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EXPOSITION  AT  VIENNA.

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origin  of  the  Company,  and  the  extent  of  its  operations.*
It  is  illustrated  by  inaps  and  sections,  and  is  altogether  a
most  commcndable  contribution  to  the  history  of  the  industry
in  Vienna,  and  worthy  of  imitation  by  all  wealthy  corporations
  when,  as  in  duty  bound,  they  participate  in  great  international ­
  exhibitions.
The  great  Vienna  brick  and  tile  Company,  as  now  organized,
  is  based  upon  the  union  of  several  extensive  establishments,
  dating  back  to  the  time  of  Maria  Theresa,  and  before
it,  and  conducted  in  succession  by  Miesbach  and  by  Dräsche.
In  1851  the  Works  of  the  Wiener-berg  occupied  an  area  of
264|  English  acres,  while  an  area  of  680  English  acres  supplied
  the  clay.  There  were  24,930  feet  in  length  of  drying
sheds  for  the  manufactnre  of  ordinary  bricks,  and  8,304  feet
of  moulding  sheds  for  tiles,  facing  and  ornamental  bricks,
with  43  kilns,  calculated  to  burn  45,000  to  110,000  bricks  per
kiln,  or  3,500,000  at  one  time.  Six  establishments  at  that
time  had  a  united  production  of  91,900,000  bricks  annually  ;
the  Wiener-berg  alone  produciug  65,500,000.  There  were
649  moulding  benches,  and  4,140  persous  employed.
The  present  organization  was  effected  in 4  March,  1869,
under  a  nominal  capital  of  7,000,000  florins  (equal  to
3,500,000  dollars),  in  35,000  shares,  at  200  florins  each.
Between  6,000  and  7,000  workmen  are  employed,  besides  58
otflcers,  36  machinists  and  foremen.  There  are  eight  large
establishments,  where  the  bricks  and  tiles  are  made,  viz.:—
1.  Iuzersdorf  Wienerberger,  the  largest  of  all,  in  six  sectious;
  2.  Hernals;  3.  Laaerberge;  4.  Laaerwald;  5.  Leopoldsdorf.; ­
  6.  Biedermansdorf;  7.  Guntramsdorf;  8.  Vösendorf,—all
  in  the  vicinity  of  Vienna.  The  total  area  devoted
to  the  manufactnre  is  882  joch,  65  square  klafters,  equivalent
to  about  1,254  acres.  The  annual  production  of  the  works
is  enormous.  In  the  four  years  from  the  organization  of  the
Company  to  the  end  of  1872  the  production  and  salc  were  as
follows:—
*  Die  Wienerberger,  Ziegelfabriks  und  Bau-Gesellschaft  zur  zeit  der  Wiener
Weltausstellung,  1873.  Wien,  1873.  Selbstverlag  der  gesellsehaft,  Centralbureau:
Wien  1;  Elisabethstrasse  6.  8vo.,  p.  92,  with  maps  and  graphic  chart.