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market conditions, both as regards demand and prices, showed 

 material improvement, and the outlook is favorable for even greai"er 

 progress during the current year. There were nine companies in 

 operation, one less than in 1904. The plant of the Wayland Port- 

 land Cement Co., at Wayland. was destroyed by fire in the eariy 

 part of the year and the company has retired permanently from 

 the business. 



Production of cement in New York 



YEAR 



PORTLAND CEMENT 



NATURAL 



CEMENT 





Barrels 



Value 



Barrels 



Value 



1800 



65 000 



87 000 



124 000 



137 096 



117 275 



159 320 



260 787 



394 398 



554 358 



472 386 



465 832 



617 228 



I 156 807 



I 602 946 



1 377 302 



2 117 822 



$140 000 

 190 250 

 279 000 

 287 725 

 205 231 

 278 810 



443 175 

 690 179 

 970 126 

 708 579 



582 2QO 

 617 228 



1 521 553 



2 031 310 



1 245 778 



2 046 864 



3 776 756 

 3 931 306 

 3 780 687 

 3 597 758 

 3 446 330 



3 939 727 



4 181 918 

 4 259 186 

 4 157 917 



A. 680 167 



$2 985 513 



3 046 279 

 3 074 781 

 2 805 387 



1 974 463 



2 285 094 

 2 423 891 

 2 123 771 

 2 065 658 



Rt7 tJno 



1801 



1802... . . . . 



180^ 



1804 



180 t; 



1896 



1 80 7 



i8q8 



1800 



1000 



3 409 085 j 2 045 451 



2 234 131 1 I 117 066 



3 577 340 2 135 036 

 2 417 137 I 510 529 



1 881 630 I 207 883 



2 257 698 I 590 689 



IQOI 



IQ02 



TQO^ 



ioo4 



iQo5 





The production of natural rock cement amounted to 2,257, 

 barrels valued at *$i, 590,689. In 1904 the output was 1,881,630 

 barrels valued at $1,207,883. Separated as to place of manufac- 

 ture, the Rosendale district (including Schoharie county) accounted 

 for the larger part of the total, its output having been 1,977,698 

 barrels valued at $1,472,489 in 1905 and 1,452.516 barrels valued at 

 $1,011,761 in 1904. Erie county produced 203,000 barrels valued 

 at $86,700 against 332,781 barrels valued at $149,112 in the preced- 

 ing year. The remainder amounting to 77,000 barrels valued at 

 $31,500 in 1905 and 96,333 barrels valued at $47,010 in 1904 came 

 from Onondaga county. There were 12 companies active, a loss 

 of two for the year. The plant of the Cummings Cement Co., at 

 Akron, was closed down for the purpose of making extensive altera- 

 tions and additions, but it is soon to be reopened. The Potter- 

 Brown Cement Works at Manlius were also inoperative. The 

 property formerly owned by the Jamesville Milling Co. has been 

 taken over by the Thomas Millen Co., of Wayland. 



