Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-22

started in upon line OF improve
ment. wnereupon orders appeared.
and, while the improvements were
hurried it was impossible 10 get new
brick ont in time for the requirements
Of every one.
Nevertheless. instead Of there hav-
ing been shipped in from the outside
several hundred thousand brick. there
were only shipped in just 100000, ont
side Of the front gray brick used by
the telephone company in its new
building. One hundred thousand
brick at the local price come TO 81 100
SO the extent of the business which
went to the outside can be calculat-
ed Again many OF these brick did
not reach their destination until after
the orders could have been filled by
the Durango plant and cost two and
one-aalf times the Durango price.
The following shows how the users
found them compared with our local
make;
"Silyerton. Dec L.. 1905.
Mr., b. n. Freeman prcst The Du-
range Pressed Brick Co, Durango.
Colo.
Dear s Regarding our CONVEX
satlon fc. days ago. am perfectly
willing and frank to say that the
brick manufactured by your company
is far superior in quality and appear
ance TO the brick furnished MS from
Pueblo by the Standard Fire Brick
company Our sub.station in Silver.
ton was erected as you know. about
haif way up with Pueblo brick. and
one can see very clearly the dividing
line OF the two bricks and will notice
at a glance the superiority of your
brick Yours truly,
THE ANIMAS POWER & WATER
COMPANY.
IS. w. HENDERSON,
Asst Chief Engineer"
The business Of the Durango Press
ed Brick company has been and is
prosperous. It frequently happens
that men are Interested in various
ines Of business. and this has never
been considered detrimental. Wheth-
ar the people who own the Durango
Pressed Brick company are amateurs.
or have made no intelligent attempt
At brick making. as stated by Dave
Day in ais sheet, we will not pass
Upon, But II is a fact that the pre-
leeessors to the present ownership
'ailed and failed utterly in the bust
ness. 1t Is a fact that the Bell plant
was another most disastrous failure
Two or three years ago II was start.
ed MP again through the energetic
fostering OF Dave Day. and If we are
correctly informed there was over
S30,0n0 dropped in this movement
Just as fast ms the money could be
gotten rid OF. on the other hand. the
manufacture of the Durango Pressed
Brick company has steadily progress
I'd UNTIL as Day states, "Our pressed
lrick are said TO he equal to any
hing made in the state" and each
wear when there has been a demand
for brick the company has made
sood profit, but no more than the in
estment warrants.
As to clay and shale beds being
numerous, etc. there are, in fact
'ery few which will stand the test OF
'ontinued brick making Witness the
lttempt that was made Just this side
If the Durango Pressed Brick com
Iany's plant, where a very short run
hing exhausted everything that was
II for use and was another one OF
he brick disasters of Durango In
tho gsrAarpIE of
Pressed Brick company are the only
mes which have ever yet been open
ID up at this place that fully mel
he requirements OF quality, quantity
md economy.
The Herald representative lust met
Nr. 5. +. Palmer who confirmed the
lboye 10 us from what he has gath
'red since he came TO town and from
his personal investigations. Mr.
Palmer Is an expert brick man. He
ame mere by reason OF the progress
which he understood this section was
making and understanding there was
IN opening for good brick plant He
said he found here plant that was
not In condition and not situated so
hat II could manufacture brick AT
my living cost. He found the plant
If the Durango Pressed Brick com.
1any In excellent condition and most
economically located He found thai
III 'he brick used last year was In
side Of one and one.half millions and
that the plant of the Durango Pressed
Brick company could manufacture
several times that amount in a year
Mr. Palmer states that cement
blocks do not enter Into competition
with brick for many reasons. especial
ly that they will not stand fire and
are not as attractive In appearance
He has operated some Of the largest
Yards in the state. for the past con.
siderable time operating at Greeley,
Colo
Mr.. Palmer states that he believes
this section is going to advance rap.
idly and that there ought to be more
brick used than has been the case
heretofore. An output of five mil
lion per year Is considered very
small quantity for pressed brick
plant As result of his investiga-
lions he stated that he had made