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Eleven companies were active during the year and the indus- 

 try showed little change aside from the general decrease in 

 manufacture. The material for these products is all obtained 

 outside of the State, mostly from New Jersey. 



The manufacture of drain tile and sewer pipe is carried on in 

 Albany, Cayuga^ Erie, Genesee, Kings, Madison, Monroe, Onon- 

 daga, Ontario, Saratoga, Washington and Wayne counties. The 

 output of drain tile in 1909 amounted to $268,589 against $273,- 

 184 in 1908. Eighteen companies are represented in the output, 

 while the two leading counties were Erie and Ontario. This 

 product is used mainly for underdraining farm land, and the 

 education of the farmer along such lines has been instrumental 

 in recent years in increasing the demand for tile. 



Sewer pipe is manufactured in the State by but three firms 

 located in Brooklyn and Rochester. The value of the output 

 in 1909 was $117,324 against $133,716 in 1908 and $463,500 in 

 1907, a constant decrease for which the underlying cause is not 

 apparent. 



Fireproofing, including terra cotta lumber, hollow brick, and 

 various other kinds of hollow terra cotta fireproofing, is manu- 

 factured mainly from local materials, in Erie, Kings, Monroe, 

 New York, Onondaga and Rensselaer counties, six firms being 

 represented in the output. The output for the year was $166,- 

 025 against $91,377 in 1908. The output for 1909, however, 

 includes some hollow brick, heretofore included with common 

 building brick. 



Building tile, including roofing tile, vitrified floor tile and a 

 terra cotta tile similar to fireproofing was manufactured in Alle- 

 gany, Kings and Monroe counties by six firms. The total value 

 of the output for 1909 was $54,397 against $70,162 in 1908. 



The roofing tile industry is one deserving more prominence 

 among the clay-working activities of the State. Two firms, the 

 Alfred Clay Co., and the Ludowici-Celadon Roofing Tile Co., 

 manufacture this product at Alfred, Allegany co., while in 

 Maiden, Ulster co., the industry has, in recent years, been under- 

 taken. One firm, the German American Roofing Tile Co., is at 

 present turning out a good grade of tile from a small plant but 

 as yet supplies only a local trade. Roofing tile are becoming 

 more popular in this country on account of their beauty and 

 durability, and with suitable clays at hand at both Maiden and 

 Alfred, a larger industry should be established. The plant of 



