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Among the sandstones which find a market in New York 

 and from other states are the brown sandstone from Hum- 

 melstown, Pennsylvania, the Lake Superior or Portage red 

 sandstone, and the red sandstone from Fort Collins, Colo- 

 rado. The Fulton National bank building, on Fulton street, 

 Is a fine example of the Hummelstown stone. It is of a dark- 

 brown color, fine-grained, hard and apparently durable. 

 The new houses on West Sixtieth street, between Broadway 

 and Ninth avenue show it in the fronts of dwellings. 



The Portage red sandstone from the Kewenaw peninsula. 

 Lake Superior, Michigan, is coming forward rapidly as a 

 favorite building stone. Its deep rich color, its homogeneous 

 structure, the ease with which it can be cut and dressed, and 

 the large size of blocks obtainable, commend it. The pres- 

 ence of gray spots and the seamy nature of the inferior 

 stone Is against It, when not selected with care. An exam- 

 ple Is the Manhattan Savings bank building, Broadway and 

 Bleecker street. Although the carriage Is by rail, the low 

 rates allow of Its sale In New York at prices which make it 

 a keen competitor with other sandstones in this market, 

 and give promise of an extensive use. 



Scotch Sandstones. — The sandstones, which are imported 

 largely as ballast, from Scotland, are from the New Red 

 sandstone formation; and from Corsehill, near Annan, Dum- 

 friesshire ; from Gatelaw bridge, in the same county ; and 

 from the Carboniferous formation at Ballochmile, in Forfar- 

 shire. They are sometimes known as Carlisle sandstone, 

 from Carlisle, the shipping port. The Corsehill stone is 

 usually of a bright-red color, almost pink in some cases, 

 even-grained and homogeneous in structure. It Is seen in 

 the Consolidated Stock Exchange building, Broadway, cor- 

 ner of Exchange place; In the Gallatin National bank. 

 Wall street ; in the World building, Park Row ; and in the 

 Murray Hill hotel. The warm color of the fine-tooled 

 surfaces produces a pleasant effect, but Its durability In our 

 climate remains to be proven by longer exposure than it has 



