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wall of the kiln, lead the fire into tlie upper portions first, whence 

 it passes downward througli tlie kiln and off through a large flue 

 at the bottom. Water-smoking takes 10 days and burning 8 days, 

 the whole time for burning, water-smoking and cooling taking 

 about three weeks. The molded bricks are set directly in the kiln 

 on coming from the machine. 



Oswego Falls. W. D. Edgarton. The brick yard is situated 

 on the Syracuse and Oswego railroad, 11 miles from Oswego. The 

 clay varies from 3 to 5 feet in thickness and is yellow. It is under- 

 lain by gravel. A few inches of soil has to be stripped. The 

 lower portions of the clay make the better brick. Soft mud ma- 

 chines are used and both common and repressed brick are made. 



Weedsport, Cayuga co. There is a brick yard at this locality 

 belonging to Mrs O. S. Gilette, but it is not in operation. 



Auburn^ Cayuga co. John Harvey's brick yard is situated on 

 the outskirts of the town. 



Owasco, Cayuga co. A. Lester has a brick and tile yard near 

 the village. It is described under the head of drain tile. 



Seneca Falls, Seneca co. There is only one brick yard at this 

 locality, that of T. Siegfried. His clay bed is about 12 feet thick, 

 the upper 1 feet being used for brick and the lower 5 feet for 

 tile. Gravel underlies the clay and there is a covering of a few 

 inches of soil. The machinery is run by horse power and the 

 product is sold locally. 



Geneva, Cayuga co.' Five firms manufacture brick in this lo- 

 cality. They are W. G. Dove, C. Bennett, Goodwin & Delamater, 

 Mrs Baldwin, and the Torrey park land co. The last-mentioned 

 company began operations in the spring of 1892; its brickyard is 

 Bome distance fromjthe town. 



Lyons, Wayne co. The clay bed of F. Borck is about 8 feet 

 deep. The upper portion of the deposit is yellow, the rest is blue. 

 Quicksand underlies the latter. Soft mud machines are used to 

 mold the brick. 



