Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-14

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E/lM a va der. 1t was nearly half
TM Wa past 10, whereas the
.I,z2M& ~ hour announced for the
T/HzB& w session WAS O'Clock.
S&2AlEl II That fact WAS COM
E,tZHtH mented upon by Presi-
NEILlfSo,l dent Pearson in good
ne had given the members a few seconds to re-
fleet upon their shortcomings, he opened the
session in earnest
TIE BADGE ADOPTED.
The President wore upon the lapel Of his coat
the badge prepared by the local committee for
the occasion and all through the hall the same
emblem could be seen cleaning on the manly
preasts Oh the delegates 1t Is a UNIQUE design
representing the Washington monument and is
much sought after by the members as souvenirs
OF the meeting.
Before taking IN the regular p,ocrsm NJ
Blair from the committee appointed nj the last
meeung 10 make arrangements for q display
OF brickmakers at the Chicago exposition re-
ported that they found that the general feeling
sone 'ne orick men was opposed to a united
display. They preferred instead TO make indi-
Viduai displays. He therefore asked that the
granted.
The secretary, Mr.. Randle. announced that
tomorrow morning carriages would be in wait
oers to the Ivy City brick yard and 20 other
YARDS IN and about the city. In the afternoon
al o clock the association was in ited by the
'ocai committee to visit Mount Vernon.
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
The regular program was begun with an ad-
dress on 'The Signs Of the Times" by ]. A.
Smell OF harrington, ILL., The writer started
| out with the proposition that brickmakers as
rule are not dreamers- Sometimes they
oulld castles In the air, but they soon tumble
down on their heads.
He said that there are. Of course, exceptions
to every rule. He told q dream about the
meeting OF two brick men, one who used the
dry-press process and the other the hand
process, and the discussion which followed
He then went on to saw that a
successful brickmaker must in the fret
place have good clay and he must watch the
signs OF the times. As to brick machines his
adSice was rather ironicaL In the first place
he advised them to believe everything the
machine men said second to believe nothing
they said and to select the machine which pro
duces the best result with the samples
OF the clay submitted. To q man with
OUT practical experience. who was think
Ing about starting brick plant
the only advice to be given was Don't" His
ADVICE to men Of experience and those without
that valuable aid were grouped under the head
OF Don is and docs. and were sharply put,
and while the advice was technical it was
thoroughly appreciated by the audience. He
said in brickmaking there was only two
classes, one that is making money
and the other is losing money. He claimed
that there was no such thing as standing still
he spoke OF the advanced standard of brick
making OF today and said that architects
did not seem to care now for q good
red brick. What they wanted was a
colored brick. In bright entertain
Ing style he pointed out the sins Of
omissions and commissions Of brickmakers.
The association evinced their appreciation of
MT. Sneils paper by hearty applause aud
also reso luton Of thanks.
DRYING BRICK.
'Drying Brick" was the theme of the next
paper, which was presented by Edward Gala
way Of Syracuse, N. Y. He kindly warned his
audience at the outset that they had better
keep In mind the title or they might not know
what the paper was about before he got
through. He said that while there had been
progress in brickmaking during the past ten
years yet the art was still in its infancy. He
claimed that the drying department in a
brick mandatory was the life or death
of the enterprise. The uncertainties Of OPEN
| air driving was referred to. He said that
human ingenuity controlled the two important
factors in drying. namely, heat and
artificial drying should not be posi-.
tive success. With skill and experience
1t could be done easily and with satisfaction.
He emphasized the importance Of training and
skill to make a success of brickmaking and
ridiculed the folly of men who went into this
business without such qualifications.
THE PAPER DISCUSSED.
A member stated that he did not think the
difference in cost between the open-air process
and the artificial was as great as the reader Of
the paper seemed to think. All he wished 10 saw
was that he advised the members to make
haste slowly in changing the process The
discussion on the matter Of dry
ing brick was participated in by
a number Of the delegates. Mr.. Parry Of
New Hampshire took the stand that the arti-
fetal dryer would pay for itself in what it
would save in yesr and that in such weather
as We have had in Washington during the
meeting Of this convention it was almost a ne
cessity. The president Of the association was
called on for his opinion and said that he had
left the plumbing business to 60
into the real estate business. which he had
found even more profitable, and finally had
gone into the business of making brick. His
company made on an average 10 600 600 bricks
lost l00, 600 bricks that had to go to the dump.
He did not want to have anything to do with
an artificial dryer.
Mr.. Holbrook of this city said that the COM
pany which he had represented for fifteen
years had made from twenty to thirty million
used an artificial dryer and be did not see how
in making as many as they did they could get
along without dryer. The sentiment of tho
majority seemed to be that there no rule
that would hold in all parts Of the country and
with all varieties of clay-one system was bet
ter sometimes, the other at other times.
The discussion occupied considerable time
and a few minutes before o'clock the con-
vention adjourned to Sis oclock. Tomorrow
morning the members of the association will be
taken on visit to the local br;ckyards and in
the afternoon there will be special excursion
TO Mount Vernon
DELEGATES PRESENT.
Among the delegates present are Brown
Davis Decatur, ILL.,; "A. F. Barron. Chicago; W.
D. Richardson, North Baltimore, Ohio; Chas
F. Hoff, Terre Hsute, Ind; Geo.
NJ Fiske. Boston; ]. L Wilson.
Butler, Pa; Oswald Kutsche, Chicago;
J. E. Frohland, Chicago; John II. Mccain,
Denver, Col; J. @. Staurm, Butler, Pa; A. Z.
Burcham, Mfllville, n. J.; G. A. Guignard,
Columbia, s. C.; Philip Donahue, Peter