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  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  employed, 
  2200° 
  or 
  2300° 
  F. 
  are 
  not 
  infrequently 
  attained. 
  Even 
  

   in 
  such, 
  cases, 
  not 
  all 
  the 
  clays 
  of 
  the 
  mixture 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  resist 
  

   the 
  latter 
  temperature; 
  in 
  such 
  cases 
  those 
  whose 
  fusibility 
  is 
  

   below 
  this 
  point 
  serve 
  as 
  the 
  bond 
  for 
  the 
  body, 
  while 
  the 
  more 
  

   refractory 
  ingredients 
  tend 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  ware. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  present 
  day 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  terra 
  cotta 
  has 
  reached 
  

   so 
  high 
  a 
  degree 
  of 
  perfection 
  that 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  who 
  is 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  behavior 
  of 
  his 
  clays 
  in 
  burning 
  is 
  able 
  

   to 
  produce 
  pieces 
  of 
  exactly 
  the 
  desired 
  size, 
  and 
  of 
  regular 
  shape, 
  

   which 
  in 
  their 
  complete 
  condition 
  fit 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  perfectly 
  to- 
  

   gether. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  however 
  a 
  little 
  trimming 
  of 
  the 
  edges 
  

   has 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  at 
  times 
  ; 
  therefore 
  the 
  burned 
  ware 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  kiln 
  to 
  the 
  fitting 
  room, 
  where 
  the 
  different 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  

   design 
  are 
  placed 
  together 
  in 
  their 
  proper 
  relation, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   make 
  sure 
  that 
  they 
  fit 
  as 
  perfectly 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  Terra 
  cotta 
  manufacturers 
  are 
  constantly 
  endeavoring 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  new 
  designs 
  and 
  colors; 
  while 
  the 
  handsome 
  buildings 
  of 
  

   many 
  cities 
  attest 
  their 
  success. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  custom 
  now 
  to 
  

   construct 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  second 
  story 
  of 
  a 
  building 
  of 
  

   stone, 
  and 
  the 
  succeeding 
  stories 
  of 
  brick 
  with 
  terra 
  cotta 
  decora- 
  

   tion 
  ; 
  it 
  therefore 
  becomes 
  necessary 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  

   terra 
  cotta 
  harmonizes 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  materials 
  used. 
  

   Terra 
  cotta 
  has 
  thus 
  come 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  useful 
  and 
  durable 
  

   of 
  modern 
  building 
  materials; 
  yet 
  its 
  use 
  has 
  become 
  so 
  wide 
  

   spread 
  that 
  at 
  times 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  danger 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  carried 
  

   to 
  an 
  excess 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  its 
  more 
  enthusiastic 
  advocates. 
  In 
  its 
  

   place 
  terra 
  cotta 
  has 
  no 
  equal, 
  and 
  if 
  properly 
  used 
  mil 
  steadily 
  

   grow 
  in 
  public 
  favor. 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  terra 
  cotta 
  industry 
  

  

  The 
  firms 
  at 
  present 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  terra 
  cotta 
  

   in 
  [N'ew 
  York 
  are 
  

  

  The 
  ISTew 
  York 
  architectural 
  ten^a 
  cotta 
  co., 
  Ravenswood, 
  L. 
  I. 
  

   B. 
  Kreischer's 
  Sons, 
  Kreiseherville 
  

   Glens 
  Falls 
  terra 
  cotta 
  co.. 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  

   Coming 
  brick 
  and 
  terra 
  cotta 
  co.. 
  Corning 
  

  

  