The Nenana news., 1918-01-26


 blue, showed up splendily in color and hardness. These sample bricks are convincing proof of the great industrial gold mine that Nenana has in her keeping. The writer has seen the Denny Clay Works. of Seattle, grow from little one-story ! building and only Seattle market, until today it's buildings cover acres and it's trade the entire Pacific coast, and as far east as the Mississippi river. Seattle, with her character istic foresight, saw for the then little industry, a future great and a won derful field, and so her businessmen gave it every possible encourage ment and substantial material aid Here is Nenana's chance. Will she embrace it? have every reason to believe she will, and thus help to establish the first brick making plant and other clay products in l Alaska.
 A question was put to me the other day, asking whether brick and other clay products would and could stand the winter climate of Alaska. We'll, the present day make of brick is different article from the make of say 15 years ago. It is proving a successful test in Northern Min nesota, Dakota, Regina, Edmonton, Winnepeg, Quebec and other extreme northern towns, with winter climate in some of these places little different of many parts of Alaska. l am reliably informed that Dawson, Yukon territory, contains one lone brick building, erected some 20 years ago, of poor quality of brick, that seeming is as good today as when built. The burning of brick con- trols its enduring qualities. A well burned brick is absolutely moisture repellant and frost resistant. And again, freezing and thawing weather are much harder on brick than where the frost is more steady and regular independent of any kind of low tenn perature.
 Enterprising business men of Ne mana have come forward to promote a brick industry for Nenana. A company has been formed called Nenana Clay Products Company, Incorporated. l am told the amount of the capital stock of the said com pany is s40,0OO; divided into 4,OO0 shares at S10 per share. The com pany contemplates to establish a small factory at first with daily output of fifteen to twenty thousand brick, and this would involve first
 expenditure of about S10,O00, for the necessary equipment and ma l chinery.
 i Lime is one of the necessaries in
 in connection with building of brick.
 This company informs me, that they will establish and have its own lime kiln near the Lignite creek coal mines; have the same turning out lime and ready to supply the demand as soon as the government railroad
 is prepared to handle shipments. ! The manufacture of building brick will be the company's main industry at first, but eventually other kindred
 industries will receive appreciative attention, such as paving brick, til-
 ing, sewer and water pipes, crock cry, flower pots and electric light , insulators, including fire and vitri-
 fled brick. :.... .-.. .:. ! And now, l would say, it is i'm 1 possible to estimate the great value
 to any community of such an enter
 prise. A gratifying dinner bucket brigade is begun. Such an industry l like magnet, will draw other in dustries around it. There will de-
 velop a steadily advancing out-of- town trade. This in surprising short time may be developed, so that Ne mana becomes a great distributing point for all the surrounding coun- 1 try, being as she is the railroad ter
 minus, and really and truly at the head of navigation and make her as she is destined to he a commer
 cial and manufacturing center for the entire Interior Alaska Just as suerly as the sun rises and sets, so surely will this come to pass.
 believe it was Ralph Waldo Elm erson who said: "If a man can write a better book, preach a better ser mon, or make a better mouse-trap l than his neighbor, though he build