 His brick company was located at the corner of Fitzgerald Street and Chapel Hill Road, and later Wilkerson and Gattis streets (which may be the same location, but the street names changed).Tobacco manufacturer William T. Blackwell told Fitzgerald that he would purchase all the brick he made.By 1910 Fitzgerald was producing "30,000 brick a day from his $17,000 plant, but owns besides of land within the city limits and has $50,000 worth of real estate."