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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Output of common brick in the Hudson River region in 19 15 



» The output of Rensselaer county is included with that of Albany county. 



Ihe Hudson River region, which consists of three main produc- 

 tive areas with many isolated plants, has 127 plants available for 

 the production of common soft-mud building brick. During the 

 past season 73 per cent of these yards were operative during all or 

 part of the season. Nine plants do not depend on the New York 

 market for the disposal of their output. Of this number, one 

 makes regular shipments into the New England markets and eight 

 depend upon the local demand entirely. 



The Haverstraw district with a rated machine capacity of about 

 2,950,000 a day made an output of 87,917,000 as compared with 

 150,183,000 for 1914. This loss was due chiefly to labor troubles, 

 the result of an attempt to raise the working capacity of the 

 machines to the same level as those of other Hudson river yards. 

 Many yards, in the Haverstraw district, made no output until 

 September, and the majority had only one or two machines in 

 operation up to that date. The total value of the output was 

 $446,583 as compared with $747,026 for 1914 with 56.25 per cent 

 of the yards productive as compared with 78.12 per cent for the 

 preceding year. 



The Kingston district includes the yards at Port Ewen, East 

 Kingston, Glasco, Saugerties and Maiden, a total of 30, of which 21 

 made a production as compared with 22 during 1914. This is the 

 second largest district of the Hudson River region and has an 

 available machine capacity of 2,900,000 daily. The entire produc- 

 tion of Ulster county in 191 5 was made in the Kingston district. 



