In this booklet will be found details of many forms of 
clay manufactures, in which the Pittsburgh District excels, 
and statistics of various corporations and firms engaged in 
the clay industry. 
AMERICAN VITRIFIED PRODUCTS CO. 
Was incorporated in February, 1900, under the laws of 
New Jersey as the American Clay Manufacturing Co. In 
February, 1901, the name was changed to the American 
Sewer Pipe Co., and again changed in August, 1919, to the 
present title. The present company is a consolidation of 
thirty-two vitrified drain pipe and two paving brick plants. 
[t owns and operates twenty-six manufacturing plants 
located in Akron, Barberton, East Liverpool and Lisbon, 
0., Brazil, Ind., Jackson and Grand Lodge, Mich. It also 
owns large deposits of clay in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, 
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, also coal lands in Toronto, 
Lisbon and Uhrichsville, O., New Brighton, Pa., and New 
Cumberland, W. Va. It maintains distributing stations 
in Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit and New York. 
It also owns the entire capital stock of Michigan Sewer 
Pipe Co. ($10,000) operating three distributing yards in 
Detroit, the Akron Sewer Pipe Co. ($10,000) operating 
three distributing yards in Cleveland, and the American 
Sewer Pipe Co. of New York ($1,000) operating three dis- 
tributing yards in New York City. The annual output is 
approximately 15,000 carloads. 
The authorized capital stock of the American Vitrified 
Products Co. consists of $5,500,000 common and $2,000,000 
7% cumulative convertible preferred of which there is 
outstanding $8,500,000 common and $1,750,000 preferred. 
The common stock has a par value of $50.00 and the pre- 
ferred $100.00. The company has no funded debt. The 
general offices of the company are at 15 Broad St., Akron, 
Ohio, and their Pittsburgh Office is at 1427 Oliver Building. 
The officers of the company are George R. Hill, Pres., 
Akron, O.; F. W. Walker, Vice-Pres., Beaver Falls, Pa.: 
F. B. Theiss, Vice-Pres.; A. S. McCombe, Secretary and