Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-10-08
MATTERS At THE new
SEWER PIPE PLANT
National Company Secure Brick
Car Of Lumber Which Had Gone
Astray Arrives.

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car of brick of a large order plac-
ed with the Kalo Brick & Tile Com
pany, of Kalo The car of lumber
that had gone astray finally arrived
and the carpenters were enabled to
continue their work. AS soon as suf-
! ficient brick are on the ground the
mason work will be pushed to COM
| pletion and the buildings enclosed.
The timbers to be used in construct
ing the elevated clay track in the
large clay storage building are
| framed and ready to be erected.
| The blacksmith and machine shop
is now fully equipped with line
shaft, pulleys, 20 inch drill press,
anvil, brick forge with 16 inch blow
er, gasoline engine for power, bench,
tool cabinet, bolt shelves and full
set of blacksmith and machinist
tools. This is one of the most valu-
able assets the company has and
will be found to be very essential
toward keeping the machinery In
perfect repair and running order.
The big cistern is now being ex-
cayated This is located between
the engine and boiler rooms and the
large dry room. 1t will be of suf-
ficient size to hold $4,000 gallons Of
water All water coming from the
buildings will empty into this els
tern, as we'll as the water from the
heating system. This will insure
the company having at all times
plenty of soft water for the boilers,
thus affording no small saving in
the amount Of fuel required to gen
crate the enormous steam require
ments.
Word was received this week from
the Murray Iron Works that they
would endeavor to make shipment Of
the boilers in about two weeks and
the engine will follow few days
later. The dry pan is now ready
and will be shipped as soon as the
machine room Is enclosed.
On account of the difficulty the
company has experienced in getting
good hard brick for the kiln work.
arrangements are being made to in
stall the presses and other machin-
cry as soon as possible and start
making the balance of the brick
needed to finish the kilns. Four Of
the kilns are nearing completion
and will be ready in ample time to
use for burning the brick for the
other kilns. The company figure it
will not only insure good brick
but will be large saving to them
to manufacture their own brick and
at the same time dry out the kilns
and get them in good working order
for sewer pipe and tile. 1t is the
expectation Of the management to
push the construction work as rap
idly as possible in order that the
machinery can be started not later
than the first of the year, unless
something unforeseen should delay
them.
Clay men from various parts of
the country have visited this big
plant in the last few weeks and in
every case they pronounced it the
finest plant of its kind they have ev-
| er had the privilege to examine. 1t
| Is the result of great deal Of
thought and years of practical ex-
perience coupled up with good con-
servative engineering experience of
parties who have built such plants
heretofore and are thoroughly ac-
quainted with the many difficulties
to be met in order to insure success.
So far nothing cheap or unsubstan-
tiaf has been permitted to enter In
to the construction Of any part OF
the plant. Several car load of brick
were rejected by the inspecting 81.