The expenditures at the brickyard on the first day of July,
1866, had reached, $15,091 98
Of this amount the brick machines, shafting, gearing,
&c., cost $5,048 68
And the engine, 2,255 50
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$7,304 18
Twenty-four thousand bricks can be moulded daily. The drying yard is 300
feet long and 120 feet wide. The kiln shed is 300 feet long and 50 feet
wide, and of capacity to burn all the bricks that can be moulded. There
are six brick machines, four of which are in use. They are driven by an
engine, and used alternately, two each day. The making of bricks at the
yard commenced June 26 and closed October 24, 1860. About 1,700,000
bricks were made, of which 80 per cent. are sufficiently hard for use in
the tunnel, which is estimated to be sufficient to complete the 374 feet
of tunnel now under contract.
The clay for the bricks is found near the yard, and hitherto a
sufficiency of sand has been found in the vicinity; but it is less
abundant than the clay.