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the supplementary list contained in the report for 1906 gives the 

 names of operators and location of plants corrected to date. 



NAME - LOCATION OF PLANT 



Chautauqua co. 



Dunkirk Ice & Fuel Co. Dunkirk 



Dutchess CO. 

 N. I. Pennock Arlington 



Oneida co. 



Mohawk Valley Brick Co. ^ Utica 



Rensselaer co. 



Lane & Co, Castleton 



Tioga CO. 



Tioga Red Brick Co. Spencer 



Tompkins co. 



Cook Brick & Tile Co. • East Ithaca 



Ulster CO. 



Empire Brick & Supply Co. Glasco 



Lengsholz & Diedling Maiden 



Henry Toppin Ulster Landing 



Pottery 



The manufacture of pottery has become an important branch 

 of the clay-working industry of the State. Its development, 

 however, has been due rather to the exceptional facilities 

 afforded by the State for manufacturing and marketing the pro- 

 ducts than to the existence of natural resources of crude ma- 

 terials that are employed in the potteries. With the exception 

 of the deposits of slip clay in Albany county and a limited sup- 

 ply of stoneware clays in Onondaga county, the raw materials 

 are derived entirely from without the State. The kaolin used 

 comes from New Jersey and from England, the feldspar from 

 Canada, and much of the pottery clay from New Jersey. 



In the accompanying table is shown the value of the pottery 

 manufactures during the past three years. The total valuation 

 of the product for 1907, as returned by the individual plants, was 

 $2,240,895. The preceding year's output was valued at $1,795,008 

 and that of 1905 at $1,620,558. The growth of the industry during 

 the period has been brought about by the increased production of 

 the high grade products — porcelain and semiporcelain tablewares 

 and electric and sanitary supplies. The manufacture of stoneware 

 and earthenware has remained almost stationary. The products 



