﻿THE 
  MIXING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  63 
  

  

  SAXD-LIME 
  BRICK 
  

  

  The 
  sand-lime 
  brick 
  industry 
  received 
  a 
  decided 
  set 
  back 
  in 
  1908, 
  

   having 
  been 
  seriously 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  decrease 
  in 
  building 
  activity 
  

   in 
  the 
  State. 
  Xo 
  new 
  plants 
  were 
  in 
  operation 
  and 
  several 
  firms 
  

   retired 
  from 
  the 
  business. 
  Only 
  six 
  plants 
  made 
  sales 
  of 
  this 
  

   product 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  only 
  four 
  manufactured 
  any 
  

   brick. 
  

  

  The 
  Watertown 
  Sand 
  Lime 
  Brick 
  Co., 
  a 
  firm 
  which 
  reported 
  a 
  

   large 
  output 
  in 
  1907, 
  has 
  gone 
  into 
  bankruptcy, 
  while 
  two 
  firms 
  

   idle 
  in 
  1907 
  have 
  retired 
  permanently 
  from 
  business, 
  viz, 
  the 
  X'ew- 
  

   burg 
  Sand 
  Lime 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  Roseton 
  Sand 
  Lime 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  

   Two 
  new 
  firms 
  have 
  been 
  organized 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  yet 
  in 
  operation, 
  the 
  

   Grant 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  of 
  Brooklyn 
  and 
  the 
  Atlas 
  Brick 
  Co. 
  with 
  a 
  plant 
  

   at 
  Nassau. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  production 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  8,239,450 
  brick 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $55,688 
  against 
  a 
  production 
  in 
  1907 
  of 
  16,610,000 
  brick 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $109,677, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  49 
  per 
  cent. 
  The 
  average 
  price 
  per 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  sand-lime 
  brick 
  in 
  1908 
  was 
  $6.44, 
  while 
  front 
  

   and 
  fancy 
  brick 
  averaged 
  $9.11 
  and 
  $10 
  respectively. 
  The 
  six 
  com- 
  

   panies 
  making 
  sales 
  in 
  1908 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  NAME 
  LOCATION 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  Sandstone 
  Brick 
  Co 
  Buffalo 
  

  

  Rochester 
  Composite 
  Brick 
  Co 
  Rochester 
  

  

  Paragon 
  Plaster 
  Co 
  Syracuse 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  Brick 
  Co 
  Schenectady 
  

  

  Schenectadv 
  Brick 
  Co 
  Schenectady 
  

  

  Granite 
  Brick 
  Co 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  

  

  SLATE 
  

  

  Roofing 
  slate 
  of 
  various 
  colors 
  is 
  obtained 
  in 
  Washington 
  county 
  

   near 
  the 
  Vermont 
  state 
  line. 
  The 
  industry 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  

   there 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  half 
  century 
  or 
  more, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  shown 
  little 
  tend- 
  

   ency 
  toward 
  expansion 
  commensurate 
  with 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  

   quarry 
  industry 
  in 
  general. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  slate 
  

   in 
  1908 
  was 
  $111,217 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  a 
  valuation 
  of 
  $54,800 
  in 
  

   1907, 
  $61,921 
  in 
  1906, 
  $95,009 
  in 
  1905 
  and 
  $93,600 
  in 
  1904. 
  Prac- 
  

   tically 
  the 
  entire 
  product 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  roofing 
  purposes. 
  The 
  

   manufacture 
  of 
  other 
  slate 
  materials, 
  such 
  as 
  mantels, 
  floor 
  tiling, 
  

   blackboards, 
  bilHard 
  tables, 
  etc., 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  developed 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  district, 
  though 
  it 
  plays 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  slate 
  industry 
  

   of 
  Vermont 
  and 
  Pennsvlvania. 
  

  

  