

HEW YORK EH ATE MUSI DM 



Production in United States 





1891 



MM 



1895 



1800 



1897 



1898 



taction 



MM 



a sis 



. i 119 



8 2Gi 801 



2 993 



1 M 



2 989 19/ 

 4 B8S 



2 m 



4 75S 



53 466 



B B 





8 987 719 



5 706 102 







14 276 



83 682 



53 466 



36 732 









This shows that the total consumption has increased betv 

 and -lo;., and that this increase has been supplied mostly by 

 American factories, the imports Laving remained nearly station- 

 ary. It will hi- noticed that in 1893 the United State* also began 

 to export some Portland cement. 



Production by states 1899 



Number of Product, Value not includ- 



State works barrels tag pack 



Arkansas 1 50 000 $S7 500 



California 1 CO 000 120 000 



Illinois 2 53 000 71)500 



Indiana None in 1899 



Maryland 



Michigan 4 342 5GG 513 849 



New Jersey 2 892 107 1 338 



New Mexico 1 1 500 4 500 



New York 7 472 3S6 70- 579 



North Dakota 1 1 TOO 5 100 



Ohio 6 480 982 T21 473 



Pennsylvania 9 3 217 965 4 290 620 



- th Dakota 1 35 000 70 000 



Texas None in 1S99 



U .' 1 45 000 135 000 



3G 5 G52 266 $8 071 371 



The uses of Portland cement are daily increasing, those now 

 importanl including: concrete, for river improvement and canal 

 work, culverts and bridge abutments, Bidewalks, masonry. In this 



tmectaon the following remarks of Prof. S. 13. Newberry may 

 [uoted. 



