, 1880-03-11
BRICK.
The Present Scarcity, and the
Causes of It.
Injurious Effect It Is Having by In,
terfering with Building.

Injurious Effect It Is Having by In
terfering with Building
A TnlnurE reporter hRA Eornp further talk
with architects Anl contractors ycstcrlny re-
EnrllnY tho iNcrcaeed pr!co 1f t,rick. Tl1Ere was
prctsy much nc itlcn prevalent nnl'sng those in-
terylewett, and that wis TINT brick wurG lltRh
and ecurcc und TINT very llttln building wtult,
ket.
Tho first tnnn appronchnh on this subject was
George q. tinrtscy, architect.
"Whnt effect iIas tho rnlso on nld brick upon
butlhing7" WIS tho first question Of tho re.
porter.
"iT HAS RNOcKEp OlJH ntstSEss ~ THE HEAD"
"lInvu you suffered personality"
"Ics; It hils uvcrthrow,, aevcrnl EOosl iohs
.ir.lwi, fOr INV Mnrsh Harvester fnctory, which
wti tuku JtN0 00D hrirk, md tbMt Job Ii lNId IN
tho shelf. There arc no brick to bo had In tho
cnSsi ''ss IT, 'rsh es r sy + ey down In Chicago "'
,!un't iulcve he couM .1o it.. I,csl.lca, II ho
dI1 Do 4, they pron.y wanli not he my cheap.
or! r!Sgn Wnx chisa.Fo H. ''''ck ut S'o'"
q fict:i,,iso, country br!ck arc not Ms lRrHe ns
ChltNEu bricIt.-,tt lenst there Is Grlek mule
T. ll,nofs outside TINT arc us 'arso as our city
Mr. Unrnecy produced II tah,,lated s,atcmcnt
which furnished the tiAtn fnr Il rpTtrt TINT hc
once nude to tho GOtGrIllnGIlt upon this subject
nn1l showed considerable difference In s2c.
Tho difference tn tho n.t,nbrr of bricks required
+" construct @ en,c it t q VIII ,,v s'TsGt n, the
Mr, Uar1lscy cnntInura: II lin putting up u
number of houses Il, katisng City now nl hrlck
tloro cuats only T."
"wflAv IN TIFF CAuaE OF T11H ,A1sEf"
"ComllImltlon n1pong the brick men,"
nut ti,.s not the layx nf supply a,,d demand
~ don't think NO.. Thcra Is IN demand nOw,-'
ut leaat .horc Is no demand # tho present prices,
md sIEs; Y sh Is IT stnat fs nr,c< MI,
~ guess 1t II pretty xouh. know ilve cs-
tirciy new men w'n arc going E''to tho business
ti'oy i" =" Ii will mt the ok. brc,nukcra
put up combination Job On thon and run then,
;cxs SS s.! n2t ,,vT They Hro pretty solid men,"
"wcll. j kntw somo. contractnrs who arc
pret,y VII isK,s,s end they nre thinking ct
Mr. II!lI, nf the firm Of Egan 1l''', urchitcots,
81 Sid ID a: II think cnn got all tho brick I
want ut present
At $40 A THOUSAND.
are nomo On tho Worth Side. Ali Tic brick Hro
for n new buillll,g which would take .lO,a
brick, aud founl III getting cstI,uHtcs that tho
coHtrslctnrs figured twn wnyH.-nne fnr I'D hrick,
tn commence. operations ut once. md tho uthGr
for new brick Wien II ei,ill he rllnlltncturctl.
Tho difference III tho figures WIS fr0n FIN to
bo ,Usaos a IL Ms xps Mhsh Vii bs
cents II dny Mftcr tho ilsst If Mny.'
IA there anythng doing how In tho way Of
!" Not much; brick nrc acnrcc."
"C0ultl yD,l not RGt country hrlck2"
"nis Hs ss ee H., ~ S s siry eoir 9rSN nak
chieaso 'p" urcx S'y ywoa ou requro ,' c"aary @
"What ought old brick 10 sell for now7'
"Atnnt g. allnul'i thHk that. would be 4
fa!r motrrao Erteo an'l l,tclt pught sel IN mia,
| summer. suppose tho prices hro regulated by
tho a',pply v nn,l .l,cmand. They "rc selling nov
'Cutlcii 4 Hilmunthal, architects, thought thai
BUSINESS WAS bEIS0 CONSIDERABLY pELAYEf
ilovu that ii would njfcet tho ln,lld,ng Interest,
xssy aa ae s @ 's III xciS er sE aae &C.
than s,oeo,GS brick II tho N!
IN tic sprins. and vsry early. They hgtl ,ast e
II c0ntr1ct fNr irw brick. s.wtrk ut 81 lMltl In th'
wall. which would bring the brick at about $6.t
". ". hoyington, archltcct, thought thcr
would Do plenty Of orek wr s tho ~
grrat n,,lry Innro brick made this year thni
,lslnl, ami thore woula 10 twico It's nnny mud
r. tho sity 1st @ % sfs ~ wv s'9pst eaj ny
they would 20 OH as soon III ncw br1ck cain'
"WIat do you think is
THE .oAUBE or TIE DltcK MEN PUTTING u
THEIR rtlCEsf'
"blmpIy hecs,.sc thoy cum" was tho reply.
n,ser "r M tho f A. n r1'fS rnS S' 20
irico q 6r!ck, hs said; "Tis rss = 'l,,e I. q,
morS iklln s,NNJ,X0 hero, Tho Increase II no
Krcntcr than TINT II troM. AZ hnltnE nnntertal
hayv En.o W. ThG oss riskNn faE hyS " vs"rs @
fr bsief II so %sS pn I'll
%S u shs sss ssnio III bus 81 ScS III @xraa1y fa''lns Unit
~ lI"&iiii i tne. high price O, brick Affect nu'aln
%N%t much; @ we will 20 on ns soon as nc,
a;S,i3 ,S y 1s'ek arc there In tho city n0"7
"6o y", Enow af my now mon going into til
brIclt-1naktng busincRsY'
THO Inference tn be tlr,wll from tho gbov0 In
tcryluws, which wcru picked up ut r4l,tlon! frot
a,,n,lg teM Nlo 'rs el'Eaxed ~ 9Mii!dlnE y M tue
ia.,,,so S or su"ll hloeR viii walt ,,ntl tho %,
,n Of esHk FIi to sosiS III IN tvsaa 5neI 'ha "a
Iltsis Gr,ca lofs "ver, aid what ,here 4 w!ll mes
likely be CONSUMED IL iln!sh!ng I %nrk @ wh11
stauces. would be started in,nfdinto!y, with II
e.yea ,, Ssas t " to 81 sx secks w
FsntleHnen @ yeSfn,y g rs ,s afa ata "
s,d and tho probability IL thut all th0 nll ytrd
VIII be run 70 thelc .'latst capacity whEIG s ses
manMfotTsrs pi fW tg III .lurinK tho % coix soason
tho brick fAulinU will bu Ut short durAtion.