The Savage Firebrick Company was organized in 1871 and chartered in 1872. The members of the company are:
J. J. Hoblitzell, of Meyersdale, President
J. M. Porter, of West Virginia, Secretary & Treasurer
Nelson Bell, of Maryland
John Porter, of West Virginia
James Porter, of West Virginia
W.D. Porter, of Pittsburgh
This company manufactures firebrick of all kinds, which are shipped to every state in the Union, and also to Canada, South America and Mexico. The capacity of their works is fifteen millions per year. The average quantity shipped is about seven hundred thousand per month. About three hundred and fifty hands are employed.
The works of the company at Keystone consist of one main building 60 X 130 feet, with two annexes, 40 X 100 and 50 X 50 respectively. There are five kilns, each holding about forty thousand bricks. The same company also has works at Williams’ Station, Somerset county, and at Hyndman, Bedford county. The manufactory at Williams’ is two stories, 60 x 130 feet. There are three kilns, each of fifty thousand capacity. The machinery is all of the latest and most improved pattern and is run by a sixty-horsepower Gardner engine. The clay mines, which supply all three of the establishments, are located at the Great Savage mountain, at Williams’ Station. These mines are the greatest in the country. The main building of the works at Hyndman is 80 X 120 feet, with an annex 50 X 80.
(History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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