The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-24
RICHMOND BRICKS,
The Yards En and Abuut ss,a s,;sv
Their Increased Produes, and
What fs Done WITH H..

3hehr Increased Product, and
WHAT is Done With IL.
The superior clay of the hills aroma
Richmond affords az good material as an,
/ Ue HbLained for the manufacture of bricE,
and since the war there has been larp;
increase In the number of men engaged r
this business. as we'll rs Of the i,f6iTcfs i
the yards. More than enough to meet 't IN,
demand for home eonsumnt,on arc ma, "n,
made here, and the large Quantity shinned
SHOWS IN what estimation Richmond. made
bricks are held abroad. '' - '"e
LIE busy season for brickmakcrs com.
iiieHcss ABOUT the iith OF Sprii ana cIesas
about the LIST of November, so that thav
are now hard at work. A reporter of this
paper furnishes the following notes of q
Visit to the yards brought to his attention
within the last few DAYS. In the unuer
Part o. the city, at the corner OF Leigh and
ttllmer streets there are two. One owned
Messra. Davis i Son, and managed by
slr. Il. Il. Dunford, runs four tables and
keeps thirty hands busy. It has daily
capacity of $4,000 bricks. The other is the
property Of Mr. Gideon Raeland, who
works fourteen hands. with three tables.
1,s capacity Is a.td0 bricks Der day, Mr.,
mos: BoWles is the manager. Davis O. Son
ana MT. Ragland are builders, and con-
sumo the greater portion of the product of
.ne1r yards IN the erection Of houses built
unter lhelr own supervision, They turn
ous nhe qualify OF stock brick.
AT the other end of the city, or lust ont.
saoe o..-tne corporate limits, and below
aitSaS there are several yards lying on
e,!her slde OF the Osborne turnDike or
River road. Powers & Crumn Ghhn ar u.
son, manager;) work twenty hsnfis, and RIM
Inree, ana sometimes four. tables. Their
average daily yield is about $4,000 bricks.
.ncy, 100, use The greater part of those
tney lilanu'actr're, but also sell good many
N. MAYNARD y brother employ thirty
ttianoS, ana Keep four tables busy. They
IulI out on an average say 90, 600 dav
iiudglns d Neal work twenty hand, anj
lour tables, and their daily weld is ahont
lo,0OO. West Il Lacy have eighteen b,rIS
ana an turn out daily about $4,000 hricts
lhey nave three tables. John Gibson. Jr
| 10 their manager. VI"
Lower down on the River road is tbe
busy yard of Mr.. George S. Prince. This
gentleman Is an entcrprisng Northerner
WHO came to Richmond several wears ano
ana has III more than one way inveStc1
his means for the development of the re-.
sources oil virginia. He is now the owner
OF fowhatan, the seat of the AIayos, and
resides III the summer at the historic old
mansion winch graees that estate. Not five
hundred yards from his front door is thu
brick.yard. lie has mono Of the old-fash
Toned tables, but works two a. ,, ..
brick-lnaking maehnc..s which Sr n"i tn's
III: mount of clay, and turn out .
! %,lcks per minute apiece, or &c, 900 a day
atthouSh only about thirty bands ar
kept constantly employed. The M
cninP-made bricks compare most favor
ably with any in the market, and AWAY
meet with ready sale. Large numbers
including many splendid specimens of stor
brick. are shipped North, and lare
quantity go to Norfolk, where no bricks m
made and good deal of building i. col
III making bricks by machinery has been $
successful that we hope others will folio,
MS example. His manager is Dir. job
McCauiay.
The Nonpareil Fire Brick Company III
a manuiactory near Mr.. Princes which ha
a Kiln with 4 capacity Of 10000 brick:
They sell readily at $40 per thousand. Til
clay or kaolino used in making this kind c
bricks is brought here from New JERSEY
and worked up with Virginia flint.
From this review it Will be seen tina
there are manufactured in this city afsou
le4, 600 bricks every day. Reckoning tn
season to last seven months, there woul
be LOG working days, in which 1924 90
could be made; but perhaps one day
week, on an average, is lost by reason Q
lnc!ement weather, and the deduction indi
Gated would give us 100 days, and Il total q
Probably $685. 900 or 1900. 900 are s..ippct
to other points, leaving III 100000 to u
worked up in this city and vicinity. Thes
would make l54 houses Of average dimen
sions. or if laid in pavement four feet wild
would make nearly 1876 miles Of sidewalk