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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Output 
  of 
  common 
  brick 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  region 
  in 
  1907 
  

  

  COUNTY 
  

  

  NUMBER 
  

  

  OF 
  

   PLANTS 
  

  

  OUTPUT 
  

  

  VALUE 
  

  

  AVERAGE 
  

   PRICE 
  

   PER 
  M 
  

  

  Albany 
  

  

  Columbia 
  

  

  Dutchess 
  

  

  IO 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  5 
  

   9 
  

   7 
  

   3 
  1 
  

   27 
  

   8 
  

  

  60 
  2IO 
  OOO 
  

  

  84 
  972 
  000 
  

   149 
  130 
  000 
  

  

  35 
  876 
  000 
  

   154 
  502 
  000 
  

  

  15 
  488 
  000 
  

   232 
  018 
  000 
  

   260 
  404 
  000 
  

  

  59 
  307 
  000 
  

  

  $300 
  141 
  

  

  433 
  357 
  

  

  781 
  262 
  

  

  184 
  620 
  

  

  789 
  297 
  

  

  78 
  54o 
  

  

  1 
  258 
  467 
  

  

  1 
  322 
  476 
  

  

  322 
  553 
  

  

  $4 
  99 
  

   5 
  10 
  

   5 
  23 
  

   5 
  15 
  

   5 
  " 
  

   5 
  07 
  

   5 
  42 
  

   5 
  08 
  

   5 
  46 
  

  

  Greene 
  

  

  Orange 
  

  

  Rensselaer 
  

  

  Rockland 
  

  

  Ulster 
  

  

  Westchester 
  

  

  

  Total 
  

  

  122 
  

  

  1 
  051 
  907 
  000 
  

  

  $5 
  471 
  nz 
  

  

  $5 
  ao 
  

  

  

  

  The 
  past 
  year 
  was 
  uneventful 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   market. 
  The 
  large 
  surplus 
  amounting 
  to 
  about 
  300,000,000 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  over 
  by 
  the 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  sufficed 
  to 
  meet 
  

   the 
  demand 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  months 
  before 
  the 
  season 
  for 
  brick- 
  

   making 
  began. 
  Consequently 
  the 
  prices 
  did 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  high 
  

   level 
  that 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  Of 
  1906, 
  while 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  

   such 
  fluctuations 
  as 
  characterized 
  the 
  market 
  of 
  that 
  year. 
  The 
  

   range 
  was 
  mostly 
  between 
  $5 
  and 
  $6 
  a 
  thousand 
  at 
  the 
  yard, 
  

   with 
  a 
  tendency 
  toward 
  the 
  lower 
  value 
  for 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  time. 
  

   Some 
  shipments 
  were 
  marketed 
  for 
  less 
  than 
  $5. 
  With 
  the 
  

   severe 
  depression 
  that 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  building 
  operations 
  

   were 
  curtailed 
  to 
  an 
  extent 
  as 
  to 
  effect 
  a 
  practical 
  cessation 
  of 
  

   the 
  demand 
  for 
  a 
  time, 
  and 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  were 
  left 
  with 
  an 
  

   unusually 
  heavy 
  supply 
  of 
  unsold 
  brick 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

   The 
  stocks 
  at 
  the 
  yards 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  are 
  estimated 
  at 
  over 
  

   300,000,000. 
  While 
  some 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  conditions 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  for 
  the 
  current 
  season, 
  the 
  production 
  will 
  

   probably 
  show 
  little 
  if 
  any 
  gain. 
  

  

  Other 
  clay 
  materials 
  

  

  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  paving 
  brick 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  during 
  1907 
  

   in 
  Greene, 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  Steuben 
  counties. 
  There 
  were 
  four 
  

   companies 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  was 
  12,296,000 
  

  

  