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The industry, however, with the enormous amount of building 

 construction, road improvement and canal work in the State is in a 

 flourishing condition and will probabl}' show a large advance in the 

 coming year. 



In the following discussion of the quarry industries the subjects 

 of slate, millstones and rock quarried for cement are omitted and 

 will be found discussed under separate headings. 



As one might expect, the quarry industries suffered under the 

 general stagnation of business in 1908 and reported a production of 

 $6,615,614 against $7,890,327 in 1907, a loss of 16 per cent. Of 

 the total, limestone quarries produced $3,119,835, or 47 per cent, 

 sandstone amounted to $1,711,585, or 25 per cent, trap S/2t„- 

 yy;^, or 11 per cent, marble $692,857 or 10 per cent, and 

 granite $367,564, or 5 per cent. All kinds of stone showed a falling 

 off in their output except granite which, owing to increased use of 

 crushed stone and paving blocks, showed a decided increase. The 

 increased public interest in good roads, the barge canal construction 

 and concrete work in general, is the cause of a large demand for 

 crushed stone and this item is the largest of the total stone produc- 

 tion, namely $2,659,016, or 40 per cent, a decrease from that of_ 

 1907 of $162,457. 



Next in value is the production of rubble, riprap, lime, and 

 miscellaneous products with a value of $1,624,607 against $1,642,- 

 232 in 1907. The value of the building stone produced was 

 Si. 264.403 against $2,208,545. Flagstone and curbing, with an out- 

 put chiefly of bluestone, were valued at $928,511 against $1,064,193 

 in 1907. The production of monumental stone which is mostly of 

 marble also showed a decrease, having a value of $139,077 in 1908 

 and $162,359 in 1907. 



Production of stone in 1906 



a Inclufierl under "All other." b Included under " Limestone." 



