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the ordinary form of scove kiln. Coal is used entirely for fuel. 

 The wire-cut plants use shale or a combination of shale and clay, 

 grinding the crude product in dry-pans, screening, storing in bins, 

 forming with an augur machine, drying in direct-heat tunnels and 

 burning in permanent rectangular downdraft kilns, continuous or 

 semicontinuous kilns. The entire product is disposed of in the 

 local markets. 



The following table gives the output of common building brick 

 by counties for the last two years. 



Production of common building brick by counties 



COUNTY 



Albany 



Cattaraugus . . 



Cayuga 



Chautauqua . . 



Chemung 



Clinton 



Columbia 



Dutchess 



Erie 



Greene 



Livingston. . . . 



Monroe 



Montgomery . . 



Nassau 



Niagara 



Oneida 



Onondaga . . . . 



Ontario 



Orange 



Rensselaer. . . . 

 Richmond . . . . 



Rockland 



St Lawrence . . 



Saratoga 



Steuben 



Suffolk 



Tompkins . . . . 



Ulster 



Warren . . . 



Washington . . . 

 Westchester . . . 

 Other counties 



Total 



[914 



Number 



58 

 3 



44 

 91 

 40 



25 



6 

 21 



75 



5 



29 



150 



51 



12 



202 



625 000 



a 

 820 000 

 740 000 



a 



a 

 705 000 

 580 000 

 015 000 

 604 000 



a 

 330 000 



a 



352 OOQ 



a 

 450 000 

 800 000 



a 

 500 000 

 025 000 

 583 000 

 183 000 



a 

 916 000 



a 

 800 000 



a 

 366 000 



a 



a 

 289 000 

 076 000 



932 759 000 



Value 



512 



$301 

 a 



4 740 

 34 726 



a 



a 

 198 866 

 430 269 

 244 166 



123 475 



a 

 63 650 



a 

 88 300 



a 

 43 000 

 147 250 



a 



319 500 



28 000 



119 232 



747 026 



a 

 248 412 

 a 

 69 300 

 a 

 895 126 

 a 

 a 

 302 656 

 188 700 



[915 



$4 597 856 



Number 



68 112 000 

 a 

 I 100 000 

 3 905 000 



57 766 



108 459 



28 807 



27 555 

 a 



7 738 

 a 



13 783 



a 

 22 200 

 22 635 



a 

 84 997 



a 

 38 341 

 87 917 



a 

 53 390 



a 

 II 100 



a 

 211 230 



a 



a 

 47 619 

 38 072 



000 

 000 

 000 

 000 



000 



000 



000 

 000 



000 



000 

 000 



000 



I 



! 



000 ; 

 000 



000 

 000 



Value 



$392 344 

 a 

 6 100 



31 187 

 a 



271 672 

 491 156 

 176 010 

 130 093 



a 



38 690 



a 



86 747 



a 



154 200 



155 376 

 a 



461 233 

 a 

 176 657 



446 583 



a 

 267 950 



a 



66 600 



a 

 I 059 377 



a 



a 

 278 955 

 277 804 



934 726 000 



$4 886 734 



Included under other counties. 



