Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-09
OUR BRICK WORKS.
Present Season has Been a Most
Prosperous One.

B0tn OIL them nave fAreu very we'll
Morgantown Yard is Closed Down
Until March, New Plant May be
Added Later-West Morgantown
Plant TO Be Closed Christmas I'M
Dr0fements i'm Both.
The Morgantown Brick Company
has shut down it's plant for the win
ter and it will not start up again
until the first of March. 1t had been
the intention to run all winter but
the prevalence of mud at Monessen
has prevented that town from tax
ing the rest of the pan ing brick that
were being made for them and the
works had to close.
Seven hundred thousand brick re-
main to be delivered and they will be
started just as soon as they can be
taken and used by the contractors
down the river. The PAYERS had to
stop because the ground got too
soft for them to work at paving any
longer.
The kilns were accordingly filled
up and the works closed down on
Friday. About forty men are af-
fected by this. They will be taken
on again in March. In the meanwhile
a number of changes will be made at
the plant and perhaps some addi-
tions made to the capacity. Anoth-
er complete plant may be put in for
the manufacture of fire brick.
The form of the improvements
that have been decided upon are in
the direction of the better hand
ling of the raw material. Several
cars together with trackage and a
drum have been ordered. The stuff
will be gotten to the crusher easier
and better than it was under the
old way when it had to be hauled by
hand
The season has been a very good
one. The start was not fairly made
until July and the work done this
summer has been much better than
was anticipated. The coming year
is expected to be even better than
the one that has just closed.
In case the new plant is put in it
will go near the present one in Sen
eca. The material will be brought
down from the Blackbottle. The
reason that it will go down the river
is on account of the advantages the
site has in the means of disposition
of the product as the river and rail
road are both available. These
would not be at hand up the creek.
The decision will be made shortly
and the indications are that the
plant will go in.
The West Morgantown yard is
running but it will be closed down
about Christmas and will not start
up until next Spring. They have
had very good year over there al
so. There will be number of i'm
provements and changes made in
that direction too. Several new kilns
will be erected. These will afford
additional storage room.
The material next year will be
drawn from the lower end of the
yard instead of the upper end which
has been worked up to this time
The upper clay is nearly exhausted
and would not last longer than a
couple of months necessitating a
change being made after the work
had started for the summer 1t is
thought best to make the change
during the winter and no delay will
be experienced after the start next
season is made.
Taking it as whole the year for
the brick makers of town has been a
very successful one and they have
every reason to congratulate them
selves on what they have been en-
abled to accomplish. They will have
mach better season next year and
the industrial development OF the
town in this direction will equal the
splendid progress made in other
fields.