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Hudson river region. The brickyards of the Hudson river sec- 

 tion operated during the last season under rather adverse conditions. 

 The stock of brick on hand at the end of 19 12 was comparatively 

 high, amounting to 312,004,000 as compared with 250,000,000 for 

 191 1. The mild winter and spring, however, permitted considerable 

 activity in building operations so that the stock of unsold brick 

 was rapidly reduced and the active brick-making season of the 

 Hudson valley opened with a comparatively small amount of brick 

 in storage. The continuation of the mild weather favored manu- 

 facturing operations and the yards opened to their full working 

 capacity. Many plants that had been idle for several seasons were 

 again placed in operation. By the middle of the summer there was 

 a noticeable slackening of building operations in response to the 

 general business situation and the demand for brick from that time 

 began to decline, becoming more restricted as the season advanced. 

 Thus the New York market was soon overstocked and the operators 

 were carrying large quantities of burned and unburned brick. Many 

 of the smaller manufacturers closed their yards and the others gen- 

 erally reduced operations. It is estimated that the sales of Hudson 

 river common brick in the New York market during the year were 

 642,950,000, as compared with 758,800,000 in 1912. The average 

 wholesale price was $6,125 against $6.75 in the preceding year. 



The statistics of production for the nine counties that send the 

 greater part of their output to the New York City market are as 

 follows : 



Output of common brick in the Hudson river region in 1912 



COUNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 



OPERATORS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 

 PRICE 

 PER M 



Albany 



12 



5 

 17 



6 

 8 

 4 

 23 

 21 

 6 



69 100 000 



69 434 000 

 122 085 000 



36 573 000 

 113 363 000 



13 800 000 

 191 595 000 

 231 550 000 



52 844 000 



$414 600 

 381 888 



665 082 

 199 360 



615 155 



82 800 



I 063 352 



I 296 779 

 318 422 



$6 00 



Columbia 



5 50 

 5 45 

 5 45 



5 43 



6 00 



5 55 



5 60 



6 03 



Dutchess 



Greene 



Orange 



Rensselaer 



Rockland 



Ulster 



Westchester 





Total 



102 



900 344 000 



$5 037 438 



$5 60 



