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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  this, 
  prices 
  were 
  on 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  level 
  as 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  in 
  the 
  natural 
  rock 
  cement 
  trade 
  have 
  been 
  less 
  favor- 
  

   able 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  branch, 
  reflecting 
  influences 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  

   general 
  nature 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  operative 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  10 
  counties 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  which 
  manufacture 
  hydraulic 
  

   cement. 
  The 
  crude 
  materials 
  used 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  

   section 
  and 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  has 
  been 
  governed 
  

   more 
  by 
  commercial 
  considerations, 
  such 
  as 
  fuel 
  prices 
  and 
  

   facilities 
  for 
  shipment 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  to 
  market, 
  than 
  by 
  the 
  

   distribution 
  of 
  natural 
  resources. 
  Over 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  

   production 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  region 
  and 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  part 
  along 
  the 
  

   main 
  trunk 
  lines 
  and 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  Ulster 
  county 
  has 
  long 
  

   been 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  rock 
  cement 
  industry, 
  while 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  and 
  Erie 
  counties 
  furnish 
  smaller 
  quantities 
  of 
  the 
  material. 
  

   The 
  Portland 
  cement 
  plants 
  are 
  located 
  in 
  Columbia, 
  Greene, 
  

   Livingston, 
  Onondaga, 
  Schoharie, 
  Steuben, 
  Tompkins, 
  Ulster 
  and 
  

   Warren 
  counties. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  18 
  firms 
  which 
  reported 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  19 
  firms 
  so 
  reporting 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  

   combined 
  output 
  of 
  Portland 
  and 
  natural 
  rock 
  cement 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  3,245,729 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,971,820. 
  In 
  1906 
  the 
  output 
  

   was 
  4,114,939 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,950,699, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  

   loss 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  869,210 
  barrels 
  in 
  quantity 
  and 
  of 
  $978,879 
  in 
  

   value. 
  The 
  decrease 
  was 
  shared 
  by 
  both 
  branches, 
  but 
  in 
  greater 
  

   part 
  by 
  the 
  natural 
  rock 
  cement. 
  

  

  The 
  production 
  of 
  Portland 
  cement 
  amounted 
  to 
  2,108,450 
  

   barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,214,090, 
  against 
  2,423,374 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $2,766,488 
  in 
  1906. 
  There 
  were 
  10 
  companies 
  in 
  operation 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  whole 
  or 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  decrease 
  is 
  accounted 
  

   for 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  plants 
  was 
  closed 
  down 
  

   for 
  repairs 
  and 
  improvements 
  during 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  A 
  

   new 
  plant 
  has 
  been 
  erected 
  by 
  the 
  William 
  M. 
  Hoag 
  Cement 
  

   Co. 
  at 
  Rosendale, 
  Ulster 
  co., 
  but 
  made 
  only 
  experimental 
  runs 
  

   in 
  1907. 
  

  

  Of 
  natural 
  rock 
  cement 
  a 
  production 
  amounting 
  to 
  1,137,279 
  

   barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $757,730 
  was 
  reported, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   1,691,565 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,184,211 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  

   Rosendale 
  district 
  contributed 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  as 
  hereto- 
  

   fore, 
  its 
  share 
  having 
  been 
  970,929 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $679,650. 
  

   In 
  1906 
  the 
  same 
  district 
  made 
  1,514,336 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $1,107,535. 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  reported 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  47>35° 
  barrels 
  

  

  