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machines, and dried in the sun. The product is sold in Cohoes 

 and vicinity. J. E. Murray also operates the brick yard formerly 

 belonging to N. Gardonas. 



J. Baeby. The clay bank is about 40 feet high, 400 feet long 

 and about 250 feet from the yard. Mr. Baeby has about 40 

 acres of clay land. The clay is yellow on top and blue beneath. 

 It is covered by about four inches soil and underlain by gravel. 

 One yard is operated by horse, the other by steam power. 



Zansingburgh, Rensselaer Co. T. F. Morissey has a horse- 

 power yard situated along the Old Turnpike near the railroad. 

 The clay bank is 75 feet high, there being about six acres of 

 clay land. The upper third of the bank is red, the lower two 

 thirds blue. About 30 feet of sand underlie the clay. 



Crescent, Saratoga Co. Newton Bros, have a bank of clay 30 

 feet thick, the upper six feet being gray, the rest blue. There is 

 a stripping of two to four feet of sand, which can be used for 

 tempering. The blue and yellow clay, together with a certain 

 portion of sand, are tempered in the pug mill. The bricks are 

 molded on a Martin soft mud machine and dried on pallets for 

 about five days. Burning is done in scove kilns and the product 

 is loaded onto the Erie canal boats at the yard. 



Mechanicsville Brick Co., Saratoga Co. The brick yard is 

 situated on the Champlain Canal in the town of Half Moon, 

 about a mile south of Mechanicsville. The clay bank is 50 feet 

 high. The upper 10 feet are yellow and under this is blue clay ; 

 the latter is underlain by sand. The bank adjoins the yard and 

 is worked in benches ; the clay is hauled in carts to the ring pits. 

 Soft mud machines are used, the brick are dried on pallets and 

 burned in clamps. 



Saratoga, C. L. Williams. The yard is situated about one mile 

 from the town, 600 feet from the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. 

 Mr Williams has about 50 acres of clay land, the clay running 

 six feet thick. It is blue, with the upper portion of it weathered 

 to yellow. There is a stripping of about one foot of loam. The 

 clay is put through a crusher first ; it is then pugged and molded. 

 The bricks are dried on pallets, the racks having a capacity of 

 260,000. Wood is used for burning, being obtained from a lot of 

 200 acres near the yard. The product is chiefly used locally. 

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