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Output of common brick in the Hudson river region in 1913 



NUMBER 



OF 



OPERATORS 



OUTPUT 



AVERAGE 

 PRICE 

 PER M 



Albany 



Columbia . . . 

 Dutchess. . . 



Greene 



Orange 



Rensselaer. . 

 Rockland . . . 



Ulster 



Westchester 



Total . . 



12 



5 

 18 



7 

 8 



4 

 21 

 24 



7 



106 



66 700 000 



58 585 000 



120 770 000 



26 976 000 



96 493 000 



12 600 000 



156 281 000 



197 801 000 



52 525 000 



$370 425 

 307 571 

 634 043 

 143 466 

 472 465 



74 550 



820 475 



f 077 655 



275 756 



788 731 000 



176 406 



55 

 25 

 25 

 32 

 00 



97 



25 

 ■50 

 24 



$5 37 



The Hudson valley yards that ship by water have a total machine 

 capacity of about 11,000,000 brick a day. This is the output of 

 500 soft mud machines. The principal districts include Haver- 

 straw, Kingston and Dutchess Junction, but there are one or more 

 plants at a number of other places. 



In the Haverstraw district last year twenty-one companies were 

 active and reported a total of 156,281,000 brick valued at $820,475. 

 This comprised the entire output of Rockland county. The plants 

 are situated along the Hudson river from the southern limits of 

 Haverstraw north through Grassy Point and North Haverstraw, a 

 distance of about 3 miles. Most of the yards are operated under 

 lease ; consequently there are many changes in management from 

 year to year, though there has been no increase in the number of 

 yards or machines during late years. At the present time there are 

 twenty-six different yards. The total available machine capacity of 

 the yards is 2,948,000 daily which gives this district the greatest 

 available capacity of any in the Hudson valley. Coal is used almost 

 exclusively for fuel. One yard uses crude oir f or the preliminary 

 heating of the kiln, followed by bituminous coal and forced draft. 

 Sixteen yards dry by the open method, five use pallets exclusively, 

 one is equipped with pallets and an extension steam tunnel, two 

 are equipped with covered yards, and two have a combination of 

 covered and pallet yard. Four yards use clay dredged from the 

 river bottom while the rest have pits and banks west of the yards. 

 In a few cases, the pit and molding sands come from the same 

 local sources. 



