. Annual report . press brick machinecapable of turning out 20,000 bricks in ten hours. All the main building is heated by steam toprevent the clay freezing during the winter time. From the press the bricks are run on cars to the kilns near at hand. Three Flood up-and-down draught kilns are at present in operation, and a fourth will be completed in the earlyspring. Six or eight more kilns will be erected in the early summer of the Flood or Stewartpattern. These kilns hold from 120,000 to 150,000 bricks. During the winter it is found necessaryto place a few steam pipes in the kilns while they a
. Annual report . press brick machinecapable of turning out 20,000 bricks in ten hours. All the main building is heated by steam toprevent the clay freezing during the winter time. From the press the bricks are run on cars to the kilns near at hand. Three Flood up-and-down draught kilns are at present in operation, and a fourth will be completed in the earlyspring. Six or eight more kilns will be erected in the early summer of the Flood or Stewartpattern. These kilns hold from 120,000 to 150,000 bricks. During the winter it is found necessaryto place a few steam pipes in the kilns while they are being filled until ready for firing to pre-vent frost affecting the bricks. B>th wood and coal are used for firing, 14 furnaces being inoperation for each kiln. Along the end of the kilns runs a siding of the A. C. & H. B. Railwayand on the far side of the siding a storage warehouse is being erected, and the bricks are eitherloaded direct on the cars or taken across the track and placed in the v]
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