The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1906-12-15

Missouri Slope Brick & Tile Co., two
miles east of Dickinson, becomes con-
vinced at once that this new company,
which commenced operations only last
September, is established upon and is
being conducted in accordance with
good business principles. Everything is
laid out Systematically and is clean and
tidy. There is no waste and no litter.
The company is capitalized at $4,000
90, stock fully paid, and the names of the
officers and directors are guarantee
that this new enterprise is certain to sue
ceed. The officers and directors of
Dickinson and the near vicinity, have
capitalized the concern with their own
money and hold the bulk of the stock.
The officers are:
Geo. A Perkins, president
W.T.. Burnett, vice president
F o. Hevener, secretary.
w. L. Richards, treasurer.
w. ]. Simms, superintendent.
K. A. Kalmen, manager.
Maxwell Burnett, time-keeper.
After making exhaustive tests, the
Missouri Slope Brick & Tile Co. pur
chased 14o acres Of the finest clay beds
in Stark county and, in fact, in all the
state of North Dakota. The, tests show
solid clay to the depth of 20 feet and
how much more no one knows.
The site for the brisk yard is admira-
bly, selected, facing the railroad on the
south, with the long deep range Of clay
bank hills on the north, forming sort of
horseshoe.
The machinery building is 20 feet by
81 feet, two stories and cupola. In it
IS located the Improved Boyd dry press
@f los1,
brick passing through this press is sub
cut with sharp edges and corners, in per-
feet form. On the same floor is the
o-foot grinding pan, into which the un-
worked clays are passed by means of a
chute. From the grinding pan the clays
are conveyed to the roof and over a
screen from which the properly ground
portions run into the mixer on the sec.
ond floor. In frosty weather steam is
forced into the mixer to take the chill
out of the clays.
The boiler and engine room is "a feet
by 36 feet and is equipped with 125-
horse. power boiler and 1oo-horse-powe
Atlas automatic cutoff engine. The ex-
haust steam is conducted into an Amer
ican hot water heater, where the water
from the supply tank just outside is
heated almost to the boiling point before
passing into the boiler, thus economizing
fuel
The engine and boiler have capacity
enough to operate two presses and it is
likely that the second one will be in
stalled in the course of year or two.
There is gradual slope from the clay
banks to the plant, the clay coming in
on level with the second floor, thus
affording natural drop into the chute
leading to the grinding pan. The clay
is taken from the banks by means of
scrapers, one team and one man being
able to supply in 10 hours the raw ma
terial for 2o,ooo-run.
AS the moulded bricks come from the
press they are conveyed by hand trucks
slope makes this operation very easy and
we'll as IN the matter of getting the clays
into the mixing pan. 1t is estimatec
that the saving in labor alone is fully 4c
per cent, on account Of these natura
advantages, over plants constructed ir
the ordinary way on level.
Two uniform kiln sheds have beer
constructed this season and the first kilr
containing 225,ooo brick is already
burned. The kiln opens fine, the bricl
being deep red color, resembling yer,
much the famous Menomonie product
A second kiln is being laid, the lowe
half being entirely of hre brick; ane
when this is burned the company will
have made nearly half million of mer
charitable brick during its short run thi
season. It must be remembered tina
no effort was made to install machinery
until fall and all the buildings, sheds ant
quarter-mile spur track, running from
the main line of the N. P. Ry. to th'
kilns, had to be constructed in the mean
time. An economical feature of th'
spur, constructed by the brick compan,
at an expense of $1,000, is that the bot
tom of the kilns are on level with tn
floor of the cars when set for loading.
Next year more kilns, several Of tn
down draught order, will be constructed
also storage sheds south of the spu