Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-02-05
LARGE ORDERS
TON TERRA GOTTA AND FIRE
BRICK WORKS.

FOR THING AND BRICK FROM THE sTAUN-
TON TERRA GOTTA AND FIRE
BRICK WORKS.
Another of Staunton's new industries
has commenced operations and begun work
in earnest. The Staunton Terra Gotta and
Fire Brick Co. have just burned their first
large kiln of tile and brick. On Wednesday
last large party, including the officers OF
the company and a number Of gentlemen
from the city were driven to the works On
tour If inspection.
The works have been III experimental
operation since October, but are now well
under way and the large kiln opened few
days since is the first lot put OH the mar
ket. These have proven so satisfactory
that the entire product of the kiln, $4,000
brick and $4,000 feet of tile Tor 81 miles
of tiling) have already been sold, and orders
now Oil hand will occupy the company two
| months i'll filling. Among some of the
larger olders fol- immediate delivery, is one
from MIR. Frank L.. Karnes OF Bath Co.,
for five carloads Of drain tile: Mr.. VIM. A.
Hodge Of StuaIt's Draft, 1850 feet of
same; DIR. }. s. Blair Of Churchville, the
contract for draining his entire place; MI.
A. U. Wise Of Weyer's Cave, and Mr..
Stuart Boiling of Galela, each for large
Quantities.
Looking over the works, the visitors were
Impressed with the business activity
around them. A seventy-five horse power
engine and a one hundred horse power
boiler kept every department in active mo-
ton. Two large trucks were kept busy
carrying six inch tiling from the mould
ing machine into the drying room at the
rate OF 5000 per day, and OF average sizes
10, 500 per day. Here they are thoroughly
dried aud made ready for the kiln, by means
OF a number Of furnaces and fues, which
run beneath The floor and are kept i'll con
slant blast. In noticing the color of the
clay after burning, a well known contractor
of this city said that the light buff which
seemed So abundant Was the same used now
III constructing the most fashionable build
ings i'll Baltimore, and WAS in great de-
mand, bringing from $12 to $s15 per thou
sand. The clay is found in large quantities
throughout the twenty-five acres surround.
ing the works, that have been reserved for
manufacturing use. AS illustrating the
abundance Of material hear at hand, MI. j.
Il. Liggett, the Secretary and Treasurer,
Informed lis that i'll sinking well just ten
feet from the pulp mill, a bed of pune clay
6S feet thick was found next to the surface
and entirely free from grit. AS soon as
the Spring weather opens sufficiently, it is
contemplated to greatly enlarge the capdci-
ty of the works, which will be done by the
addition of a sewerage pipe machine and
the manufacture OF :. vitritied paving brick,
experiments for which have already been
arranged.
The inspection was one of satisfaction to
A matter most important to every new H.
dustry is its management, and III this the
company are fortunate in the selection OF I.
thoroughly practical and competent Super
Who was recently Unidentified with the
Shendun brick industry. The company is
differed as folloWs-W. H. NORMAN,
President; j. IL. Council, Vice President;
J. r. Liggett, Secretary and Treasurer, and
the following directors-J. w. Splitter, E.
A. Fulcher, A. II. McCue, A. NJ. Valz,
Stuart Boiling and E. F. Fulkhouser-all
of them gentlemen prominent in business in
the city aud county.