THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY I914 23 



$895,126. The available machine capacity is 2,900,000 a day. The 

 yards in this district are mostly open and hand labor is used 

 largely in excavating and tempering the clay. One company uses 

 clay dredged from the river bed. 



The yards around Dutchess Junction, Dutchess county, reported 

 a total product of 88,580,000 brick worth $410,769. The corres- 

 ponding figures for 1913 were 112,723,000 with a value of $591,796. 

 The output of the whole county amounted to 91,580,000 valued at 

 $430,269. The number of operators in the district was 13 and in. 

 the county 14, as compared with 16 and 18 respectively in 1913. 

 The yards of the district have an available capacity of 1,936,000 

 brick a day, but not all were active. 



In Westchester county seven producers reported an output of 

 56,289,000 worth $302,656, against 52,525,000 worth $275,756 in the 

 preceding year. Most of the yards are situated along the river 

 between Croton Point and Verplanck Point, where a machine 

 capacity of 1,122,000 is available. A large part of the output is 

 marketed within the county which contains a number of thriving 

 cities and communities, so that the prices are apt to vary con- 

 siderably from the New York quotations, the average in most years 

 being higher. 



Of the output of Albany county, which amounted last year to 

 58,625,000 valued at $301,512, a little less than one-half was sold 

 locally and the remainder shipped to the lower Hudson markets. 

 The yards that manufacture brick for shipment are situated at 

 Coeymans, while the others are located at Cohoes, Watervliet and 

 Albany. 



Rensselaer county usually does not ship any brick, the output 

 being consumed in Troy and vicinity. Only two operators reported 

 as active last year, against four in 19 13, and their output was 

 5,025,000 valued at $28,000. The average selling price was the 

 highest of any of the Hudson river counties, $5.57 a thousand. 



FRONT BRTCK 



The output of front brick includes different grades. The red 

 and buff brick are simply selected common brick made by the stiff- 

 mud process under the same conditions as those obtaining in the 

 manufacture of the common variety. Greater care, however, is 

 exercised in the burning and the product is carefully sorted as to 

 color. The buff brick are made only in Richmond county. Rough- 

 faced tapestry brick are made by the shale brick yards which also 

 produce paving brick. They are burned in the same kilns with 



