Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — CEMENT TELE FACTORY HAS BEEN VERY BUSY. [ARTICLE]

CEMENT TELE FACTORY HAS BEEN VERY BUSY.

Owner Reports that Demand has Been Greater Than He Could Supply. From 10 to 15 Employed. The Rensselaer Cement Jile Factory has been enjoying a big business recently and at present not a 5 inch tile is on hand. People have become convinced that cement tile will do the business and they are ready purchasers. Mr. Kalberer reports that he has from 10 tb 15 hands regularly employed and part of the time he has 15, so the factory is disbursing quite a lot of money in Rensselaer that at other times would have gone away for shipped in tile, as the nearby clay tile factories have no trouble in disposing of their outppt. One day last week 39 loads of tile were loaded and sent out before 11 o’clock in the morning.

A representative of the Cement Era was here a few days ago, made photographs of the tile factory and will give it a good write-up Jn that magazine. Mr. Kalberer has been forced to hold up on several occasions for want of sand, which has to be hauled a considerable distance and during such times his men have been making T joints and end tile. They have made these very successfully and have become so skillful that they are now able to manufacture about any shaped joint that a customer may want. In no previous year was so much tiling done in Jasper county And it is a very good thing for Rensselaer that* the tile is manufactured here at home.