﻿THE 
  MIXING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  7 
  

  

  reduction 
  in 
  market 
  values. 
  The 
  combined 
  output 
  of 
  brick, 
  tile, 
  

   fireproofing 
  and 
  terra 
  cotta 
  used 
  for 
  building 
  purposes 
  was 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $6,071,850 
  as 
  against 
  $8,909,392 
  in 
  1907. 
  In 
  1906 
  these 
  

   materials 
  represented 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $11,063,433. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  

   building 
  brick 
  made 
  last 
  year 
  was 
  1,066,533,000 
  of 
  which 
  817,- 
  

   459,000, 
  or 
  about 
  three 
  fourths, 
  represented 
  common 
  brick 
  from 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  river 
  region. 
  Along 
  with 
  the 
  decline 
  in 
  building 
  materials 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  ceramic 
  industry, 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   pottery 
  manufactures 
  amounting 
  to 
  $1,653,241 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   $2,240,895 
  in 
  1907. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  plants 
  that 
  were 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   clay 
  manufacturing 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  was 
  240, 
  or 
  two 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1907. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  quarry 
  products 
  for 
  1908 
  was 
  $6,615,614 
  against 
  

   $7,890,327 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  a 
  falling 
  oft 
  of 
  16 
  per 
  cent. 
  The 
  

   total 
  was 
  divided 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  uses 
  into 
  : 
  building 
  stone 
  

   $1,264,403; 
  monumental 
  stone 
  $139,077; 
  curb 
  and 
  flagstone 
  

   $928,511; 
  crushed 
  stone 
  $2,659,016; 
  other 
  uses 
  $1,624,607. 
  The 
  

   output 
  of 
  slate, 
  millstones 
  and 
  limestone 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  hydraulic 
  

   cement 
  is 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  figures. 
  Of 
  the 
  difterent 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   stone, 
  granite 
  was 
  the 
  one 
  to 
  show 
  a 
  gain 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  accounted 
  

   for 
  by 
  its 
  increased 
  use 
  for 
  paving 
  blocks 
  and 
  crushed 
  stone. 
  The 
  

   quarries 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  supply 
  almost 
  every 
  variety 
  of 
  

   rock 
  for 
  building 
  and 
  other 
  purposes, 
  though 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  im- 
  

   portation 
  from 
  other 
  states. 
  

  

  The 
  manufactures 
  of 
  hydraulic 
  cement 
  contributed 
  a 
  production 
  

   last 
  year 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,254,758. 
  In 
  1907 
  the 
  value 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   $2,971,820. 
  Of 
  the 
  product 
  last 
  year 
  1,988,874 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $1,813,622 
  consisted 
  of 
  portland 
  cement 
  and 
  623,588 
  barrels 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $441,136 
  of 
  natural 
  rock 
  cement. 
  The 
  latter 
  industry 
  has 
  shown 
  

   a 
  steady 
  decline 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  past 
  due 
  to 
  general 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  in 
  the 
  trade. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  the 
  situation 
  in 
  the 
  portland 
  

   cement 
  industry 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  improve 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  every 
  

   prospect 
  that 
  the 
  State 
  will 
  soon 
  have 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  share 
  in 
  the 
  

   production 
  than 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  salt 
  mines 
  and 
  wells 
  there 
  was 
  obtained 
  last 
  year 
  

   9,005,311 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,136,736. 
  The 
  showing 
  was 
  better 
  

   relatively 
  than 
  in 
  many 
  other 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  mineral 
  industry 
  ; 
  as 
  

   compared 
  with 
  the 
  figures 
  for 
  1907 
  (9,657,543 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $2,449,178) 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  production 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  7 
  per 
  

   cent. 
  For 
  many 
  years 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  increased 
  very 
  rapidly 
  

   and 
  it 
  now 
  amounts 
  to 
  about 
  one 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  

   country. 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  where 
  salt 
  making 
  was 
  first 
  introduced 
  

  

  