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The State is well supplied with the various kinds of stone and 

 in the extensively developed areas there are exceptionally good 

 transportation facilities. The proximity of the Palisades to 

 New York city and excellent shipping facilities have contrib- 

 uted toward the development of the trap quarries; the marble 

 quarries of Dutchess county are likewise well situated; while 

 the Onondaga limestones form a convenient escarpment but a 

 short distance from Buffalo in the western part of the State. 



The advance in the production of stone over 1908 was marked. 

 The total production of stone in 1909 was $7,061,580, an advance 

 over the production of 1908 which was $6,615,614, of 6 per cent. 

 The advance, however, seems to have been restricted to but 

 two classes of products : crushed stone and the miscellaneous 

 uses such as lime, rubble etc. The crushed stone output ad- 

 vanced from $2,659,016 to $3,214,374 an increase of 20 per cent. 

 The increase in the column headed " all others" was due to the 

 large output of rubble and riprap, the increase in lime produc- 

 tion and in the sandstone output, and to a transposition of 

 some values in former years included with the building stone. 

 A notable reduction in output was found in the stone used for 

 building stone and curbing and flagging. The output of the 

 former amounted to $873,651 in 1909 against $1,264,403 in 1908, 

 while curbing and flagging was produced to the value of $800,- 

 620 against $928,511 in 1908. 



All kinds of stone showed an increased output over 1908 with 

 the exception of marble, the output of which fell from $692,857 

 in 1908, to $380,016 in 1909. 



Trap rock showed the greatest increase in output rising from 

 $723,773 in 1908 to $1,061,428 in 1909 or a gain of 46 per cent. 



Production of stone in 1907 



VARIETY 



BUILDING 

 STONE 



MONU- 

 MENTAL 



CURBING 



AND 

 FLAGGING 



CRUSHED 

 STONE 



ALL 

 OTHER 



TOTAI 

 VALUE 





$84 774 



189 782 



I 408 190 



525 799 

 a 



$9 613 



a 



$13 123 



a 

 I 051 070 



$92 950 

 I 725 203 



55 818 

 939 027 



$8 563 



I 254 339 



1 1 OOO 



3°5 73o 



2 OOO 



$195 900 



3 182 447 



I 571 936 



I 998 417 



941 627 





Marble 



152 746 





Trap 











Total 



$2 208 545 



$162 359 



$1 064 193 



$2 812 998 



$1 642 232 



$7 890 327 



a Included under "All other." b Included under " Limestone." 



