﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
  585 
  

  

  and 
  Delaware 
  and 
  the 
  Stony 
  Clove 
  railroads 
  only 
  the 
  lower 
  tier 
  

   of 
  outcrops 
  is 
  now 
  worked. 
  If 
  necessity 
  arises 
  the 
  higher 
  tiers 
  

   or 
  layers 
  of 
  stone, 
  which 
  are 
  quite 
  inaccessible 
  by 
  roads, 
  can 
  be 
  

   worked 
  by 
  building 
  slides 
  from 
  the 
  quarries 
  to 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  

   steep 
  inclines. 
  At 
  present, 
  however, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  to 
  come 
  

   this 
  step 
  will 
  be 
  unnecessary. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  accompanying 
  plates, 
  from 
  photographs 
  of 
  the 
  

   range 
  of 
  quarries 
  at 
  Quarryville, 
  are 
  typical 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  and 
  

   best 
  managed 
  quarries. 
  These 
  quarries 
  are, 
  however, 
  as 
  has 
  

   already 
  been 
  stated, 
  worked 
  on 
  the 
  block 
  system 
  of 
  rental, 
  two 
  

   to 
  four 
  men 
  working 
  in 
  company 
  on 
  a 
  block. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  list 
  of 
  quarrymen 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  buyers 
  at 
  

   the 
  stations 
  on 
  the 
  Ulster 
  and 
  Delaware 
  railroad, 
  or 
  from 
  dealers 
  

   at 
  tide 
  water. 
  This 
  information 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  George 
  W. 
  

   Lament, 
  Big 
  Indian 
  ; 
  A. 
  M. 
  Loughsdyke, 
  High 
  Falls 
  ; 
  Eogers 
  & 
  

   Tappan, 
  Wilbur; 
  Hewitt 
  Boice, 
  Eondout; 
  B. 
  Taylor 
  Harris, 
  

   Saugerties; 
  E. 
  Risley, 
  Allaben; 
  J. 
  L. 
  McGrath, 
  Phoenicia 
  ; 
  John 
  

   Boice, 
  Brodhead's 
  Bridge; 
  John 
  Whine, 
  Mt. 
  Pleasant; 
  James 
  

   O'Eeil, 
  West 
  Hurley 
  ; 
  E. 
  O. 
  Roarke, 
  West 
  Saugerties. 
  

  

  Brick 
  Manufacture. 
  

  

  The 
  importance 
  of 
  this 
  industry 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  a 
  glance 
  at 
  the 
  

   accompanying 
  table. 
  Even 
  during 
  the 
  business 
  depression 
  of 
  this 
  

   year 
  (1893) 
  152,000,000 
  of 
  bricks 
  have 
  been 
  made. 
  During 
  the 
  

   past 
  year 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  yards 
  have 
  run 
  to 
  their 
  full 
  capacity. 
  

  

  The 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  J^orth 
  river 
  bricks 
  are 
  too 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  

   need 
  any 
  discussion 
  of 
  that 
  point 
  in 
  these 
  pages. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  

   manufacturers 
  have 
  made 
  anything 
  but 
  the 
  common 
  building 
  

   bricks, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  in 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  clays 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   the 
  making 
  of 
  the 
  finer 
  grades 
  of 
  pressed 
  brick. 
  

  

  Like 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  brickyards 
  along 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  the 
  shipping 
  

   facilities 
  are 
  unexcelled. 
  The 
  clay 
  banks 
  lie 
  along 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  river. 
  The 
  yards 
  are 
  so 
  situated 
  that 
  the 
  clay 
  can 
  be 
  carted 
  

   to 
  the 
  machines, 
  from 
  the 
  machines 
  to 
  the 
  drying 
  yards, 
  then 
  to 
  

   the 
  kilns 
  and 
  thence 
  into 
  boats 
  or 
  barges 
  which 
  can 
  tie 
  up 
  within 
  

   a 
  few 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  kilns 
  . 
  Fuel 
  can 
  also 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  yards 
  

   entirely 
  by 
  water. 
  Thus 
  every 
  facility 
  exists 
  for 
  cheap 
  making 
  

   and 
  shipping. 
  

  

  The 
  brickyards 
  are 
  located 
  at 
  Maiden, 
  G-lasco, 
  East 
  Kingston, 
  

   Kingston 
  and 
  Port 
  Ewen. 
  

  

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