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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  granite 
  last 
  year 
  showed 
  a 
  remarkable 
  and 
  

   gratifying 
  advance 
  o\^er 
  that 
  of 
  1907 
  or 
  in 
  fact 
  over 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  

   recent 
  year, 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  for 
  1908 
  being 
  $367,564 
  as 
  against 
  

   $195,900 
  in 
  1907 
  and 
  $255,189 
  in 
  1906, 
  an 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  year 
  

   1907 
  of 
  87 
  per 
  cent. 
  This 
  increase 
  is 
  specially 
  noteworthy 
  when 
  

   we 
  realize 
  that 
  other 
  building 
  stone 
  and 
  brick 
  showed 
  a 
  decided 
  

   falling 
  off 
  in 
  1908. 
  The 
  gain 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  general 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  

   granite 
  industry, 
  being 
  confined 
  to 
  no 
  special 
  district 
  nor 
  to 
  any 
  

   special 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  granite. 
  All 
  counties 
  report 
  an 
  increased 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  and 
  all 
  uses 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  increase 
  except 
  the 
  

   building 
  stone 
  which 
  shows 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  18 
  per 
  cent 
  as 
  compared 
  

   with 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  Among 
  the 
  important 
  advances 
  were 
  the 
  

   large 
  production 
  of 
  crushed 
  stone 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls 
  and 
  the 
  substantial 
  

   increase 
  in 
  the 
  paving 
  block 
  business 
  in 
  Jefferson 
  county, 
  carried 
  

   on 
  by 
  the 
  Picton 
  Island 
  Red 
  Granite 
  Co. 
  and 
  J. 
  Leopold 
  & 
  Co. 
  

   During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  former 
  company 
  opened 
  up 
  a 
  new 
  quarry 
  of 
  

   pink 
  granite 
  near 
  the 
  water's 
  edge 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  good 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  

   stone 
  and 
  good 
  transportation 
  facilities 
  they 
  anticipate 
  a 
  large 
  

   output. 
  

  

  The 
  stone 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Highland 
  area, 
  although 
  it 
  

   showed 
  a 
  substantial 
  increase 
  in 
  production, 
  situated 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  so 
  

   near 
  the 
  large 
  New 
  York 
  market, 
  should 
  have 
  a 
  larger 
  demand 
  as 
  

   it 
  occurs 
  in 
  inexhaustible 
  amounts. 
  The 
  more 
  gneissic, 
  less 
  massive 
  

   varieties 
  make 
  good 
  foundation 
  stone 
  while 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  true 
  

   massive 
  granites 
  take 
  a 
  good 
  polish 
  and 
  are 
  well 
  suited 
  for 
  

   monumental 
  work. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  granite 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  Building 
  stone 
  

   Monumental. 
  . 
  

   Crushed 
  stone. 
  

   Rubble, 
  riprap 
  

   Other 
  kindsa 
  , 
  . 
  

  

  Jotal 
  

  

  $231 
  190 
  

  

  4 
  119 
  

   13 
  980 
  

  

  2 
  423 
  

  

  3 
  477 
  

  

  $84 
  774 
  

  

  9 
  613 
  

  

  92 
  950 
  

  

  5 
  600 
  

  

  2 
  963 
  

  

  $255 
  li 
  

  

  $195 
  900 
  

  

  $71 
  122 
  

   27 
  585 
  

  

  152 
  783 
  

   ^5 
  351 
  

  

  100 
  723 
  

  

  $367 
  564 
  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  in 
  1908 
  curbing, 
  paving 
  blocks, 
  and 
  minor 
  uses. 
  

  

  