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Show If ihM AND KjS Mechanics FOR LAYING BHICK. New Labor-Saving Device Called the Fountain Trowel. Hrtcklalng as an tut has remained stationary for n long pcrclod of tlmo. Tho methods of thoJpnnt aro still in vogue and present practice varies but New Labor-Saving Device. llttio tho processes by which tho oldest old-est brickwork now standing was laid. Progress In bricklaying Is thoreforo to bo moro expected In tho nature of Improvement Im-provement of existing methods than from attempting n radical change. Two Improvements recently mado along this lino aro noted with Interest. One Is cnltfld the founLttn trowel nnd the other Is a packet system of hnm dllng tho bricks. Tho trowel Is a mctnl can, shaped something like n V)Utch wooden shoo. Tho heel is used to troop up mortar from tho mor-tnr mor-tnr box nnd the ton Ijns a long opening the entire width of tho ran, through which imirtnr Is poured upon the brick. This trowel or win makes It possible to spread n far gronter quantity quan-tity of mortar within n given time than the cnllnnry trowel, and porinlts tho brlcklayor to nso mortar sufficiently sufficient-ly soft to All tho joints better, not only beenuso it runs down Into the unfilled Joints of tho course below, but because It permits tho shoring of tho Joints full of mortal In tho course that Is being laid. Tho packet Is n llttio wooden tray. 30 Inches long and tho width of n brick. Tho bricks nro placed on tho packet face up, In two rows of ten each, n weight of nbout 00 pounds. The wholo Is plnrod upon specially constructed wheelbarrows and wheeled to the placo whero the men nro working. work-ing. Tho pneket Is then lifted from the wheelbarrow, placed on tho Block platform of tho scaffold, and pushed oVcr to the brlcklayor. The brick Injfor lifts tho pneket nnd deposits It on iho wnlt. The last slop, that of placing tho bricks In the wnll. requires re-quires but tho moving of tho amis and hands. Hvcr)'oiie who has watched ii brick layer nt work, remarks tho publisher of llrlek, has noticed that ho tosses n brick about In his hand before laying It. This Is not more piny, but tho necessity of grasping It In such n fashion fash-ion that he ran lay Its best faco for tho faco of tho wnll. With tho packet system tho best faco Is nlways upward, up-ward, nnd the bricklayer Is spared this waste of energy and tlmo. Hy iho ordlnnry methods It Is necessary .for tho bricklayer to stoop over tho scaffold scaf-fold on which he stands nnd then Btralghtcu up with no moro work accomplished ac-complished (ban lifting two bricks; another waste of tlmo and energy that such a systom as the packet make! unnecessary. |