﻿l6 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  clay 
  materials 
  

  

  Details 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  clay 
  materials 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  tables 
  herewith. 
  

   The 
  figures 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  reports 
  received 
  from 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   manufacturers 
  in 
  every 
  department. 
  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  values 
  

   reported 
  for 
  the 
  different 
  products 
  in 
  the 
  tables 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  

   industry 
  experienced 
  a 
  decided 
  setback 
  in 
  1908. 
  The 
  year 
  was 
  one 
  

   of 
  great 
  depression 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  lines 
  of 
  clay 
  manufactures, 
  con- 
  

   trasting 
  strongly 
  with 
  the 
  three 
  preceding 
  years 
  when 
  there 
  was 
  

   unexampled 
  prosperity. 
  The 
  demand 
  for 
  clay 
  building 
  materials 
  

   was 
  specially 
  poor, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  new 
  construction 
  

   undertaken 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  other 
  large 
  cities 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  With 
  

   the 
  decline 
  in 
  demand 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  accompanying 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  

   prices 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  materials 
  which 
  reached 
  a 
  level 
  below 
  that 
  

   of 
  any 
  recent 
  year. 
  Another 
  factor 
  that 
  affected 
  adversely 
  the 
  

   trade 
  in 
  building 
  brick 
  was 
  the 
  large 
  stocks 
  carried 
  over 
  by 
  the 
  

   plants 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  season. 
  This 
  w^vS 
  particularly 
  influential 
  

   in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  region 
  which 
  supplies 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  market. 
  

   The 
  final 
  months 
  of 
  1908 
  witnessed 
  a 
  gradual 
  betterment 
  in 
  the 
  

   conditions 
  that 
  continued 
  into 
  the 
  current 
  year. 
  It 
  is 
  generally 
  

   expected 
  that 
  the 
  industry 
  will 
  soon 
  regain 
  a 
  measure 
  at 
  least 
  of 
  its 
  

   former 
  prosperity. 
  

  

  The 
  aggregate 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  clay 
  manufactures 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  in 
  

   T908 
  was 
  $8,918,863. 
  Compared 
  with 
  the 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   year, 
  which 
  was 
  $12,688,868, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  falling 
  off 
  of 
  $3,770,005, 
  

   or 
  about 
  30 
  per 
  cent, 
  in 
  the 
  reported 
  value. 
  Of 
  the 
  61 
  counties 
  in 
  

   the 
  State 
  44 
  were 
  represented 
  in 
  1908 
  as 
  having 
  an 
  output 
  of 
  this 
  

   class 
  of 
  mineral 
  materials. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  individual 
  plants 
  in 
  

   operation 
  was 
  240 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  242 
  in 
  1907 
  and 
  265 
  in 
  1906. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  different 
  materials, 
  building 
  brick 
  had 
  the 
  largest 
  

   aggregate 
  decrease. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  

   of 
  these 
  materials 
  was 
  $5,200,951 
  against 
  $7,424,294 
  in 
  1907, 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  $2,223,343. 
  Of 
  the 
  aggregate, 
  common 
  brick 
  ac- 
  

   counted 
  for 
  $5,064,194 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $7,201,525, 
  and 
  front 
  and 
  

   fancy 
  pressed 
  brick 
  for 
  $136,757 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $222,769 
  for 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  vitrified 
  paving 
  brick 
  was 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $211,289 
  against 
  $184,306, 
  showing 
  an 
  increase 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  

   Fire 
  brick 
  and 
  stove 
  lining 
  amounted 
  to 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $545,951 
  against 
  

   $624,033. 
  The 
  manufactures 
  of 
  drain 
  tile 
  amounted 
  to 
  $273,134 
  

   against 
  $162,167; 
  and 
  of 
  sewer 
  pipe 
  to 
  $133,716 
  against 
  $463,500. 
  

   The 
  production 
  of 
  terra 
  cotta 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $709,360 
  as 
  compared 
  

  

  