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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Output of common brick in the Hudson river region in 1907 



COUNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 

 PLANTS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 

 PRICE 

 PER M 



Albany 



Columbia 



Dutchess 



10 



6 



19 



5 

 9 

 7 

 31 

 27 

 8 



60 210 000 



84 972 000 



149 130 000 



35 876 000 

 154 502 000 



15 488 000 

 232 018 000 

 260 404 000 



59 307 000 



$300 141 



433 357 

 781 262 



184 620 



789 297 



78 540 



I 258 467 



I 322 476 



322 553 



$4 99 

 5 10 

 5 23 

 5 15 

 5 II 

 5 07 

 5 42 

 5 08 

 5 46 



Greene 



Orange . . 



Rensselaer 



Rockland 



Ulster 



Westchester 





Total 



122 



I 051 907 000 



$5 471 713 



$5 30 





The past year was uneventful in respect to the New York 

 market. The large surplus amounting to about 300,000,000 car- 

 ried over by the plants from the preceding year sufficed to meet 

 the demand in the early months before the season for brick- 

 making began. Consequently the prices did not reach the high 

 level that obtained in the first part of 1906, while there were no 

 such fluctuations as characterized the market of that year. The 

 range was mostly between $5 and $6 a thousand at the yard, 

 with a tendency toward the lower value for most of the time. 

 Some shipments were marketed for less than $5. With the 

 severe depression that took place in the fall, building operations 

 were curtailed to an extent as to effect a practical cessation of 

 the demand for a time, and the manufacturers were left with an 

 unusually heavy supply of unsold brick at the close of the year. 

 The stocks at the yards along the river are estimated at over 

 300,000,000. While some improvement in the market conditions 

 is to be expected for the current season, the production will 

 probably show little if any gain. 



Other clay materials 

 The manufacture of paving brick was carried on during 1907 

 in Greene, Onondaga and Steuben counties. There were four 

 companies engaged in the business and the output was 12,296,000 



