Messrs. Brown, Moran and Anderson, Grand Forks, N. Dak., have become the owners of the East Grand Forks brickyard, formerly owned by Jacobi & Co. (Clay Record, Clay Record Publishing Company, Chicago, April 29, 1897, Volume X, Number 8, Page 24)
East Grand Forks. Brick Yard – East Grand Forks Brick Co. Second Inspection 1900. Adults – Male - 20. Total No. Employed - 20. No. Hours Labor Each Day - 10. Average No. Weeks Employed in Year - 52. (Seventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of Minnesota, 1899-1900, Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1900, Page 130)
Fred Brown has sold his interests in the East Grand Forks (Minn.) Brick Co., to M. J. Moran. (Clay Record, Clay Record Publishing Company, Chicago, November 14, 1901, Volume XIX, Number 9, Page 25)
Page 344. East Grand Forks. Brick and Tile – 1903. East Grand Forks Brick Co. Total Number Wage Earners - 37. Adult Males - 35. Males Under 16 Years (Employed during vacation only) – 2. Number of Hours Each Day - 10. Number of Hours Each Week - 60. Average Number Weeks Operated During 1902 - 22. Number Employed between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. – 6. Number Persons Regularly Employed Sunday – Not Listed. Established in Year – Illegible.
Page 345. 1904. Total Number Wage Earners - 32. Adult Males (Office Force) – 3. Adult Males (Excluding Office Force) - 27. Males Under 16 Years – 2. Number of Hours Each Day – 10. Number of Hours Each Week – 60. Average Number Weeks Operated Last Year - 24. Number Employed between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. – Not Listed. Number Persons Regularly Employed on Sunday – Not Listed. Changes in Name of Firm or New Inspections – None. (Ninth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of Minnesota, 1903-1904, Volume 2, Great Western Printing Company, 1904)
Polk County. – William Pitt Alsip to Michael J. Moran, 34.87 acres in se 1/4 se ¼, 35-152-50, $10,000. (The Commercial West, Saturday, September 19, 1914, Volume XXVI, Number 12, Page 41)