Brickmaking.

Since it is not permitted to erect any wooden buildings in the principal business portion of the city, the manufacture of bricks has naturally become an important industry. Briek-making is carried on by Messrs. C. and A. Shiel, Caversham; and Messrs. Smith and Fotheringham have a brickyard at Hillside, where however, work has been discontinued at present. There are also several other brickyards in the district.

The bricks are usually made by machinery, which will turn out many thousands of bricks daily, and require but little labour.