Salt Lake Tribune | 1897-01-01 | Page 3 | Brick

BRICK there hols has been less activity in the th brick market that than for several soa sc prior to this the th demand has beano tor for hard burned building brick and less lor for pressed of 0 the moro more ex penIVA classes there have been some handsome real residences dences built this season however several parties taking advantage or of tho the extremely low prices ot or brick and other building material the cheapness of material Is tho the result oc 09 small demand and chear cheap labor this market has hag felt uio the effect 0 of it a fallins falling off ot of public work while some increase has been alio n in tile tho demand for or hard bard brick for or smelter purposes new malla being erected and extensive improvements on L a made on some of the old ones tho the building of school houses in outside towns together with it tew few new business blocks brought about a small demand for pressed brick generally genei ally of oc good quality put but few plants havo have beer operating this season owins owing to the tha cheapness cheap of the product arid and the class of machine made brick demanded some soma progress is to havo havis been made in the manufacturing of fire brick and strong hopes are entertained th that it the coming sea son nill so 90 develop dev loi this branch of tho the brick industry that thac it will class cla is with tile the successful products or of other oilier kinds and to bo be able tra to on supply aply our home market while at this firme time it a lai part of this class clasa of 0 b brick left are 1 b boucht ht in 0 other t her markets T there does cloo not appear to be as promising a future tor for this industry for flie alia coming season as compared with t this I 1 is unless there should houd bo be a revival of reRi residence dence hutt building oling in the and ami it la Is understood that but few for prospective new buildings are lit in architects hands at this time and but tow few quotations are arc being made tor for sales it wits was estimated that thero there was a product of brick on hand january 1 1896 tho the estimated product ot of 1838 Is placed at making a total ot of