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Same subject continued, and by Jos. Dixon. " Photograpliy " 

 also. 



Adjourned. H, MEIGS, Secretary. 



March 10, 1858. 



Present — Messrs. Pell, Butler, Tillman; Seeley, Leonard, Dr. 

 Smith, Fish, Nash, Tinelli, Marzoni, Stetson, Pratt, Judge Liv- 

 ingston, Carr, Chas. Clinton, of Brooklyn, Prof. Nash, Edwin 

 Smith, Geo. F. Barnard and others — thirty-one members. 



President Pell in the Chair. H. xMeigs, Secretary. 



Mr. Mott communicated information in relation to moulding 

 sand, from Messrs. Titcomb & Waldron, Waterford, Saratoga 

 county, N. Y. 



We do not know whether moulding sand is found in the New 

 England states or not, but if it is, it must be of a very inferior 

 quality, as we furnish very large quantities to all parts of New 

 England. Our orders extend througli the states of Maine, New 

 Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connec- 

 ticut. The cost of freight varies (of coiu'se) with the place to 

 which it is transported. The cost (including freight and sand) to 

 inland towns, by railroad, ranges from three to eight dollars per 

 ton; to the seaports, from two dollars fifty cents to three dollars 

 fiftj- cents per ton. 



The orders from New England for coarse or fine sand, suited to 

 heav}' or light castings, are about equal. 



The only places in New- York State we know of w^here mould- 

 ing sand is found, are about Peekskill, and in Albany county, 

 botli of wliich places are largely supplied with the article from 

 this place, notwithstanding the extra expense of transi^ortation. 

 The only state wxst of New- York to which we know sand is 

 shipped from here is Illinois; we having shipped a few cargoes to 

 Chicago, via Erie canal and the lakes. The west is mostly sup- 

 plied with castings from the east. 



Large quantities of sand are shipped from here to the Canadas, 

 both Upper and Lower. We have shipped some to St. Johns, in 

 New Brunswick, which must have cost them from $8 to $10 per 

 ton freidit. 



