Full Text of HR1385 94th General Assembly
HR1385 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize milestone events for | 4 |
| businesses in our State; and
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| WHEREAS, Alsey Refractories Company has been privately | 6 |
| held and operated since 1906 and celebrates 100 years of | 7 |
| business this year; the company specializes in the private | 8 |
| branding of High Duty and Medium Duty firebrick for major | 9 |
| manufacturers within the refractory industry; it also serves a | 10 |
| dealer network with High Duty and Medium Duty firebrick, | 11 |
| mortar, castable, and dry milled fireclay; and
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| WHEREAS, Alsey Refractories Company was organized in 1906 | 13 |
| by Matthias Hoots as the Alsey Brick and Tile Company; the | 14 |
| original plant was constructed from lumber used in the 1904 | 15 |
| Worlds Fair in St. Louis; Alsey Brick and Tile Company made | 16 |
| shale brick using the stiff mud process and burned it in twelve | 17 |
| wood-fired beehive kilns; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1911, H.T. McLaughlin, operator of McLaughlin | 19 |
| Mining Company, bought Alsey Brick and Tile from Matthias Hoots | 20 |
| and combined the two companies' operations of clay and coal | 21 |
| mining; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1917, Alsey Brick and Tile created a company | 23 |
| town within the town of Alsey, Illinois, called "Checkertown", | 24 |
| most of which still remains today; in addition to operating a | 25 |
| boardinghouse, the company built housing from its own stiff mud | 26 |
| acid brick for its workers and rented them to workers; during | 27 |
| later years, these homes were sold to individuals or plant | 28 |
| employees; in 1918, the twelve beehive kilns were converted | 29 |
| from wood to the coal mined by Alsey Brick and Tile's mining | 30 |
| operation; over the next few years the plant facilities were | 31 |
| enlarged and improved; in 1928 a dry press was added, allowing |
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| the manufacture of Intermediate and High Duty brick to be added | 2 |
| to the line of stiff mud products; and
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| WHEREAS, Alsey's first laboratory testing took place in | 4 |
| 1930 and production continued steadily in spite of the | 5 |
| Depression; during World War II, Alsey Brick and Tile | 6 |
| manufactured circle brick to line "Warm Morning" stoves which | 7 |
| were used to heat U.S. Army barracks; mechanization came to | 8 |
| Alsey in the postwar years; in 1948, electric motors replaced | 9 |
| steam boilers to power the plant's machines, and the forklift | 10 |
| enabled the palletizing of brick; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Today, Alsey's mission statement recognizes the | 12 |
| customer as the company's most valuable asset; the company | 13 |
| strives to serve in a friendly, personal manner while | 14 |
| maintaining the utmost in professionalism and timeliness; | 15 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 |
| we recognize the 100th anniversary of Alsey Refractories | 19 |
| Company; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the company.
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