Show loc locust point south baltimore now new brick machine maust 40 c among the most extensive and thriving establishments are the steam brick works of mr francis H smith the grounds occupied by which have a front of one thousand feet ou on the port wardens line three hundred feet of which is a substantial wharf the whole extending back to fort avenue five large jarge kilns kalns have been erected eleew each capable of containing from to bricks connected with a sea seam brick press driven by an engine of thirty horse power pe r and capable of bricks per day the enterprising proprietor has also invented ond and put in operation another clearn press of smaller dimensions men and more simple in construction than the other which is geared to mould 1260 bricks per hour also a similar machine adapted to horsepower horse power capable of bricks per hour with a tio force to work it the clay being taken direct from the bank and tempered without previous preparation gives the machine a peculiar value to th alf south where they have not the benefit of the great disintegrator frost I 1 by the invention of mr smith the tempering and is performed simultaneously and in such a perfect manner that upon a close examination not a particle of raw matter could be discovered all the work is performed by common laborers chiefly boys supposing the clay delivered at ahe machine the force required is one iliin man at the two boys to bear off the bricks three boyt boys to dust and return the mould and three to wheel the cars to the yard and set the bricks therein machinery has hitherto been directed to work either the dry clay or the soft mud the present invention is intended for a medium between these extremes and to mould the bricks from clay tempered to a consistence fit for the potters wheel or suitable for front brick and consequently consequents in quality they must nearly ra the latch brick the clay is taken direct from the bank to the which conver converts is it into dust thence into the where it receives a jet of water and being incorporated passes inlo iao a set of moulds six in bac each frame which move on a railway beneath they are ara then taken from the moulds each on oil a se iron plate on which it is borne to the floor and there sat on edge to dry there are several features about the last improvement of mr smith which cannot fail to command attention its exta extreme me simplicity renders it less leps liable to get butof out of repair whilst the ease caso and convenience with which it is kept in operation are also deserving of commendation the difficulty of tempering the clay to the required consistency is easily overcome whilst it turns out brick so hard that they are very conveniently carried off on edge such is the qualey of the clay that it could be used for potters purposes the textures and grain of each brick are something like that of sandstone there are no vacancies nor air bubbles to be seen in any of them new york sun |