THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 1914 



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an increase of about 30 per cent for the year, and the largest out- 

 put in the history of the industry. The demand for paving brick 

 has developed rapidly with the growing recognition that they are 

 one of the few materials which will withstand the hard usage of 

 modern street traffic. In the last few years particularly they have 

 come into general favor and are now being utilized for the rebuild- 

 ing of many highways throughout the State. In the year 19 14 a 

 total of 49,374,169 paving brick were laid on State roads, or more 

 than the local production. Most of the output of the local yards 

 was shipped outside, less than one-fourth being used within the 

 State. The production of paving brick in the last decade is given 

 in the accompanying table. 



Production of paving brick in New York 



YEAR 



QUANTITY 



VALUE 



VALUE A 

 THOUSAND 



NUMBER 



OF 

 PLANTS 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 I9IO 

 I9II 

 1912 



1913 

 1914 



13 984 OOO 



11 472 000 



12 296 000 



14 570 000 



12 278 000 

 19 762 OOO 



23 993 000 

 18 249 000 

 35 666 000 

 46 696 000 



$180 004 

 178 on 

 184 306 

 211 289 

 207 970 



333 5ii 

 388 479 

 382 984 

 576 970 

 680 226 



;i2 87 



15 51 

 14 98 



14 50 



16 27 



16 88 



16 



15 

 16 



TERRA COTTA 



The production of terra cotta is carried on by several plants in 

 the southern part of the State. The materials used are brought 

 in from New Jersey, with the exception of some clays used in 

 glazing. The output in 1914 had a value of $892,630, which as 

 compared with the value of $1,113,322 reported in the preceding 

 year, represented a decline of 10 per cent. The unsettled business 

 conditions accounted for the decline. 



DRAIN TILE 



The entire output for the year had a value of $92,938 and was 

 produced by fourteen firms operating in Albany, Cayuga, Erie, 

 Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Saratoga, and Washington 

 counties. The falling off from the preceding year when the pro- 



