The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-08
BRICK. PLANT IS
TO COST $4,000
Jackson-Walker Will Build on
the River.
SAND OREDGE AT WORK
Switches Being Put in to Ham
die Big Business
SAND DREDGE AT WORK

Within another week the Jackson
Walker Coal and Matsrial company will
have begun the erection of a $4,000 brick
plant on their property along the river
front directly north of the Wichita and
Western railroad. The plant will have
capacity OF 10000 brick per day and will
employ about % men.
The property owned by the company
consists of more than sixteen hundred
feet and extends back to Wichita street
In width almost the whole sixteen hun
dred feet On this ground there will be
built a building 256 by $50 feet and story
and a half high in size. This will be
frame but built, however. SO that it can
be rebuilt with brick which the manage
ment figures on doing as soon as the
machinery is installed and brick are
turned out.
About fifteen hundred feet of railroad
switches are also being put in by the COM
pfgy for the purpose of making every
thing handy to haul their material away
as soon as manufactured. In fact they
are building two tracks. These will cost
something over $1,000.
The machinery to he placed in this
improved type. The plant will be better
prepared to put out good work than any
other establishment Of its kind this side
of the Mississippi river. There are some
pretty fair brick plants in the west, but
the Jackson Walker company will have
finished their plant all others viii have to
take a back seat as they can not nearly
equal the amount and grade of machinery
that will be installed in this plant and
they Will not be able to turn our as fine
q quality of brick.
The brick that this company expects
TO make will be made of the Arkansas
river sand, and cement. This makes
fine solid brick almost white and is nearly
as hard as Carthage stone. They VIII be
in shape to put a finish on this grade of
brick that will look like marble. Indeed
it is claimed that these brick will be
the best building material that can be
put into building. There is no special
process To manufacture them. 1t only re-
qures the proper machinery and the
necessary material
This company expects to compete with
all brick plants in the west. They also
expect to be in condition to furnish brick
try. With the tracks running UP to their
doors they viii be able to ship material
, away as soon as manufactured.
Besides this large brick plant which is
10 be built the Jackson-Walker Coal and
Material company has now a sand pump
ing plant on their property. This consists
Of one forty horse power boiler one
thirty horse power engine, ten inch
SECTION pipe and a ten inch discharge
,s,ipe with the dredge. building and other
accessories. The sand pumping plant is
estimated at about $4,000.
A force of ten men are employed steady /
here. The plant has a capacity for load |
ing thirty car loads of sand daily. \
great deal of sand has already been |
shipped east and the company is prepared |
to fill orders on short notice and can |
furnish large quantities. This sand that |
comes from the Arkansas river Is an !
especially good grade. Train loads have |
already been taken out of the river anc |
sold
The suction pipe to this plant is fifty /
feet long and does wonderfully fine work. |
The machinery of the dredge throughout |
is all first class.