ai, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
The total number of brick in stock at the yards and in New York 
on January I, 1913, 1s placed according to authoritative information 
at 312,004,000. The stock on May Ist was 141,204,000. These 
figures, of course, refer to the stocks which are held for sale in 
the New York market. A few plants in the more northerly counties 
sell a part or the whole of their output locally, as those in the 
vicinity of Albany and Troy, or ship by rail to the interior of the 
State or to New England. 
The total number of brick made in the nine counties along the 
river last year was 900,344,000. In all, there were 102 yards active. 
The output at the average selling prices of the year was valued 
at $5,037,438, or $5.60 a thousand. The total number for 1911 
was 807,713,000 valued at $3,857,143 or $4.78 a thousand. The 
gain in price during the past two years is well shown by comparison 
with the figures for 1910 when the output was larger than last 
year’s by 200,000,000 but actually fell a little short of the given 
total value. , 
Of the several counties, Ulster leads in quantity and value of 
its product, with a total last year of 231,550,000 valued at $1,296,779. 
Rockland holds second place, contributing 191,595,000 valued at 
$1,063,352. Dutchess and Orange counties come next in order 
with nearly the same output. 
OTHER CLAY MATERIALS 
The manufacture of vitrified paving brick was carried on by 
four companies in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Steuben coun- 
ties, the same number as in 1911. The number of paving brick 
made was 11,031,000 valued at $174,048, against 18,996,000 valued 
at $307,529 1n the preceding year. The reduced output was caused 
largely by a shut-down of the plant at Catskill for most of the 
year, the plant having been taken over by a new company known 
as the Tidewater Brick Co. The average price of paving brick was 
$15.78 a thousand, against $16.19 a thousand in 1911. 
Fire brick and stove lining were made in Erie, Kings, Rensselaer, 
Richmond, Washington and Westchester counties and their com- 
bined value was $380,005 against $413,500 in 1911. The number 
of fire brick made was 9,011,000 valued at $327,412. The stove 
lining was valued at $52,593. There were nine companies in opera- 
tion, the same number as in the preceding year. Most of the clay 
employed in the manufacture of the materials comes from outside 
the State, though the product of Richmond county is made from 
local clays. 
