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made at many brickyards, the more plastic layers of the bank 

 being used. Draintile are usually molded on stiff-mud machines, 

 although at some of the smaller yards a handpower press is em- 

 ployed with satisfactory results. 



The clays employed are the Alloway, Asbury, Cohansey, Cape 

 May, and sometimes Clay Marl II. The tiles are commonly dried 

 on pallet racks and set in the same kiln with the bricks for burn- 

 ing. Those made in New Jersey are mostly pipe tile, having - a 

 circular cross section. Among the firms making- them are the 

 following : 



J. C. Dobbs, Collingswood. 

 D. F. Haines, Yorktown. 

 Everett Tilton, Toms River. 

 A. Brocklebank, HoWell. 

 Dunlop & Lisk, Matawan. 



The value of the draintile produced in New Jersey in 1902 was 

 $33,020. 1 



1 Mineral Resources, U. S. Geol. Surv., 1902. L,oc. cit. 



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