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EXPOSITION AT VIENNA. 
manufacture of terra-cotta building Ornaments, vases, ped- 
estals, statuary, etc. The market for the architectural 
pieces is very large, they being used in the erection of 
public and private buildings all over the West. They are 
sent as far south as Texas, west to Salt Lake, and as far 
north as the railways extend. The demand is constantly 
increasing and with every prospect of its continuing to 
increase, for in many parts of the West stone is very scarce, 
and it is too costly to transport it great distances. The 
terra-cotta wäre being hollow and light, bears the cost of 
transportation to almost any required distance.' Again, 
where stone is found it costs more to work it than to pay 
•the cost and transportation of the terra-cotta. It has 
become, to a great extent, a building neeessity. In Chi 
cago there are indes in length of fronts ornamented with 
the terra-cotta work of this establishment. Düring the 
summer of 1873, about $40,000 worth of trimmings were 
furnished to the new Illinois State House, in Springfield, 
consisting chiefly of dormer Windows, balustrades, and open 
tracery work. The above illustrations show söme of the 
styles of window-frames. Much of the work in Chicago 
and the larger cities is produced from designs furnished 
by architects, and specially adapted to some particular 
building, but the Company has a large stock of moulds