Boundless Wealth in Brick, Wood and Stone–Farmers Who have Untouched and Unknown Mines–A Man With 2,000,000 Acres–How a Farmer Astonished a Lawyer–A New Way to Measure Land–Men Who Don’t Know They are Rich–Are You One?–More Fortune within the Builder’s Stone than within the Philosopher’s Stone–Secrets of Brick Making–The Exploits of “Lucky” Baldwin–A Man Who Lives in a Glass House–The Floor of the Future–Time is Fortune, however the Shorter the Time the More the Fortune.
It is definite that just about all of the buildings now upon the earth should be rebuilt through the subsequent half century. When we think about the immense price and huge variety of these buildings, aggregating thousand of tens of millions of {dollars}, the demand for constructing supplies surpasses all computation and creativeness. During the subsequent few a long time untold myriads of individuals will get wealthy, both on this discovery of latest fields for these supplies, exploiting the outdated ones, or within the invention of latest constructing matter.
“How large is your farm?” inquired a lawyer of a verdant farmer whom he meant to man. The man of the regulation winked at his companion as a lot as to say, “See what sport I will have with the old fool!” “Well,” mentioned the haymaker, “I reckon I have about 2,000,000 acres.” “Two million acres!” gasped the legal professional, gazing spherical; “pray, where is it?” “Down yere,” replied the farmer, pointing his lengthy, skinny fingers on the floor. “I have got a hundred acres on top, and I reckon I own about down to the middle of the y’arth.” The man of the soil spake wiser than he knew. He was wealthy, however not precisely in the way in which he imagined, for a granite quarry of the best sort was discovered on his land, which induced him to appreciate a big sum.
862. STONE QUARRYSays a current publication: “A man who has a quarry of good building stone, easily accessible, is richer than if he owned a gold mine.” But there are immense numbers of such quarries unworked and even unsuspected. It shouldn’t be an excessive amount of to say that there are at the least a thousand farmers bemoaning unproductive land which comprises beneath the floor that which might make them richer than something they’ll presumably develop from the soil.
863. ARTIFICIAL STONEMany sorts of synthetic stone are actually employed, reminiscent of Ransom’s concrete, Portland stone, and many others. They are made by a mix of cement, sand and gravel, and are molded into blocks. The worth relies upon upon the sort of cement. No actually good lime for this objective has but been discovered within the United States. The man who can uncover a calcareous deposit able to making a superb, silicious or argillaceous hydraulic lime may have the marketplace for manufactured stone virtually in his arms.
864. BAKED BRICKLate enhancements in baking brick have decreased the time required to bake 100,000 bricks from fourteen to 4 days, and the quantity of gas from forty cords of wooden to sixteen. The following options by a brick-burner will present the trail of prosperityto those that can cut back the time nonetheless additional. Mix somewhat charcoal within the clay. Double the size of the brick. If by both of those methods you can also make the bricks a trifle cheaper, whereas retaining their qualities, you’ve gotten acquired a fortune. “Lucky” Baldwin, a person afterward well-known for his mining and real estate speculations, made his first giant fortune in brick-burning. “I had no experience whatever then,” he mentioned, “but I studied up the subject, thoroughly mastered the details, and cleared $1,500 in a month.”
865. GLASS BRICKAnother new concept! Why not make a brick of glass, partially hole, in order that, stuffed with rarefied air, it may be a non-conductor of warmth? Such a brick can be a terrific enchancment on the current methodology of developing conservatories, greenhouses and the partitions of winter gardens. The plan is being tried in Europe, however there is no such thing as a patent on the introduction, and nothing to cease an American from introducing a brand new sort of hothouse. The adage concerning the “man in a glass house” could also be realized but.
866. RUBBER FLOORSWhy will we go on within the outdated means, using rough-sounding and creaking flooring, when there’s a materials which meets each need for a fascinating flooring? India rubber tiles forestall slipping, emit no sound beneath the foot, and have the extra ingredient of an agreeable elasticity. It is a optimistic pleasure to stroll on an India rubber flooring. It is, after all, dearer than wooden, however the time is unquestionably coming when each elegant dwelling, all costly halls and public buildings, in addition to the saloon decks of our first-class steamships, may have these improved flooring. A person, formidable to be wealthy and possessing a couple of 1000’s of capital, may hardly do a greater factor than to fabricate rubber interlocking tiles, promoting them extensively and exhibiting fashions to builders.
