Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-06-06
$500 BRICK AN HOUR.
L GREAT ENTERPRISE IN
SOUTH BRIDGETON.
Busy Scenes at the Brick Yard of
A. H. EuDtOn.

A. II. LuptOn.
Down Water street, by the paper
mill, South Jersey Institute, and over
a somewhat rough and lonesome road,
and a reporter found himself Monday
surrounded by q lot of small sheds,
under which were thousands of brick,
and the putting of steam pipe en-
gagged his attention, and he was soon
upon the property upon which is the
brick manufacturing plant of A. Fl.
Lupton. who is making for himself a
reputation as manufacturer of as
good brick as enters the market. There
are two acres of this ground and al
most every inch of it is utilized in the
manufacture of the brick. Stretched
to the north and west of the plant are
acre after acre of rich clay from which
the brick is made.
Through the kindness of Mr.. Lupton
| the reporter was shown the mysteries
of brick making, which certainly was
very interesting and will be news for
thousands of readers. First the ma
chine made brick were shown. The
machinery has been in operation a
little over year. Formerly the yard
made all it's brick by hand, and the
yard enjoys reputation of thirty-eight
years standing, the manufacture of
brick having been commenced there
thirty-eight years ago, being the Oldest
yard in South Jersey, and one of the
oldest in the state. The machine
which presses the brick is an interest
| ing one to look upon. The clay is
carted from the fields of clay and
dumped into feeder, and from this
the clay is carried to the grinder of the
machine on an endless rubber belt.
The clay is ground into proper shape
and then gets in the presser and
a tray is pulled FROM the
machine in which are six
complete bricks. These trays are put
upon a platform wagon and carried
into the yard, where four or five days
they dry preparatory to being but in
the kilns for burning. This machine
is worked at capacity of $500 brick
an hour, but if necessary it could be
easily doubled. The machine is run
by twenty-five horse power engine.
The manufacture of pressed brick
at this place is very interesting, and
some of the finest brick ever handled
by a contractor are made in this yard.
They are made by hand press which
has a capacity of 1900 per day. These
are carefully laid under sheds for dry
ing before being put in kilns. Tuesday
Mr.. Lupton shipped a carload of these
brick to Vineland. This is the first
quantity of pressed brick ever shipped
from Bridgeton, although many thou
sands have been shipped here.
At present there are $4,000 brick in
the yards drying. One kiln holding
100000 commenced burning yesterday
afternoon, while another holding 11O,-
600, is being taken out. There are
twenty-five hands at present engaged
in the yards, and they are constantly
busy.
Mr.. Lupton has just received proba-
bly, the largest order for brick ever
made south of Camden, being 100000
for the Cohansey Glass Company.
$4,000 more are being shipped to At
lantic City, which will be used in build
ing the new railroad building. There
are several other large orders and
many more in view. Mr.. Lupton is a
practical brick maker, having run a
steam plant in Newcastle, Del, many
years. He is making brick that makes
q trial customer one who will come
again. The excellency of his brick is
being learned not only all around this
section, but in other States, and it is
very probable that ere another year
passes over, the plant will be far too
small to SuDDly the orders