Morton Brick Company

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R. P. Morton, who has managed the Princeton Mercantile Co’s store for the past five years, has rented the Cream Brick Co’s yard for three years and will take charge of the business April 1.  We all wish Mr. Morton success in his new enterprise.  (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, March 29, 1906, Volume XXX, Number 16, Page 8)

Kuhn Bros. have rented their brickyard at Brickton to Rufus P. Morton and moved to St. Cloud for the winter.  (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, November 29, 1906, Volume XXX, Number 51, Page 5)

The Brick Output.  Brick-making at the Princeton yards is about finished for this year.  The total output for the season is 17,500,000, divided as follows:  A. W. Woodcock, 4,200,000; R. P. Morton’s two yards 7,000,000, of which about 1,000,000 are hollow tile brick; Farnham Brick Co., 3,000,000; Princeton Brick Co., 3,300,000.  The demand for brick this year was not as good as last and a large stock will be carried over.  (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, September 19, 1907, Volume XXXI, Number 39, Page 1)

Joseph Kuhn will again take charge of his brick yard at Brickton on May 1 and operate the plant.  For the past four years Rufus P. Morton has rented Mr. Kuhn’s yard.  (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, April 13, 1911, Volume XXXV, Number 16, Page 5)

Two Million Brick Made.  By August 1, R. P. Morton says, his brick yard will have turned out 2,000,000 brick, which is an excellent showing.  Twenty-five men are employed in the yard and the quality of brick manufactured is of the very best.  The brick-making industry at Brickton is a big asset to this part of the country.  (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, July 14, 1921, Volume 45, Number 30, Page 1)

R. P. Morton’s yard at Brickton has so far this season manufactured over half a million brick and, Mr. Morton says, there is prospect for a heavy run this season as many inquiries are coming in.  (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, May 25, 1922, Volume 46, Number 22, Page 5)

Rufus P. Morton, proprietor of the brickyards at Brickton, a suburb of Princeton, in conversation with the Union scribe this week, reports a fairly good demand for building material in his line, and that the kilns had produced this year up to now in the neighborhood of 3,325,000 brick.  (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, August 24, 1922, Volume 46, Number 35, Page 7)