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The output of natural cement amounted to 287,693 barrels, valued 

 at $142,165, the larger part of which was contributed by a single 

 plant in the Rosendale district of Ulster county. The total for 

 191 1 was 274,973 barrels with a value of $134,900. The average 

 value was approximately 50 cents a barrel in both years. Aside 

 from Ulster county, the only other county which was represented 

 in the industry was Onondaga with three small plants. 



Production of cement in New York 



PORTLAND CEMENT 



Barrels 



Value 



NATURAL CEMENT 



Barrels 



Value 



1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



124 000 

 137 096 

 117 275 

 159 320 

 260 787 

 394 398 

 554 358 

 472 386 

 465 832 

 617 228 

 156 807 

 602 946 

 377 302 

 117 822 



423 374 

 108 450 

 988 874 

 061 019 



364 255 

 416 400 

 495 842 



$279 000 

 287 725 

 205 231 

 278 810 



443 175 

 690 179 

 970 126 



708 579 

 582 290 

 617 228 



521 553 

 031 310 

 245 778 

 046 864 

 766 488 

 214 090 

 813 622 

 761 297 

 939 818 

 930 434 

 488 931 



780 687 

 597 758 

 446 330 

 939 727 

 181 918 

 259 186 



157 917 

 689 167 

 409 085 

 234 131 

 577 340 

 417 137 

 881 630 

 257 698 



691 565 

 137 279 

 623 588 



549 364 

 292 760 



274 973 

 287 693 



$3 074 78i 

 2 805 387 



974 463 

 285 094 

 423 891 

 123 771 

 065 658 

 813 500 

 045 451 

 117 066 

 135 036 

 1 510 529 

 207 883 

 590 689 

 184 211 

 757 730 

 441 136 

 361 605 

 147 202 

 134 900 

 142 165 



With continued favorable conditions in the market, a further in- 

 crease in the State's cement industry may be expected. The annual 

 total should soon exceed 5,000,000 barrels, and it is certain that the 

 local portland industry is destined to become a very prominent 

 factor in that trade. 



For the current year, the increment of an additional plant will 

 appear in the total, as the Millen Portland Cement Co. began opera- 

 tions on April 1st. This company built a new mill at Jamesville, 

 Onondaga county, a few years ago, but did not start production 



