DES MOINES
Illustrated Souvenir Album (1895)
THE DES MOINES BRICK MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
The Des Moines Brick Manufacturing Company is the oldest plant of the kind in the city. It was organized in 1889, and made its first paving brick in 1893. The plant is located about two miles west of the city, between the tracks of the Des Moines Union and the Rock Island roads. The company has ten large kilns, which give it a daily capacity of 120,000 brick. It employs about 100 men and the monthly pay rolls run over $3,000. The plant is equipped with all the facilities for and is operated the year round, with the exception of a short time in midwinter. The largest output of the company in any one year was in 1894, when about 22,000,000 brick were made. Until the past season the chief market for the product was found in Des Moines, where the brick were used in laying pavements. Last year, however, the larger part of the product was sold outside the city, going to Davenport, Dubuque, Waterloo. Keokuk, St. Paul, Fargo and other cities. There have recently been some changes made in the management of the company, the following officers being elected in 1895: Martin Flynn, president; H. D. Smith, vice-president, and T. F. Flynn, secretary.
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