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tributed among 131 plants. There was thus a loss for the year 

 of 178,785,000 in quantity and of $1, 880^664 in value. The high- 

 est value for any year was reported in 1905 when the output of 

 1,219,318,000, the second largest ever reported, made by 119 

 plants, was valued at $8,191,211. 



The average number of brick manufactured by each plant in 

 1907 was 8,622,000 as compared with 9,471,000 in 1906 and 10,- 

 246,000 in 1905. The price for the whole region averaged $5.20 

 a thousand against $5.98 a thousand in 1906 and $6.54 a thou- 

 sand in 1905, showing a drop of 20 per cent in two years. 



With the exception of Columbia and Ulster, all of the counties 

 along the Hudson river reported a reduced output, the loss being 

 proportioned more or less to the magnitude of the industry in 

 each county. Ulster county showed a small gain and its output 

 of 260,404,000 valued at $1,322,476 gave it first place, ahead of 

 Rockland county which held that position in 1906. The latter 

 which contributed 232,018,000 valued at $1,258,467 however, had 

 the greater number of active plants with 31 as compared with 

 27 for Ulster county. Orange county ranked third in the list 

 with a production of 154,502,000 valued at $789,297 made by 

 nine plants. 



Output of common brick in the Hudson river region in 1906 



COTTNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 

 PLANTS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 

 PRICE 

 PER M 



Albany 



IT 



6 



19 



6 

 12 



9 

 33 

 26 



74 083 000 



84 50.0 000 

 167 132 000 



64 690 000 

 189 180 000 



31 776 000 

 296 145 000 



2C2 66c 000 



$461 399 

 489 750 



975 410 



390 748 



I 170 695 



173 906 



I 767 012 



I 465 457 

 458 000 



$6 23 

 5 80 

 S 82 



Columbia 



Dutchess 



Greene 



Orange 



Rensselaer 



Rockland 



6 04 

 6 19 

 5 48 



5 97 



S 80 



Ulster 



Westchester 



9 70 621 000 



6 46 



Total 



131 



I 230 692 000 



$7 352 377 



$c 98 







