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five companies engaged in the business and the output was 14.570.- 

 140 valued at $211,289. In 1907 there were but four producing 

 companies with a production of 12,296,000 valued at $184,306. The 

 additional producer in the 1908 production was Chautauqua county, 

 which made no output in 1907. 



Fire brick and stove lining were manufactured in Albany, Erie, 

 Kings, Rensselaer, Richmond, Schenectady, Washington and West- 

 chester counties by a total of 12 companies. The output of fire 

 brick amounted in value to $442,967 and of stove lining to $102,984, 

 a combined value of $545,951. In 1907 the value of the fire brick 

 wras $384,217 and of stove lining $239,816, a combined value of 

 $624,033, 13 companies being represented in the output. The 1908 

 figures include a. small production of acid proof brick from Onon- 

 daga county. 



Draintile and sewer pipe were made in Albany, Cayuga, Erie, 

 Genesee, Madison, ^Monroe, New York, Oneida, Onondaga, On- 

 tario, Saratoga. Steuben and Washington counties, the only change 

 in counties from 1907 being the addition of X'ew York county with 

 a small protluction of sewer pipe. The output of draintile was 

 valued at $273,134 against $162,167 in 1907, and the output of 

 sewer pipe was $133,716 against $463,500 in 1907. There were 22 

 companies engaged in these industries as compared with 19 in 1907 

 and 26 in 1906. 



The output of terra cotta, fireproofing and building tile came from 

 Allegany, Chautauqua, Erie, Kings, Monroe, Xew York, Ontario, 

 Rensselaer, Richmond, Steuben and Westchester counties. Albany, 

 Genesee, Onondaga and Queens counties which produced in 1907 

 reported no output in 1908, while Erie, Ontario and Steuben 

 counties, not producing in 1907, made an output in 1908. Thirteen 

 companies were active in 1908 as compared with 14 in 1907. The 

 production of terra cotta was valued at $709,360 against $1,224,300 

 in 1907; fireproofing at $91,377 against $45,672 in 1907; and build- 

 ing tile at $70,162 against $215,126 in 1907. Of the 1907 figures 

 for the building tile output over half consists of roofing tile and the 

 remainder of floor tile and decorative wall tile. 



Pottery 



Though pottery clays do not occur in alnmdance within the 

 bounds of New York State, the manufacture of the various grades 

 of pottery is well represented. About the only materials of local 

 origin employed in the industry are the stoneware clay of Onondaga 



