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Output of common brick in the Hudson River region in 1914 



COUNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 



OPERATORS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 



PRICE A 



THOUSAND 



Albany 



Columbia . . . 

 Dutchess. . . 



Greene 



Orange 



Rensselaer. . 

 Rockland . . . 



Ulster 



Westchester 



Total. . 



11 



5 



H 

 5 

 6 

 2 

 25 

 23 

 7 



58 625 000 

 44 705 000 

 91 580 000 

 25 604 000 

 75 500 000 

 025 000 

 183 000 

 202 366 000 

 56 289 000 



5 

 150 



$301 512 

 198 866 

 430 269 



123 475 

 319 500 

 28 000 

 747 026 

 895 126 

 302 656 



$5 14 

 4 45 



69 



82 



23 



57 

 30 

 42 



37 



98 



709 877 000 



$3 346 430 



77 



The output of the region was contributed by 98 firms, as com- 

 pared with 106 in 191 3, the smallest number at any time within 

 the last decade. The average for each operator was also lower 

 than in any recent year. 



The yards that ship by water have a total machine capacity of 

 about 11,000,000 brick a day, which represents the outturn of 

 about 500 soft-mud machines. The principal districts include 

 Haverstraw, Kingston and Dutchess Junction, but there are one or 

 more yards at a number of other places. 



The Haverstraw district includes the section along the river 

 front from the southern limits of Haverstraw north through Grassy 

 Point and North Haverstraw, a distance of about 3 miles, and 

 embraces all the producers in Rockland county. It has the largest 

 capacity of any district, the rated machine capacity being about 

 2,950,000 a day. There are 26 different yards, of which 25 were 

 in operation last year. The output was 150,183,000 brick, worth 

 $747,026, which was only a little less than in 1913. Most of the 

 yards in the district are worked under lease, a fixed royalty being 

 paid for each thousand of green brick made. Four yards get their 

 clay from the river bottom by dredges, while the others have pits 

 or banks back of their plants. 



The Kingston district extends along the river for a dis- 

 tance of about 12 miles, including the yards at Port Ewen, East 

 Kingston, Glasco, Saugerties and Maiden. The number of oper- 

 ators last year was 22, and the output amounted to 199,366,000 

 valued at $878^626, or about the same number as in 19 13. The 

 total production of Ulster county was 202,366,000 valued at 



