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  KOOFING 
  TILE 
  

  

  Comparatively 
  few 
  roofing 
  tile 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  l^ew 
  York 
  state, 
  

   nevertheless 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  is 
  of 
  superior 
  quality, 
  and 
  bears 
  

   a 
  national 
  reputation. 
  

  

  Alfred 
  center. 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  Celadon 
  terra 
  

   cotta 
  CO. 
  are 
  established 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  2 
  miles 
  from 
  Alfred 
  Station. 
  

   The 
  material 
  used 
  is 
  a 
  Chemung 
  shale 
  which 
  is 
  quarried 
  along 
  the 
  

   highway, 
  about 
  1 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  works. 
  The 
  quarry 
  is 
  located 
  

   in 
  a 
  spur 
  of 
  the 
  hill, 
  and 
  a 
  practically 
  inexhaustible 
  supply 
  of 
  

   material 
  is 
  in 
  sight. 
  

  

  The 
  roofing 
  tile 
  manufactured 
  at 
  this 
  factory 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   locking 
  type, 
  and 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  different 
  shapes. 
  The 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  is 
  usually 
  a 
  rich 
  shade 
  of 
  red; 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  

   vitrified. 
  The 
  works 
  of 
  this 
  company 
  began 
  active 
  operations 
  

   about 
  1890; 
  and 
  since 
  that 
  time 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  gradually 
  enlarging. 
  

  

  The 
  clay 
  as 
  it 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  bank 
  is 
  first 
  thoroughly 
  crushed, 
  

   in 
  the 
  dry 
  pan, 
  and 
  passes 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  pug 
  mill, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   perfectly 
  mixed 
  with 
  water, 
  producing 
  a 
  homogeneous, 
  well 
  tem- 
  

   pered 
  mass. 
  This 
  tempered 
  clay 
  is 
  charged 
  into 
  an 
  auger 
  machine; 
  

   and 
  the 
  bar 
  of 
  clay 
  as 
  it 
  issues 
  from 
  the 
  die 
  is 
  cut 
  up 
  into 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  slabs. 
  The 
  slabs 
  are 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  tile-pressing 
  machine, 
  

   where 
  they 
  are 
  repressed 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  roofing 
  tile. 
  The 
  green 
  

   tile 
  are 
  loaded 
  on 
  the 
  cars 
  and 
  run 
  to 
  the 
  drying 
  tunnel, 
  after 
  leav- 
  

   ing 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  set 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  kiln 
  and 
  burned. 
  In 
  placing 
  them 
  

   in 
  the 
  kiln, 
  they 
  are 
  set 
  on 
  edge, 
  and 
  protected 
  from 
  pressure 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  fire 
  brick 
  slabs. 
  The 
  company 
  has 
  six 
  kilns. 
  

  

  These 
  tile 
  weigh 
  from 
  Y50 
  to 
  1300 
  or 
  1500 
  pounds 
  a 
  square, 
  the 
  

   amount 
  of 
  tile 
  required 
  to 
  cover 
  a 
  space 
  30 
  feet 
  square, 
  including 
  

   overlaps. 
  

  

  The 
  product 
  of 
  this 
  factory 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  build- 
  

   ings 
  in 
  various 
  states, 
  but, 
  as 
  examples 
  of 
  their 
  work 
  in 
  ISTew 
  York 
  

   state 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  the 
  episcopal 
  church 
  at 
  Ithaca, 
  the 
  high 
  

   school 
  at 
  Tarrytown, 
  the 
  Erie 
  railroad 
  depot 
  at 
  Jamestown, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Dairy 
  building, 
  Cornell 
  university. 
  

  

  