sesp
as practicable. After remaining IN the
heap for a few weeks IL yass,s through a
ssestieg process and becomes OF sn even
TEN pefature, when it j. ready fer the press
ABLY clay Is greatly improved by be ng
under shed foe two or three weskS,
sut ord pArily il should stand ter
two mantas. IL should Ire put
under ,htd with not over ten 10 fift Ell
p. T cent Of moisture. The time for she'd
4 rg clay is from April until October /,
during which time C ay sufficient Tor n
:. a OF. 'sfnn should he harvested A seEi
ous objection 20 working tr OK cay is that
ia q majority Of eases IL VIII resist sniii
eiems pressure without ripping open, called
plnekipg Tais never occurs when clay Is
prepared properly. " hen the clay is IN
readiness II Is dumped into the machine,
with steam shoyels, and passfs into the
dies, and subjected All instant To a pressure
of twenty ious. when the bFies, ionr al a
ne, pass GA aud are carried away to the
kim. devise for heating the dies with
steam does the work perfect :. aud is u
great advantage, IL net only pr vents the
sdhcsion oi clay, but adds greatly 10 the
output and qusiitv of goosis prodnc, 4.
TIE press VIII make 2tCto perfect pre- sed
brick I'm ten hours, with lerlect corners
edges. and when properly bnrnt possess g
a clear metallic ring. Eleven men. ineiud-
ing engineer and tfsnaen. caD run the una
chine without any trouble and nay olinicn
ior IL they will be able to make the best
pressed brick west OF the Mississippi river,
with the superior quality of clay 10 be-
found in the vicinity of seattle.