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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  limestone 
  

  

  MATERIAL 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  Crushed 
  stone 
  

  

  $i''59o 
  205 
  

  

  «795 
  348 
  

  

  229 
  479 
  

  

  287 
  816 
  

  

  32 
  975 
  

   8 
  067 
  

  

  19 
  939 
  

  

  $1 
  725 
  203 
  

  

  a888 
  309 
  

  

  1891,782 
  

  

  338 
  127 
  

  

  14 
  588 
  

  

  13 
  123 
  

  

  13 
  135 
  

  

  $1 
  647 
  629 
  

   401 
  728 
  

  

  245 
  655 
  

   230 
  117 
  

   c 
  

  

  Lime 
  made 
  *. 
  

  

  Building 
  stone 
  

  

  Furnace 
  flux 
  

  

  Rubble, 
  riprap. 
  ... 
  ... 
  

  

  Flagging, 
  curbing. 
  

  

  15 
  668 
  

  

  Miscellaneous. 
  ... 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  6579 
  038 
  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  $2 
  963 
  829 
  

  

  $3 
  182 
  447 
  

  

  $3 
  119 
  835 
  

  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  Solvay 
  Process 
  Co.'s 
  lime. 
  

  

  b 
  Includes 
  lime 
  made 
  by 
  Solvay 
  Process 
  Co. 
  and 
  Union 
  Carbide 
  Co., 
  also 
  rubble 
  and 
  

  

  riprap. 
  

  

  c 
  Included 
  in 
  " 
  Miscellaneous." 
  

  

  Crushed 
  stone. 
  The 
  crushing 
  of 
  Jimestone 
  for 
  application 
  in 
  

   macadam 
  road 
  construction 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  uses 
  of 
  the 
  

   stone. 
  Its 
  value 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  facts 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   easy 
  to 
  crush 
  and 
  that 
  when 
  rolled 
  to 
  a 
  smooth 
  surface 
  the 
  particles 
  

   of 
  limestone 
  bind 
  themselves 
  together 
  into 
  a 
  firm 
  impervious 
  mass. 
  

   With 
  the 
  increasing 
  demand 
  for 
  good 
  roads 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  the 
  crushed 
  stone 
  industry 
  is 
  becoming 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  im- 
  

   portant. 
  In 
  general, 
  however, 
  with 
  other 
  industries 
  the 
  production 
  

   received 
  a 
  setback 
  in 
  1908, 
  it 
  being 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,647,629 
  while 
  in 
  

   1907 
  it 
  was 
  $1,725,203. 
  Erie 
  stands 
  first 
  among 
  the 
  counties 
  

   as 
  a 
  producer 
  with 
  a 
  production 
  of 
  $369,754 
  as 
  against 
  $250,720 
  in 
  

   1907. 
  It 
  is 
  followed 
  in 
  order 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  counties, 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  for 
  1907 
  being 
  included 
  in 
  brackets: 
  Dutchess 
  $233,261 
  

   [$399,244]; 
  Rockland, 
  one 
  producer; 
  Ulster 
  $169,414 
  [none]; 
  

   Genesee 
  $122,310 
  [$200,150] 
  ; 
  Onondaga 
  $108,768 
  [$63,885] 
  and 
  

   Albany 
  $104,250 
  [$126,920]. 
  

  

  Lime. 
  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  lime 
  by 
  the 
  calcination 
  of 
  Hmestones 
  

   is 
  an 
  industry 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  earliest 
  times. 
  On 
  

   a 
  small 
  scale 
  it 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  county 
  where 
  limestone 
  

   is 
  found, 
  as 
  it 
  requires 
  but 
  a 
  relatively 
  small 
  outlay 
  of 
  money 
  to 
  

   establish 
  a 
  plant. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  production, 
  however, 
  

   comes 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  counties, 
  where 
  larger 
  firms 
  have 
  developed 
  the 
  

   industry. 
  The 
  statistics 
  for 
  1908, 
  included 
  herewith, 
  represent 
  only 
  

   lime 
  made 
  and 
  sold 
  as 
  such 
  either 
  hydrated 
  or 
  unslacked. 
  The 
  

   production 
  of 
  the 
  Solvay 
  Process 
  Co. 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  and 
  of 
  

  

  