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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  Wyoming 
  county 
  stone, 
  however, 
  is 
  used 
  mainly 
  for 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  purposes, 
  very 
  little 
  flagging 
  or 
  curbing 
  being 
  shipped. 
  The 
  

   industry 
  centers 
  around 
  Warsaw 
  and 
  Portageville 
  where 
  several 
  

   companies 
  operate 
  extensive 
  quarries 
  and 
  load 
  the 
  stone 
  onto 
  cars 
  

   directly 
  from 
  the 
  quarries. 
  

  

  The 
  quarries 
  outside 
  of 
  these 
  four 
  areas 
  are 
  operated 
  usually 
  to 
  

   supply 
  local 
  demand 
  or 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  nearby 
  cities 
  and 
  the 
  individual 
  

   output 
  is 
  generally 
  small. 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  firms 
  and 
  individuals 
  shipping 
  stone 
  during 
  1908 
  is 
  

   appended. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  operate 
  quarries 
  and 
  also 
  buy 
  of 
  small 
  

   quarrymen 
  in 
  their 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  In 
  gathering 
  statistics 
  of 
  bluestone 
  it 
  is 
  impracticable 
  to 
  attempt 
  

   a 
  canvass 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  individual 
  producers, 
  many 
  of 
  whom 
  operate 
  

   only 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  way 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  spasmodically. 
  The 
  tabula- 
  

   tions 
  herewith 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  figures 
  obtained 
  from 
  dealers 
  and 
  such 
  

   large 
  producers 
  as 
  ship 
  their 
  product 
  direct 
  to 
  market. 
  A 
  slight 
  

   duplication 
  doubtless 
  exists 
  in 
  the 
  tables 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   shippers 
  buy 
  or 
  exchange 
  stone 
  with 
  each 
  other 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  

   convenience, 
  and 
  such 
  exchanges 
  or 
  purchases 
  are 
  almost 
  impossible 
  

   to 
  eliminate 
  from 
  their 
  reports, 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  figures 
  as 
  

   given 
  are 
  substantially 
  correct. 
  

  

  As 
  is. 
  brought 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  tables, 
  the 
  year 
  1908 
  was 
  a 
  dull 
  year 
  for 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  districts, 
  but 
  the 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  production 
  was 
  no 
  more 
  

   than 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  in 
  a 
  year 
  when 
  building 
  and 
  constructional 
  

   work 
  was 
  so 
  greatly 
  depressed. 
  The 
  consensus 
  of 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  

   bluestone 
  dealers 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  the 
  coming 
  year 
  1909 
  will 
  show 
  

   an 
  active 
  demand 
  for 
  their 
  stone 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  industry 
  will 
  resume 
  

   its 
  wonted 
  activity. 
  

  

  The 
  Hudson 
  river 
  district 
  was 
  an 
  exception 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  rule 
  

   and 
  its 
  production 
  exceeded 
  that 
  of 
  1907 
  by 
  %'/A,,^62. 
  The 
  total 
  

   production 
  by 
  districts 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1907 
  and 
  1908 
  was 
  as 
  follows, 
  

   the 
  1907 
  production 
  being 
  inclosed 
  in 
  brackets 
  : 
  Hudson 
  river 
  

   $368,657 
  [$293,895] 
  ; 
  Delaware 
  river 
  $447,784 
  [$703,428] 
  ; 
  

   Wyoming 
  county 
  $174,214 
  [$196,769] 
  ; 
  Chenango 
  county 
  $93,667 
  

   [$106,703] 
  ; 
  other 
  districts 
  $27,064 
  [$15,132]. 
  Comparison 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river 
  district 
  in 
  1907 
  and 
  

   1908 
  is 
  hardly 
  just 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  in 
  1907 
  considerable 
  

   stone 
  quarried 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  but 
  sold 
  by 
  New 
  York 
  dealers, 
  

   Vv^as 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  figures. 
  There 
  would, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  however, 
  still 
  

   be 
  shown 
  a 
  decrease 
  in 
  production 
  for 
  1908. 
  

  

  