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In the preceding year the output amounted to 313,369 short tons 

 valued at $795,348, of which Onondaga county contributed 208,- 

 250 tons. The importance of the industry in this county is to be 

 ascribed to the operations of the Solvay Process Co. which uses 

 the Hme as a reagent in the manufacture of soda products. 



The production in the other leading counties for 1907 and 1906 

 respectively was as follows, in short tons : Warren 45,747 (39,- 

 076) ; Clinton 14,800 (16,400) ; Washington, 13,600 (i2,oooj ; 

 Lewis 11,251 (9500); Jefferson 6482 (10,450); Westchester 6029 



(7353)- 

 It will be noted that the value of the production as above given 



is considerably less than the commercial price ; this is due to the 

 fact that a nominal valuation has been placed upon the portion 

 used as a chemical reagent. Disregarding the quantity thus con- 

 sumed, the value of the lime made for the market averaged $4.47 

 a short ton in 1907 and $4.58 a short ton in 1906. 



Crushed stone. Limestone is more generally employed in New 

 York for crushing than any other kind of stone. The total pro- 

 duction in 1907 amounted to 2,211,102 cubic yards valued at 

 $1,725,203, as compared with 2,194,547 cubic yards valued at 

 $1,590,205 in the preceding year. Of the quantities given, 363,- 

 589 cubic yards in 1907 and 486,750 cubic yards* in 1906 were 

 returned as having been used for road metal, though the amounts 

 thus employed probably exceeded these totals, since some firms 

 do not keep any records as to the disposal of their product. 



The leading counties in the production of crushed stone, with 

 their outputs in cubic yards, are as follows, the figures for 1906 

 being in parentheses: Dutchess 426,744 (400,177) ; Rockland 390,368 

 (373'387); Genesee 344,160 (323,128); Erie 250,720 (289,110); 

 Albany 203,000 (150,000); Westchester 132,566 (105.441); and 

 Onondaga 103,546 (92,950). 



Building stone. The use of the local limestones for building 

 purposes shows little or no tendency toward expansion, notwith- 

 standing the important increases in the other materials supplied 

 by the quarries. The value of the building limestone, rough and 

 dressed, produced in 1907 was $189,782 as compared with a value 

 of $229,479 in 1906. Erie county has the largest quarries of 

 building stone, its output amounting in value to $114,351 as com- 

 pared with $118,806 in the preceding year. The remaining coun- 

 ties are small producers. The output each year is supplemented 

 by large quantities of limestone that arc brought in from other 

 states. 



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