Show INTERESTING STORY ON OM BRICK MAKING IS I. I PUBLISHED Did you know that brick Is tho the oldest manufactured building mal material materi rI- rI al at known 1 Did you know that the Babylonians made brick out of ot chopped reeds straw and clay more than GOOD years ago DI Did 1 you ou know that thal brick remains brick remains of temples walls and other buildings estimated to be moro more than years old are found in Egypt tada today Did you know that the Israelites during the bondage in Egypt were forced to lo make brick and were punished punIshed punished pun pun- because they could not make them fast tast enough Did you know that tho the great walls of ot China built bum about B. B C. C and is composed of brick Did you know that tho the Dutch erected erect erect- ed tho first brick structure in America Amen Ameri ca ca on Manhattan island in the tho year 1833 1813 7 Did you know that brick was first manufactured in America in 1650 at ct New Haven Conn Did you know that right at the tho doors of ot Salt Lako Lake City there are arc some o of the tho finest deposits o of brick clay in the country and one of ot the tho most modern brick manufacturing plants to bo be found anywhere These and many other interesting facts are arc related in an attractive book called BrIck anti and Their Uses which has been issued by bi tho SailI Salt Sail Lake Pressed Brick company the I largest concern o of Its kind in tho the intermountain In- In n country Tho fet boo booklet is elaborately illustrated ed and contains half halt tones of somo some of ot the most b beautiful residences ces manufacturing man man- plants plant stores and buildings build build- lugs lags In this section of ot the country y nil all constructed of ot brick It Is the aim of ot tho the book to give the tho arguments which favor brick construction and to point out Its advantages over other types of ot building materials The Introductory pages o of tho the booklet booklet book book- let give given a n brief and surprisingly entertaining en en- en history of ot the tho development of ot the brick industry Beginning more than ye years rs ago the tho manufacture of brick is traced through all its stages until tho the reader is finally taken taken taken tak tak- en on a little trip through the acre acre plant of ot tho the Salt Lake Lako Pressed Brick company on Highland drive near Fourteenth South street Tho The book Includes ri a cordial Invitation to Salt SnIt Lakers Lukers to take toko the HolIIday car to lo the plant where the they will be shown through the big factory at an any time That the visit would be both bolh enter enter- and instructive Is evident e after after aft art er perusing the pages of ot the booklet In selecting a building material the book advises es there ar are four tou vital Ilal points to bo be taken Into Inlo consideration durability fireproofing qualities artistic effect ct and last hut but not least the tile cost coaL The booklet then goes on to show siow how brick as a fL construction material stands up Ul to these MC Points point Durability Is proved b by the tile history of ot brick and the fact that walls buildings build bull ings and and parts of ot structures thousands thousands thou thou- sands of years old are still standing Even the sturdy t adobe structures built buill by th the Utah pioneers are arc noted as how Ct crude brick i but excellent ent examples of ot will wear The gre fires of ot San Francisco and Chicago 0 0 are Q quoted as examples ot of t tie e Proofing quail qualities lies o of brick In the Chicago fire ot of 1871 mile after arter mile of or frame dwelling were dc- dc while brick walls and chimneys chim chim- standing In the re reConstruction re- re l construction of the city city brick was largely used Brick proved to be the only barrier In the great blaze that swept swe San Francisco following fol- fol lowing owne K the f Frame houses w wont Went up Lip In smoke concrete buildings were so ba badly ly damaged by water b beIng be- be leg Ing thrown I upon them hot that hev they w were vere beyond r repair In Iron on an and steel many was twisted twist twist- ed d be beyond ond all hopes hope straight of ot being en enec Brick the book soy says will sue sue- withstand heat hent up to degrees degree and remain remal in tion perfect condition condi- condi Fire i Insurance r rates tes are much lower low low- er on brick I structures and arid the tho wide use Uso of ot brick construction the book says the would cause a big redUction In S Sho annual insurance Payments In ho tho n united States Stales Because Becu they are fireproof brick buildings are consid er ered 1 better risks riska for tor loans and money money can bo ho secured more upon them theta lh than uP upon frame structures statures tures Artistically th the many photographs reproduced Ced ta In tho the bo booklet et are aro S conVincing convIncing con con- arguments ts of ot the superiority of t brick construction both for re rest resi l- l dence apartment buildings and office structures 8 Man Many handsome homes of ot the prominent Salt Lakers are ore bum S ot of Salt Lake Lako Pressed Brick company company's com com- m pany pany's product tion The the Initial cost o of bri brick construe book advises Is from 6 to 10 per cent more than frame con con- with f the reduced reduce 1 cost ot of insurance and the elimination the reduced d of ot cost coat of ot heating painting ex expense ox- ox pense this Initial added expense p Is la more marc than r repaid paid Testimonials from many l n architects and home hom builders are aro given givon all indorsing brick as the most Lion tion ec economical method of construe construe- I |