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The total production of sandstone for the year was $1,711,585 

 against $1,998,417 in 1907, a decrease of 15 per cent. A number 

 of smaller quarries were idle during the year and the larger firms 

 report a decreased demand for their stone. Thirty counties are 

 represented in the total. The decrease was distributed over the 

 output of building stone and the curb and flagstone. The con- 

 stantly increasing demand for crushed stone is shown by the fact 

 that the value of the output of crushed stone increased from 

 $55,818 in 1907 to $135,741 in 1908, an increase of 143 per cent. 



Classified as to uses the output for 1908 was as follows, the 

 production in 1907 being included in brackets : building stone 

 $380,182 [$525,799] ; curbing and flagstones $912,843 [$1,051,070] ; 

 paving blocks $239,239 [$320,301] ; crushed stone $135,741 [$55-- 

 818] ; rubble and riprap $28,792 [$24,812] ; other uses $14,818 

 [$20,617]. 



The bluestone district furnished in 1908, 67 per cent of the total 

 sandstone quarried, with a total production of $1,151,386. 



Orleans county was by far the largest producer outside of the 

 bluestone area and the total output was $398,287 aguinst $542,218 

 in 1907. This county produced paving blocks to a value of %22']- 

 537 or nearly all produced in the State. 



