AF 7 An edition of 100 or which this is No pw 4 Presented to This volume is a combination of a series of booklets published by the First National Bank at Pittsburgh, in exposition of our city’s progress in business and culture. It is fitting that this record be dedicated to the memory of the late beloved president of the First National Bank, Mr. Lawrence FE. Sands, whose vision and work has made a very deep impression upon the general welfare of this community. May we hope that this volume will be worthy of a place in your library, not only for your own pleasure and information, but also for any inspiration it may furnish for a future generation to maintain and enhance the fine traditions of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. TrE FIRST National BANK AT PitTsBurGH, PirrsBurcH, Pa. ows EGP wea pe EY ppp ane MEETS SRK The Story of PITTSBURGH Volume One Number Nine CLAY PRODUCTS First National Bank at Pittsburgh December. 1922 isis dies linn orcsh JL OIIPODIICCEIOIIISIS cocoa OME LSPA DRS OIE ELL LAN PEA The Storv of Pittsburgh Clay Products ane - ' HE uses of clay are numerous, and the history of the human race shows that very early extended use was made of this substance. Bible readers are familiar with the way in which Pharoah embittered the slavery of the children of Israel by compelling them to find their own straw for the brick they were required to make. The clay industry probably had its beginning in the Valley of the Euphrates, which is the traditional cradle of the human family. According to some authorities, brick dating back to 4500 B. C. have been found in Babylonian excavations. Early man noticed how the heat of the sun hardened the mud along the banks of the river, cracking it into irregular pieces which could be utilized, after shaping them to the desired size, in erecting the walls of his rude hut. Then naturally came the next step, which was to give the mud the proper shape while it was yet soft and plastic, and lay it out in the hot sun to bake. This produces what is called “adobe” brick, and the next improvement was to make the baked bricks more solid by mixing chopped reeds or straw with the soft mud before shaping and baking. Artificial burning of the shaped clay came later. The Tower of Babel is supposed to have been built of burned brick. By the time Nebuchadnezzar came to the throne of Babylon, in the sixth century before Christ, not only had brick making become an art, but a decorative art also, for colored enamels were used with fine effect for decorative purposes. The old Romans were great builders of dwellings and aqueducts, and although they used much stone in their work, they also used huge quantities of brick. After the Roman empire disintegrated, and the nations of Europe began to form, the art of making brick spread all over the continent, but was carried to a very high state of development in Northern Italy, Southern France, Northern Germany, and the Netherlands, where good building stone was scarce, but clay was abundant. In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries brick enjoyed a wide vogue in the erection of the great Gothic structures of that period, and was freely used in the erection of cathedrals, municipal buildings, palaces of the nobles, and residences of the wealthy classes. The brick making industry in England dates from the time of Henry VIII, and was highly developed under Flemish influences. The brick vogue in England continued to expand until the days of Queen Anne and the Georges, when it reached wonderful proportions, and many fine English country houses of that period still remain to testify to the taste of the architects and the durable and satisfying nature of the workmanship. Much adobe construction was found on the American continent, especially in Mexico and Peru, when the Europeans first began to penetrate into those interiors, but aside from these early uses of clay, the first brick used on this side of the Atlantic Ocean came from England or Holland, and was brought over with other articles needed in the American wilderness by the pioneers. But in the seventeenth century the native American brick industry was started, and the Colonial times saw many fine specimens of brick building, from New England in the North, to Virginia in the South. Up to about the year 1880, however, there was no general attempt to use brick to the best advantage. Previous to that time, the brick building was confined to the use of common brick for ordinary construction, or for backing stone-faced walls. From the date mentioned, to the present time, a growing taste has demanded and secured artistic effects in the brick wall, by the use of especially manufactured face brick, which, in a bewildering variety of beautiful color tones and textures, have been sympathetically and artistically treated by leading architects, all over the United States. as well as in other countries. 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 distributing 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 preferred $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 A TT, rs FRARBERTON. OHIO =F 58 T SEWER PIPE FACTORY #50 INTHE WORLD Barberton, Ohio Plant American Vitrified Products Co. 3 J 3 a i = Zz ® el =< 2 £ et 7) » - HY i) p 5 8 aE iE xS¥ SF Qc = $27 EO CZ 9 ~ 5 TOR 2 2 © y= & SE J 5% 8 op 3 Hox # a3 a * Q SF 8B = 2, goa ] ’ KITTANNING BRICK AND FIRE CLAY COMPANY The Kittanning Brick and Fire Clay Company was organized in 1894, with a factory at Kittanning, Pa., and has continuously manufactured face building brick since that date, increasing the number and capacity of its plants as the demand for this character of building brick expanded, until they are now the largest manufacturers of face brick in the United States. This company was the first to manufacture and introduce to the public a high grade vitreous buff and gray, or white, building brick. The company therefore rightfully claims to be the manufacturers of the “Genuine Original Kittanning Brick.” The introduction of an entirely new and untried product was not an easy task in the early days, but the artistic and practical value of a non-absorbent, light-colored face brick was soon recognized by architects and builders. The increasing use of Kittanning Brick and the general demand for a similar high grade brick of slightly different texture or color, led to a policy of expansion on the part of the original company. Additional plants were built at Kittanning, and the Martin Brick Company was organized. A short time later, the Yingling-Martin Brick Company at Johnsonsburg, Pa., and the Kittanning Buff and Grey Brick Company, at West Mosgrove, Pa., were incorporated. The Pittsburgh-Callery Brick Company plant was recently leased for a term of years, for the manufacture of building tile and brick. In addition to the production of all of these plants, the Martin Brick Company arranged to purchase the yearly output of several high-grade brick and tile plants, for distribution locally and throughout the United States. This policy of expansion and quantity production resulted in a marked decrease in the manu *acturing overhead and selling cost per thousand brick. “Kittanning Brick” and “Artbrick,” produced at Johnsonsburg, have not only successfully withstood the test of time, but have also been subjected to every known physical and chemical test by architects and government engineers. These brick have frequently been substituted for the more expensive limestone and marble, in both exterior and interior construction. The artistic and enduring value of these products, and their approval by architects and engineers of national reputation, is evident from their use in innumerable churches, school-houses, office buildings, apartment houses and residences, in Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, and in almost every State in the Union and every Province in Canada. The home of the Kittanning Brick & Fire Clay Company, is No. 710 Chamber of Commerce Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. The official roster is as follows: Orricers. S. C. Martin, President: R. G. Yingling, Secretary and Treasurer. Directors. S. C. Martin, S. E. Martin, O. C. Yingling, R. G. Yingling, E. C. Clark. Brancr Orrices. New York, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Norfolk, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Tex., Philadelphia, St. Petersburg and other cities throughout the United States. AvuxiLiary Prants. Yingling-Martin Brick Co., Johnsonsburg, Pa.; Kittanning Buff & Gray Brick Co., West Mosgrove, Pa.; Callery Plant, Callery, Pa. CaPrran Stock. Kittanning Brick & Fire Clay Co. originally $30,000, later increased to $300,000; Kittanning Buff & Gray Brick Co., $200,000; Yingling-Martin Brick Company, $100.000. PITTSBURGH CLAY POT COMPANY The manufacture of glass melting pots is a process requiring the most painstaking care and minute attention to details. Years of experience are required to properly select, combine and prepare the clays used in their manufacture, as well as to acquire the skill necessary to build pots which will withstand the high temperatures and extremely trying working conditions incident to the manufacture of glass. The Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company was organized in 1879, and therefore has had more than 40 years’ experience in the manufacture of glass melting pots of all kinds, during which it has established an enviable reputation as producers of the highest grade glass melting pots and glass furnace refractories in general. The foundation of good pot making is the nature of the clay used, quality being the one principle which guides this company in the selection of clays. Keeping in constant touch with sources of supply, and by frequent careful tests, the company is assured that its products are fully up to the standards its officials have set. After receiving the raw clays from the mines, these clays are all thoroughly inspected and picked by hand. All doubtful or inferior clays are immediately rejected, and extreme care is used to see that only the very best of material enters into the composition of the pot. The company has facilities for burning such clays as are used in the batch in the burned condition, and these clays are all inspected again after burning, The next process consists of grinding and screening the various clays which enter into the pot mixture. It is highly important that the various clays be screened to the size that will give the best results in.the finished pot, and this detail is looked after with the closest attention. The various clays are intimately mixed in the proper proportions, and then passed through “pug mills,” in order that the batch may be thoroughly amalgamated. After this mixing and pugging process is completely accomplished, the batch is stored in bins to age or ripen. The proper aging of pot and tank block clays is of great importance, and the company has bins capable of holding a year’s supply of clay, in order that the aging may be properly accomplished. During the aging process the batch is transferred from one bin to another, being again thoroughly pugged at each transfer Pot clay usually requires from eight months to one year to age, in order to make it a homogeneous mass. After the clay is properly aged it is again pugged and transferred to the trampers’ box, where it is kneaded by the bare feet of the clay trampers. It is then made into small rolls suited to fit the hand of the pot maker. In making the pots the bottoms are made first. These being made to the proper size and thickness, they are turned and the knuckle or joint between the side wall and the bottom of the pot is formed. The side walls are built by “spells,” the potmaker moving from one pot to another in his set, and building about six inches to the height of each pot every 48 hours. This allows the various spells time to stiffen, which prevents the lower spells of the pot from sagging. Care also must be taken to see that the upper part of each spell is kept moist, in order that the next spell succeeding it can be properly kneaded. In order to make a seamless wall for the pot, this process is continued until the crown is turned in and finished, after which the hood is worked on and the pot is thoroughly cleaned and smoothed. It usually requires from six to twelve months from the time the pot is made before it is permissible to be placed in a furnace. The manufacture of Tank Blocks is also a long and tedious operation. The clay for the various sizes and shapes is rammed into moulds by pneumatic clay rammers. These blocks are placed in drying rooms, with temperature ranging from 90 to 110 degrees, for a period of from one to three months, in order to be thoroughly dried before burning. They are then placed in large kilns, and burned by natural gas, up to a temperature of 2450 degrees Fahrenheit. This burning process requires about three weeks time. Previous to the organization of the Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company, in 1879, there had been but one concern in the United States, Thomas Coffin and Company, upon which the glass factories had to depend for their supply of one of the most important and absolutely necessary articles in the manufacturing of glass, namely: glass melting pots. Recognizing the great growing demand for glass ware, and Pittsburgh being the center of this industry, a number of prominent glass manufacturers of the Pittsburgh district organized the Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company, and purchased the Hostetter Graphite Factory on South Avenue, which consisted of a five-story building 100 x 100 feet. In 1883 another five story building 140 x 110 feet and a kiln room 140 x 70 feet were erected. In 1893 a six story building 176 x 110 feet was added to the plant, which now extends from South Avenue on the Ohio River to Reedsdale Street and contains about ten acres of floor space in which are manufactured not only glass melting pots but Tank Blocks, furnace linings, lehr tile, floaters, gathering boots, pyrometer tubes, crucibles, enamelers, furnaces, muffles and smelter furnaces, etc., using annually from 5000 tons to 6000 tons of domestic clay, a large portion of which comes from Missouri, and from 2000 tons to 3000 tons of imported lay from Germany. The original organizers of this Company were:—John Adams, Thos. B. Atterbury, David Challinor, James Campbell, William Doyle, Thomas Evans, A. H. Heisey, Edward Hogan, William C. King, William McMillen, David Taylor. John Adams was President until his death. He was succeeded by William Doyle, who was President until 1894, at which time he was succeeded by A. H. Heisey, who held office until his death in February, 1922. A. H. Heisey was succeeded by Dos Taylor, who was elected President and holds the office at the present time. PreseENT Directors. Dos Taylor, James F. Challinor, William C. King, A. P. Duncan, James Hogan, T. F. Emminger, A. E. Gray. Orricers. Dos Taylor, President; A. E. Gray, Treasurer and General Manager; J. E. McKelvy, Secretary; T. F. Emminger, Production Manager. The company enjoys a national reputation for its superior products, which are recognized as the highest standards obtainable. The company employs from one hundred fifty to two hundred workmen, mostly skilled, as the manufacture of glass melting pots is a process which requires the most painstaking care and attention to detail. Years of experience are required to properly select, combine and prepare the clay used in their manufacture, as well as to acquire the skill necessary to properly build pots to withstand the high temperature and extreme working conditions incident to the manufacture of glass. HARBISON-WALKER REFRACTORIES COMPANY The Harbison-Walker Refractories Company is one of the largest manufacturers of fire brick in the United States. It owns 40,718 acres, and leases 22,500 acres of clay, coal and ganister properties, located in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Alabama, maintaining 33 plants, equipped with modern machinery. The company has an authorized and outstanding capital of $27 ,000,-000 common stock, and $9,000,000 69, cumulative preferred stock, of the par value of $100. There isnofunded debt. The company was incorporated June 30, 1902, in Pennsylvania, to consolidate leading firebrick interests. It absorbed the following properties: Harbison-Walker Company; Clearfield (Pa.) Fire Brick Company; Isaac Reese & Sons Company; Phillipsburg (Pa.) Fire Brick Company; Fredericks, Munro & Co.; Wallacetown (Pa.) Fire Brick Co.; American Fire Brick Co., Lock Haven, Pa.; Basic Brick Co., Johnstown, Pa.; Clinton County Fire Brick Co.; Portsmouth (Ky.) Fire Brick Co.: Fayette Manufacturing Co. On November 11, 1902, the company purchased all the stock issue of the Portsmouth and Kentucky Fire Brick Co., including all property of said company, acquired from the Portsmouth Fire Brick Co., Kentucky Fire Brick Works, Webster Fire Brick Co., Blast Furnace Fire Brick Co., and Portsmouth and Tygart Valley Railroad Co. During the period since the purchase of these properties, in 1902, a number of the plants have been dismantled and new plants were erected at Hays Station, Pa., Mt. Union, Pa., East Chicago, Ind., Birmingham, Ala.., and Harwalk, O. The officers of the company are: Chairman, H. W. Croft; President, J. E. Lewis; Vice-President, O. M. Reif; Vice President, Hamilton Stewart; Vice President, Nin McQuillen; Secretary, P. R. Hilleman; Treasurer, William Walker. The directors are H. W. Croft, R. W. Harbison. J. E. Lewis, Nin McQuillen, O. M. Reif, Hamilton Stewart. Kenneth Seaver, R. H. Youngman, J. E. MacCloskey, Jr.. William Walker, J. J. Brooks, Jr., Raymond Willey, T. L. Chadbourne, Jr., J. B. Cullum and J. F. Fletcher. PITTSBURGH PLANT—NATIONAL FIRE PROOFING CO. Chis Plant Covers About Six Acres, Located Directly in the City of Pittsburgh, Within Ten Minutes’ Walk of the Allegheny County Court House. To the Right is the Allegheny River and to the Left Bedford Avenue. In the Foreeround is the Clay Pit and to the Right of the Picture is Shown the Clay Ledge Baltimore. Md. Works, American Refractories Co. Pittsburgh Clay Pot Company Plant, North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mt. Union. Pa. Plant. Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. Kittanning Brick and Fre <:-+ 4 _0., Factories Nos. 1 and Plant of the McFeely Brick Co., Latrobe, Pa. NATIONAL FIRE PROOFING COMPANY The National Fire Proofing Company was incorporated on August 21, 1889, in Pittsburgh, with one plant located on Bedford Avenue. The company at that time was known as the Pittsburgh Terra Cotta Lumber Company. The name was changed to National Fire Proofing Company on December 20, 1899, and the capital stock increased for the purpose of acquiring additional properties. On February 17, 1902, the stock was again increased to acquire 18 additional plants, the property of 15 different companies. At the present time, the company is capitalized at $12,500,000.00. H. M. Keasbey is President, J. P. Robbins, Treasurer, and C. G. Jones, Secretary. The Board of Directors comprises the following: W. L. Curry, Chairman; A. S. Beymer, D. M. Campbell, J. S. Craig, E. W. Gwinner, S. F. Heckert, H. M. Keasbey, Chas. G. McIlvain, W. M. Scaife and E. H. Straub. The company manufactures hollow tile, flat arch, segmental arch and other types of tile used in constructing structural floors; all types of partition tile and load bearing tile for exterior and interior bearing walls. A special glazed tile is manufactured to be used exclusively in foundation walls; also a specific block for backing up common and face brick walls. The company, having high grade fire clay deposits, is able to manufacture an exceptionally high quality glazed tile, as well as the unglazed material. One of the best known of their glazed products is Tex-Tile, a material that is unsurpassed in appearance and strength for exterior walls. Other glazed tile products consist of underground conduits, grain and coal bin tile, sewer tile. silo tile and similar specialties. The company has 22 plants located in a number of states, with a combined capacity of approximately 700,000 tons of finished ware per year. These plants are situated In sections where the best clay deposits are located and are near the good markets in the Central Western, Eastern and New England States, all on one or more railroad lines or on tide water Hollow Tile was originally designed to protect and fireproof steel skeleton buildings. During the past ten years, it has gradually come into general use not as a fire proofing material only, but also for the construction of low cost walls and floors for skyscrapers, residences, apartment houses, farm buildings, school houses, factories, garages, etc. It effectively fulfills the demand for easily erected enduring masonry construction at minimum initial and maintenance cost. The company has always kept abreast of these changes, and today stands foremost among the clay companies of the world, while the name “NATCO” is synonymous with progress and quality in the hollow tile industry. DARLINGTON BRICK AND MINING COMPANY The Darlington Brick and Mining Co. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania on May 5, 1900, with an authorized capitalization of $100,000. A plant was immediately built, which is located at Darlington, Beaver County, and the company has established a reputation for the highest quality of grey and cream Face Brick made in the United States. These brick are produced in three textures: Smooth, Rug or Vertical Score, and Devonshire or Mat texture. The company’s yearly output is 12,000,000 brick, and they are shipped to all parts of the United States, going as far South as Tampa, Florida, into Western Texas, into the Dakotas, and on the Eastern coast as far as Maine. The brick produced by the Darlington Brick and Mining Co., are especially suitable for high-grade residences, churches, school houses, apartment houses, banks and other public buildings. M. LANZ BRICK AND TILE COMPANY The M. Lanz Brick and Tile Co., is the successor to Mathew Lanz and Sons, who started in the brick making business in 1885. At that time, Mathew Lanz owned some real estate on Carson street, near 34th street, on the South Side. It was considerably above the grade of Carson street, and would be improved by cutting it down to grade. A small hand yard, with a capacity of 3300 brick a day, was started to use up the surplus clay. This operation was so successful, that when the available clay was used, another M. Lanz Brick and Tile Co. Plant Pittsburgh, Pa. location was sought. This was found close by, at Jane and 34th streets. At this point a machine brick yard was erected, in 1886-87, with a capacity of 15,000 brick per day. In 1898 this capacity was increased to 30,000 brick a day. A Pennsylvania Railroad siding was obtained for the yard. The market for this company’s product up to a few years ago was among the steel plants along the different railroads in the Pittsburgh district. During the depression in the steel business, the demand for brick fell off to such an extent that we were forced to seek another outlet, which we found in the building business in and around Pittsburgh, where we deliver by truck. The company is making considerable face and front brick. in addition to common brick. The business was organized into a corporation, under the name of the M. Lanz Brick and Tile Co., on January 1, 1921, with a capital of $75,000. Charles Lanz is president of the company. AMERICAN REFRACTORIES COMPANY The American Refractories Co. was organized in 19086, under the laws of West Virginia. The authorized capital of the company is $500,000 preferred stock, and $1,500,000 common stock, while the invested capital is in excess of $5,000,000. The annual capacity of the company exceeds 200,000 tons of refractories, consisting of silica, magnesia, chrome and fireclay brick, chrome ore. and Austrian dead burned magnesite. The plants of the company are located at Baltimore, Md., Joilet and Danville, Ill., with ganister quarries at Devil's Lake, Wis., and magnesite quarries and plant at Radenthein, Austria. The general offices of the company are in the Union Arcade Building, Pittsburgh. The officers are: Emil Winter, President; J. D. Billard and W. F. McCook, Vice Presidents; P. B. Mossman, Vice President and General Manager; W. Edgar Reed. Secretary. and H. L. Grohne. Treasurer. THE KIER FIRE BRICK COMPANY The Kier Fire Brick Company is an organization chartered under the laws of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [ts main office located at 2243 Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, Penna. Its Fire Brick Plant is located at Salina, Westmoreland County, Penna., and its Silica Brick Plant at Childs, Fayette County, Penna. It owns and operates a Ganister Quarry at Brookes Mills, Blair County, Penna., and the fire clay mining operations are in Clearfield, Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties. It mines coal for its own use at Salina, Penna. Salina Plant, Pa. The Kier Fire Brick Co. The company was incorporated in 1900 and was the outgrowth of a business which had been carried on in the form of a partnership at times, and sole proprietorship at nthers, dating back to 1845. The business of the company is manufacturing, for sale to consumers, high heat duty refractory products, namely fire brick and silica brick in all standard sizes and shapes, also special shapes of all kinds. Capacity Fire Brick Plant, Salina, Penna. 18,000,000-9" brick or approximately 63,000 tons. Capacity Silica Brick Plant, Childs, Penna. 4,500,000-9" brick or approximately 13,500 tons. ENTRESS BRICK COMPANY The founder of the present business was John V. Entress, who was engaged in the manufacture of brick his entire life. He came to Pittsburgh in 1879 and opened a hand yard on Bedford Avenue and Moore Street, and after his death the works were moved to Webster Avenue above Kirkpatrick Street, where they had purchased a large tract of land and formed a company under the management of John F. Entress. Operating a brick plant, making sand faced brick, they continued at this site Entress Brick Co. Plant Pittsburgh, Pa. until 1906, when they ceased operation, owing to scarcity of clay. On November 10th, 1910, they formed the present company, with the following officers: John F. Entress, President; Jos. E. Entress, Vice President; Adam J. Entress, Treasurer, and Henry C. Schmelz, Secretary, and have operated continuously since, having the largest capacity in the city of Pittsburgh—60,000 brick daily. They manufacture Common, Rough Texture and Hollow Brick, and are equipped with all modern up to date machinery used in the manufacture of brick. McFEELY BRICK COMPANY The McFeely Brick Company was organized in 1900, and incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania in 1901. A silica brick plant was built at Latrobe, Pa., with an original capital of $40,000.00. The production during the first few years was about 3,000,000 brick a year, which has since increased to 20,000,000 brick and the capitalization to $160,000.00. Ten years ago, a first quality fire brick plant at Bolivar, Pa., was added, specializing on a slay brick adapted to open hearth steel practice. From time to time over a period of twenty years, the company has purchased coal lands about their plants which assure their fuel supply for a half a century or more. The company employs about 850 men. f. B. McFeely is President, J. H. McFeely, Vice President, and J. M. Steele, Secretary and Treasurer. Interior View Mc Feely Brick Co. Plant Latrobe. Pa. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT PITTSBURGH Capital. ....... ..... Surplus. . . . Undivided Profits. ......... Deposits, over............... Resources. . . eee... 8 5,000,000.00 4,000,000.00 996,654.40 50,000,000.00 67,708,448 . 44 The First National Bank at Pittsburgh offers its services in every branch of Domestic and Foreign Banking, to corporations, firms and individuals. Its resources are amply large enough to take satisfactory care of all financial transactions, whatever their magnitude. At the same time it gives careful attention to the business of depositors of moderate amounts, the checking accounts of men or women, carried for household uses and the payment of monthly bills; and savings accounts, large and small, on which compound interest is paid, at the rate of 49), per annum. The Savings Department is open for the convenience of customers who can not be at the bank during the usual hours, nntil 5 o’clock, and on Saturdays until 9 P. M. Banking business of every sort can be satisfactorily transacted by mail, bringing the facilities and the strength of the First National Bank at Pittsburgh, to every part of the world reached by the postal svstem. This Bank is unusually well equipped to supply valuable information and advice regarding Foreign Commerce. We handle Foreign Exchange and Foreign Money, deal in Bankers and Trade Acceptances, and transmit funds to any part of the world by mail or cable. The Safe Deposit Department is equipped with all the modern safeguards and provided with every convenience for renters, including coupon rooms. where privacy is as- sured. Courteous attendants are always on duty, and the convenient location of the Vaults, right at the corner of Fifth avenue and Wood street, make this department very popular. Our Steamship and Tourist Department is in the hands of experts, whose advice and assistance is always freely at the service of our clients, and every detail of travel is carefully arranged and. provided for, relieving tourists of all anxiety. We leave nothing undone which is necessary to the perfect enjoyment of the trip. As local representatives of all Trans-Atlantic, Trans-Pacific, Coastwise and Lake Steamship Companies, we can arrange trips to all parts of the world. This department has outgrown its former quarters, making it necessary to open new offices, with greatly enlarged facilities for the convenience of its many patrons, immediately adjoining the main bank building at 513 Wood Street. OFFICERS RoserT WarDROP, Chairman of the Board Lawrence E. Sans... Frank F. Brooks. ... CrypE C. TAYLOR. . Josep W. Warp. . J. HOWARD ARTHUR. . . Wirriam H. Fawcerr. Tuomas B. Hupson. Joan K. McKkkE . . . Joun DEM. Wkrrs. Oscar WiLsoN. . . Wu. J. Frank. ..... ..... ... Manager Foreign Department P. W. DARINDEN. ............. Assistant Manager Foreign Department J. Pavr Forbp. .. President .. Vice-President .. Vice-President and Cashier ... Vice-President ... Assistant to the President oo... Assistant Cashier oo... Assistant Cashier «o... Assistant Cashier Assistant Cashier Assistant Cashier . Assistant Manager Foreign Department DIRECTORS Jorn A. Buck. . ..., President Big Four Oil & Gas Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Frank F. Brooks... .. Vice-President HENRY CHALFANT. .. ... President, Spang, Chalfant & Co., Inc. W. L. CravusEk.... .... Chairman, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. GeorGE W. CRAWFORD. .. Retired Banker Wn. L. CUrry.. ... Manufacturer, Pittsburgh, Pa. Joun A. DoNALDSON... ....Vice President Pittsburgh Coal Company W. D. GEORGE. .. .. Real Estate; Receiver Pittsburgh Railways Company Wu. H. HEARNE. . ...... Director La Belle Iron Works, Steubenville, 0. J. H. HiLuman, JR. . Chair. of Board Hillman Coal & Coke Co., Pgh., Pa. B. F. JoxEs, 3rd... ..«. Director Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. D. T. Laymax, Jr... ... Henry Phipps Estate F. H. Lroyp... . President Pittsburgh Dry Goods Co. A. M. MORELAND. . civeeo... Capitalist P. W. Morgan. . .. President East Pittsburgh National Bank James A. McCrea, .. Vice President Penna. R. R. Co. GEORGE E. PAINTER . Capitalist Wu. A. RENSHAW. ...........Jokn A. Renshaw & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. A. C. ROBINSON. ......... President Peoples Savings & Trust Company Lawrence E. Sanps . President Isaac M. Scorr. . +. President Wheeling Steel Corporation BeNsamin Taaw . ... Capitalist and Trustee Thaw Estate Roserr Warbrov. . ..... Director of Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and Vice President Peoples Savings & Trust Company JouN M. WiLsow. , Vice President National Supply Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. LR IES ORDER EE EOE ER ST II HIF Denton ereenree RE SD 0 I EIN RANE hb FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA FIFTH AVENUE AND WOOD STREET CONVENIENT FOR YOU eT Te, er hn 3 2 7 y ? : O Pa 1 £ 3 3 2 3 g {wm j — i > 5 2 4 5 OQ MY m NY a? A mo “n >> ” 1 NS = i ~~ 4 I A McFEELY BRICK COMPANY The McFeely Brick Company was organized in 1900, and incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania in 1901. A silica brick plant was built at Latrobe, Pa., with an original capital of $40,000.00. The production during the first few years was about 3,000,000 brick a year, which has since increased to 20,000,000 brick and the capitalization to $160,000.00. Ten years ago, a first quality fire brick plant at Bolivar, Pa., was added, specializing on a clay brick adapted to open hearth steel practice. From time to time over a period of twenty years, the company has purchased coal lands about their plants which assure their fuel supply for a half a century or more. The company employs about 850 men. F. B. McFeely is President, J. H. McFeely, Vice President. and J. M. Steele, Secretary and Treasurer. + } FI -) oO joO © Cy = ND o — 0 ve . > ~ 0 Fry > 8 © 0 h] oR > to 0 ‘Try Interior View McTFeely Brick Co. Plant Latrobe. Pa. J "y