Trig pole for masonry construction

In a system of poles for aligning courses of brick of a brick wall being constructed as a facing for a building structure construction wall, wherein there is a pole disposed at each corner of said wall, each corner pole including adjustable means for securing said pole at said corners, a mason's rule carried adjustably by each corner pole, and a corner line block adjustably carried by each corner pole wherein a line is tensioned between each corner line block of each corner pole, the improvement which comprises:

• at least one pole disposed intermediate between said corner poles, said intermediate pole having adjustable means for securing said pole to said brick wall and/or said construction wall, a mason's rule adjustably carried by said intermediate pole, and an intermediate line block for ensuring that said line remains tensioned between said corner line blocks, all of said line blocks being synchronously adjusted in vertical height so that said tensioned line defines the horizontal component of each course of brick, said intermediate line block has attached thereto a template having a rectangular portion which extends inside the outer vertical plane of said brick wall when said intermediate pole is in an operable position, said rectangular portion defining the position for a brick recessed from said vertical plane of said brick wall.