THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I9IO 



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Output of common brick in the Hudson river region in 191 o 



COUNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 

 PLANTS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 

 PRICE . 

 PER M 



Albany 



Columbia 



Dutchess 



12 



6 



19 



5 

 8 



4 



28 



24 



8 



74 496 000 



92 700 000 

 147 696 000 



30 374 000 

 160 500 000 



14 600 000 

 251 190 000 

 263 873 000 



66 836 000 



$390 894 



454 550 

 649 862 



137 452 



761 500 



72 800 



I 080 117 



I 121 460 



332 027 



$5 24 

 4 90 

 4 40 

 4 52 

 4 74 

 4 98 

 4 30 

 4 25 

 4 96 



Greene 



Orange 



Rensselaer 



Rockland 



Ulster 



Westchester 



Total 



114 



I 102 265 000 



$5 000 662 



$4 54 



OTHER CLAY MATERIALS 



The manufacture of vitrified paving brick was carried on by four 

 companies in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Greene and Steuben coun- 

 ties, as against three companies in 1909. The number of paving 

 brick made v^^as 19,762,000 valued at $333,511 against 12,778,000 

 valued at $207,970 in 1909. The price received for paving brick 

 averaged $16.88 a thousand, as compared with $16.27 in the preced- 

 ing year. 



The production of fire brick and stove lining showed a small de- 

 crease for the year, the totar value for both products having been 

 $464,693 against $486,894 in 1909. Fire brick numbered 9,596,000 

 valued at $380,980. The stove lining was valued at $83,713. The 

 respective values reported in 1909 were $411,796 and $75,098. 

 There were eleven companies operative, the same as in the pre- 

 ceding year. One company in Richmond county uses local clay, 

 while the others obtain their crude material from outside the State, 

 chiefly from New Jersey. 



The output of drain tile and sewer pipe has varied little from 

 year to year. In 1909 the manufacture of drain tile was carried on 

 by eighteen firms who reported a production valued at $254,679. 

 The same number of firms returned a value of $268,589 in the pre- 

 ceding year. Albany county outranked all others in this branch. 

 The production of sewer pipe was valued at $127,731, as against 

 $117,324 in 1909. Monroe county contributed the larger ])art. 



Fireproofing, including terra cotta lumber, hollow brick, and 

 various other kinds of hollow fireproofing, was made last year by 



