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the Ludowici-Celadon Co. was destroyed by fire in the fall of 

 1909 and has not yet been rebuilt. 



Vitrified floor tile are manufactured by but one firm, the 

 Brooklyn Vitrified Tile Works of Brooklyn. 



Architectural or ornamental terra cotta is manufactured by 

 three large firms located in Queens, Richmond and Steuben 

 counties. The output for the year 1909 amounted to $962,497 

 against $709,360 in 1908, an encouraging increase. 



Pottery 



Clays suitable for the finer grades of pottery products, such 

 as china and porcelain ware, are not found to any extent in the 

 State. The clay beds of Long Island and Staten Island have 

 furnished some grades of stoneware clay and these are at times 

 used in the New York and Brooklyn plants. The main supply 

 of material for china making, however, must be shipped in from 

 without the State; the feldspar from Canada, the kaolins from 

 the south, and the stoneware clays from New Jersey. 



Of the commoner grades of clay used for red earthenware 

 manufacture, the State has an abundance but the demand for 

 such ware is not sufficient to establish any extensive industry. 



The total production of pottery in the year amounted to 

 $1,827,193 as compared with $1,653,241 in 1908, indicating a 

 marked advance. The production came from 23 plants located 

 in the following counties : Albany, Erie, Kings, Nassau, Onon- 

 daga, Ontario, Schenectady, Washington and Westchester. 

 Onondaga county continues to lead in production with a total 

 from the six active plants of $67i,566'while, Erie, Schenectady, 

 Kings and Ontario counties also have large productions. 



The manufacture of stoneware seems to be steadily declining 

 in the State, the production in 1909 amounting to $41,298 or less 

 than one half of the production in 1906. 



Red earthenware, consisting mainly of flower pots, shows a 

 production of $32,800 or about the same as has been reported 

 for several years. The increase in production was confined 

 mainly to the white products not made from New York ma- 

 terials, such articles being china tableware, sanitary ware and 

 electrical supplies. The china tableware is made mainly in 

 Buffalo and Syracuse ; the electrical supplies in Victor, Syra- 

 cuse, Schenectady and Brooklyn ; and the sanitary ware in 

 New York and Brooklyn. 



