Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-29
BIGGER THAN EVER.
The Versailles Fire BricA and Clay Nam
ufscturing Company Will Double
The Capacity Of Their Plant.

OloSNuSulk NOuPouy " as OVOSaS
The Capacity Of Their Plant.
J. B. barnett and ID. A. Murphy, of
llumansville, Mo-, President and Score.
tary of the Versailles Fire Brick and
Cay Manufacturing, Company, were
here several days last week In confer
encc with II. B. Harmon, vice. President
and General Manager of the plant, and
the result of this conference, and with
the developments which presented
themselves to President Barnett, it was
decided to increase the plant far be-
yond what the company had first in.
Barnett and Harmon went TO st. louis
last Saturday where they were met by
a representative of the BucyrHs (Ohio)
Brick Machine Works, and purchased
another equipment for the plant. Four
car loads of machinery had already ar
rived here, but the latter purchase in
cludes eight additional car loads, max.
ing twelve in all.
This machinery places the company
in position, when the works are com
pleted, to manufacture high grade fire
brick, cupalo blocks, Pompeiian and
Roman tile, all colors shades and shapes
OF building brick, fue lining, locomo-
tive blocks, hollow building blocks,
drain tile and stone pumps. They will
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fire clay, both plastic and flint. The
order left with the Bucyrus works is
the largest ever made by any company
of the kind in the west, and besides
this steam shovel will he installed at
the plant to handle the clay.
Manager Harmon returned to this
city Tuesday evening and stated that
before the coming summer was over
they expected to have over 500, 900 in.
vested in The plant, aud no stone would
be left unturncd to make it the best in.
stituliOn Of it's kind in the country, q.
the capacity throughout had been more
than doubled.
! The main building will be under ons
roof with numerous els to facilitate tn.
handling of the different classes OF ar
) ticles to be manufactured, while there
will be a down draught kiln, anC
thirty kilns conveniently located fol
their use. The daily capacity of the
, plant will be 800 tons, or l0O, 900 brick
, 1t will require 1900, 900 brick for tn,
, buildings alone, and 100, 900 feet of luIn
, Der has been ordered with which Il
, erect temporary buildings in which t
. make BRICK for use in the permanent
structures.
The cooling kilns and dryer will b.
so constructed that the heat is force,
by down draught process to where il
can be utilized for necessary purposes
Each and every department will b,
equipped with the finest modern ma
chinery on the murlsct today. Mana
ger Harmon has been directed to go u
the limit in placing the enterprise II
shape to turn out the different lines o
finished articles Of the most artistic
style ana superior grade 10 compete
with the best plants in the country
Our citizens eau hardly realize wha
this means, yet these enterprising cap
italists are going ahead without blow
or bluster and ere many months passes
the vicinity where the company is nov
constructing it's big reservoir will b'
transformed into lively. hustling bee
: hive Of industry, which can be pointed
to with just pride. The men connected
= with the big enterprise all being practi
cal business men with nerve to go aheat
and capital to back their nerve, will
prove the greatest industria. boom eve
> inaugurated in this section of the coun
try, and our people should not be SLOW
TO appreciate the situation.