Important Sale of Brick Yard Property. Fred Greiner Jr. has sold his one third interest in the Brick yard property in this village to his partners H. W. Strobach and George F. Faber, and Fred retires from the firm. We understand the consideration was $10,000. We have not heard what Fred intends doing, but hope he will remain in town, he is a valuable citizen and a good business man, and we don’t want to see him leave Chaska. The purchasers are to be congratulated on their valuable acquisition. (The Weekly Valley Herald, Thursday, January 1, 1891, Volume XXIX, Number 10, Page 4)
Strobach, Faber & Co., Chaska. Clay and brick. (World’s Columbian Exposition 1893 Official Catelog, Part V, Mines and Mining Building, Department E, W. B. Conkey, Chicago, 1893, Page 80)
Wind Was Too Frisky. Many Buildings Unroofed and Sidewalks Torn Up at Chaska. Special to the Globe. Chaska, Minn., July 18. – A terrific wind storm, accompanied by rain and hail, passed through Chaska this morning between 6 and 7 o’clock, uprooting trees and tearing off roofs of buildings. The heavy plank sidewalk at the public school building was broken into splinters, the steel roof and the corner of the court house partly carried away. A large steel tower windmill at the Catholic church was badly twisted. Numerous fences, chimneys and sheds were demolished. The kiln sheds on the brick yards of Strobach, Faber & Co. and Greiner & Corning were also demolished by the wind. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Friday Morning, July 19, 1895, Volume XVIII, Number 200, Page 1)
Flames at Chaska. Special to the Globe. Chaska, Minn., Nov. 17. – Fire partly destroyed the kiln sheds on the brick plant of Strobach, Faber & Co. early this morning. (The Saint Paul Globe, Thursday, November 18, 1897, Volume XX, Number 322, Page 7)
Fire partly destroyed the kiln sheds on the brick plant of Stroback, Faber and Co., at Chaska, Minn. (Clay Record, Clay Record Publishing Company, Chicago, November 29, 1897, Volume XI, Number 10, Page 23)
A slight damage was caused at the Strobach, Faber & Co. yards, Chaska, Minn., by the burning of the kiln sheds. (The Clay Worker, T. A. Randall & Co., Indianapolis, December 1897, Volume XXVIII, Number 6, Page 472)
On May 6th [1899] a boiler exploded in Strobach, Faber & Co’s. brick yard, at Chaska, Minn. Andrew Cornschack was seriously injured. (The Locomotive, Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., New Series, Volume XX, Hartford, CT, 1899, Page 153)
While pumping the water out of the clay hole of the Strobech, Faber & Co.’s brick yard at Chaska, Minn., the boiler exploded and seriously injured one of the workmen. The engine was thrown a distance of forty feet. (Clay Record, Clay Record Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, May 27, 1899, Volume XIV, Number 10, Page 24)
Chaska. Brick Manufacturing – Strobach-Faber Co. First Inspection 1899. Adults – Male - 35. Total No. Employed - 35. No. Hours Labor Each Day - 10. Average No. Weeks Employed in Year – 25. Second Inspection 1900. Adults – Male - 50. Total No. Employed - 50. No. Hours Labor Each Day - 10. Average No. Weeks Employed in Year – 22. (Seventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of Minnesota, 1899-1900, Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1900, Page 111)
Brick Yard Review. Many Improvements Made About the Yards and a Busy Season Looked For. For the past several years it has been our custom to review the brick yards of our pretty little city and this year we make no exception and endeavor to give you a short write-up of the different yards, improvements made, capacity, and men employed, and below publish the same; Strobach, Faber & Co. This old established firm is now operating their yard full force, and employ about 55 men, under the supervision of August Buschkowsky. They have the patent kilns, and are now setting a large new one. The yard is run entirely on the pallet system. They had a very successful season last year and had enormous sales of their excellent brick. They also manufacture a very fine grade of hollow brick. Their daily output is about 65,000 brick. (Weekly Valley Herald, Thursday, May 21, 1903, Volume XLI, Number 35, Page 1)
Page 252. Chaska. Brick and Tile – 1903. Strohback & Faber Co. Total Number Wage Earners - 46. Adult Males - 42. Males Under 16 Years (Employed during vacation only) – 4. Number of Hours Each Day - 10. Number of Hours Each Week - 60. Average Number Weeks Operated During 1902 - 25. Number Employed between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. – 4. Number Persons Regularly Employed Sunday – 4. Established in Year – Illegible.
Page 253. 1904. Total Number Wage Earners - 32. Adult Males (Office Force) – 2. Adult Males (Excluding Office Force) - 30. Number of Hours Each Day - 10. Number of Hours Each Week - 60. Average Number Weeks Operated Last Year - 17. Number Employed between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. - 4. Number Persons Regularly Employed on Sunday - 4. Changes in Name of Firm or New Inspections – None. (Ninth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of Minnesota, 1903-1904, Volume 2, Great Western Printing Company, 1904)
Strobach Yard Sold. Greiner & Corning Purchase The Same For A Consideration of $9,500. Deal Closed Last Week. Yard Is In Good Condition And Is Worth More Than The Purchase Price. An important transfer took place in this city last week, when the Strobach-Faber brickyard was sold to Messrs. Fred Greiner and J. W. L. Corning for the sum of $9,500. The Strobach-Faber yard is one of the most valuable brick manufacturing properties in this city, and Greiner & Corning have secured a great bargain at the figures paid. The deal has been on for the past two weeks, but owing to the inability to get the signatures of several of the stock holders the deal was not closed until late last week. The Strobach-Faber brick yard comprises about 19 1-2 acres of land, with complete brick manufacturing apparatus, and has a capacity of about 60,000 brick per day, and employs between fifty and sixty men during the summer months. The brick-yard is one of the oldest established in our city and has always been up to the standard in quality of manufacture. Greiner & Corning have secured a good piece of property and no doubt will utilize it to its fullest extent. (Weekly Valley Herald, Thursday, January 12, 1905, Volume XLIII, Number 12, Page 1)
The Strobach Faber brickyard, No. 2, at Chaska, formerly owned by Greiner & Corning, has been purchased by Chas. H. and Christ P. Klein and the new owners intend to make extensive improvements on it this winter. (Brick and Clay Record, Kenfield-Leach Company, Chicago, November 1908, Volume XXIX, Number 5, Page 44)