﻿694: 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  items 
  of 
  expense, 
  viz, 
  pumps 
  to 
  keep 
  tlie 
  water 
  out 
  of 
  tlie 
  pits^ 
  

   and 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  corduroy 
  roads 
  leading 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  pits. 
  

   The 
  clay 
  is 
  dug 
  at 
  any 
  convenient 
  point 
  within 
  the 
  excavation 
  

   and 
  hauled 
  in 
  carts 
  to 
  the 
  yard. 
  About 
  one 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  

   of 
  the 
  river, 
  where 
  the 
  terrace 
  is 
  40 
  to 
  50 
  feet 
  high, 
  clay 
  is 
  being 
  

   dug 
  from 
  the 
  escarpment 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  yards 
  of 
  J. 
  D. 
  Shankey,. 
  

   Buckley 
  & 
  Carroll, 
  Philip 
  Goldrick, 
  E-. 
  Malley, 
  and 
  J. 
  Brennan. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  yards 
  situated 
  on 
  Minisceongo 
  creek 
  have 
  to 
  haul 
  

   their 
  clay 
  400 
  to 
  500 
  yards. 
  Where 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  

   terrace 
  escatpment 
  there 
  is 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  a 
  stripping 
  of 
  from 
  6 
  

   to 
  10 
  feet 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel. 
  This 
  is 
  screened 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  tem- 
  

   poring. 
  The 
  Exccilsior 
  company 
  has 
  tried 
  to 
  use 
  clay 
  dredged 
  from 
  

   the 
  river, 
  but 
  gave 
  it 
  up 
  after 
  one 
  season's 
  trial 
  for 
  reasons 
  un- 
  

   known. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  brickmakers 
  at 
  Haverstraw 
  temper 
  their 
  clay 
  

   in 
  soak 
  pits 
  and 
  bum 
  their 
  bricks 
  with 
  wood. 
  They 
  all 
  use 
  open 
  

   yards 
  for 
  drying 
  except 
  the 
  Diamond 
  brick 
  co. 
  which 
  has 
  recently 
  

   put 
  in 
  a 
  tunnel 
  drier. 
  The 
  Excelsior 
  company 
  has 
  a 
  covered 
  yard,, 
  

   and 
  Bennett, 
  Rowan 
  & 
  Scott 
  use 
  pallet 
  driers. 
  At 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   yards 
  barges 
  can 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  within' 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  kilns, 
  and 
  

   those 
  yards 
  not 
  situated 
  directly 
  on 
  the 
  water 
  put 
  the 
  barrows,, 
  

   loaded 
  with 
  brick, 
  on 
  flat 
  care 
  and 
  run 
  them 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  dock. 
  

  

  Stonypoint, 
  Kockland 
  co. 
  This 
  is 
  practically 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  Haver- 
  

   straw. 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  yards 
  here. 
  They 
  obtain 
  their 
  clay 
  from 
  

   one 
  large 
  shallow 
  excavation 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Siiore 
  

   railroad 
  track 
  and 
  500 
  feet 
  north 
  of 
  Stonypoint 
  railroad 
  station. 
  

   The 
  clay 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  carted 
  from 
  100 
  to 
  300 
  yards, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  

   excavation 
  is 
  widened 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  stripping 
  of 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  of 
  sand 
  

   and 
  cobblestones. 
  Corduroy 
  roads 
  have 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  used. 
  The 
  four 
  

   yards 
  are 
  situated 
  along 
  the 
  water 
  front. 
  One 
  of 
  them, 
  Riley 
  & 
  

   Clark's, 
  uses 
  stationary 
  kilns. 
  Riley 
  & 
  Rose 
  have 
  a 
  covered 
  yard^ 
  

   the 
  other 
  three 
  firms 
  dry 
  their 
  bricks 
  on 
  open 
  yards. 
  The 
  clay 
  

   bank 
  is 
  owned 
  by 
  T. 
  Tompkins 
  & 
  Son. 
  

  

  