Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

United States, makes collections and
is one of the heaviest capitalized
business enterprises in the county Of
Audrain. Along with Major IL. a.
Ricketts,, its worthy cashier, ITS Of
flee force is selected from the ranks
of Mexico's best and most courteous
business men, and in whose hands
the Southern Bank Of Mexico is a
growing success, and enjoys the con-
tidence of the entire community.
Mexico Fire Brick Company.
The most potent factor in placing
Mexico before the world as a manu-
featuring point, is the Mexico Fire
Brick Company, tor its product goes
into almost every state in the West.
The great deposits of fire clay in and
around the city, as developed by this
company, has already been a source
of revenue to Mexico, and basing
calculations on the rapid strides that
the oncern has made since its in
corporation in 1899, and the pros
pective enlargement of its facilities
In the near future, it is safe to say
that it is destined to reach proper
tions second to no manufacturing
enterprise in Northeast Missouri.
The Mexico Fire Brick Company
was incorporated under the state
laws of Missouri in 1889, with a
paid up capital of $4,000. The
stockholders are Messrs. VIM. Dick
%inson, president; w. II. Goodrich,
vice-president; c. 2. Dixon, New
York City, treasurer; John W.
Dickinson secretary, and }. Is. Rob-
inson, assistant secretary. The ag-
gregated wealth of the stockholders
of this concern, and the commercial
standing of some of its officers, can
be better told by stating that
Messrs. VIM. Dickinson, John W.
Dickinson and C. P. Dixon, are
members of the firm of Dickinson
Bros. & King, New York, Chicago
and New Orleans, the firm being the
largest importers and handlers OF
cement and plaster in the United
States.
The site of the company's plant is
in the western suburbs of Mexico :
the engine houses, kilns, dry houses
and shipping floors covering the
greater part of three acres of ground,
and connected with both roads by
private switch, and, aside from this,
the company owns twelve acres of
clay producing land a short distance
to the westward, and upon which it
contemplates erecting an entire new
plant in the near future, and which
will be a model factory for the man
ufacture of fire brick and tile. The
capacity of this factory as now being
run is from thirty to thirty-tive
thousand fire brick and from ten to
twenty tons of tile per day, and to
do the work in all of its several de-
partments, it requires the services OF
from rs to 100 men. The power Is
furnished by two engines, one OF 50
horse power, with 100-horse power
boilers, and another OF 3o-horse
power. These, together with one 8
foot dry pan, which has a capacity
of 100 tons OF clay per day, and a wet
pan with capacity for 10000 brick
per day. large elevator facilities, and
an Andrews dryer which the eompa-
ny has just added, as also hosting
machinery connected with the shaft.
comprises the force, power and ma
!, chinery now in use.
! Within the past year the company
i. sustained a severe loss by fire, and
coupled with this drawback, its bus
mess has been much impaired BY
experimenting with a gas kiln, with
a view to greater economy and eff
cheney in burning their wares. Hith-
erto, these experiments have not
been successful, and nothing more
will be done in this direction until
some one of the many other parties
engaged in similar experiments have
demonstrated the use of gas to be
practicable for this purpose.
:. Notwithstanding these draw.
backs and from SIC 600 to SIS O0t
expense, the company has addec
many improvements to facilitate
and turn out better goods than ever
, before, and the present season
promises to be the best in its his
!, tory, and as it's output for the fsca.
year ending June 1st, 1892, was
5000, 900 brick and 1900 tons o,
tile, and there never has been Z
time when it did not have more or
ders ahead than it could supply, il
will be seen that the Mexico Fire
Brick Company is in a healthy
condition, and that its business anC
facilities are constantly growins
and increasing, and also that i
never loses a customer when ones
gained, is evidence that its good.
are of a superior make and quality
the product of this establish
ment is shipped to St. LOUIS. Kan
sas City, Chicago, Milwaukee anC
, other manufacturing centers. L
also goes into Iowa, Nebraska anc
!. other western states. In St. Louis
f its brick brings 81 90 pei
thousand than those of the locaI
manufacturers. This is owing &c
f the superior quality of the clay
which has been tested alongside
with the best eastern products. Ii
has been found to be very valuable
for glass house work, which is the
severest known test for fire clay.
Much of the brick used in the
Equitable Fire Insurance building
in DesMoines, Iowa, and which
structure cost over $1,000, 600, was
furnished by this company, after
being thoroughly tested by the
Equitable's architect. Its facing
brick are nearly all from this plant.
The deposit owned by this cor.
poration is found at a depth of los
feet from the surface, runs from
eight to twenty feet in thickness,
is found in inexhaustible quantities,
is a very pure flint clay, and very
refractory, and much of it is being
shipped as mined for use in smell.
tiers and glass house work, and to
take the place of cement, for paving
brick. This company also owns