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a decrease for the preceding year of $737,940 or 12 per cent. It 

 should be noticed that the totals as given are not inclusive of slate, 

 millstones or limestone used for cement manufacture, which are 

 reported separately. 



Of the different branches of the industry represented in the State, 

 the granite trade showed a slight improvement, increasing from 

 $148,633 in 191 1 to $202,086 last year. The yield, however, was 

 below the average of earlier years. 



The limestone quarries contributed more than one-half of the 

 total for the year, with a product valued at $3,510,495. The figures 

 for 191 1 were $3,174,161. The use of limestone for crushed stone 

 accounts for its predominant importance, though it is also largely 

 employed for lime making, furnace flux, and for building stone. 



There was a slight falling off in the value of the marble quarried 

 which amounted to $241,847, against $278,041 in the preceding 

 year. The decrease was in the building stone supplied by the south- 

 eastern New York quarries. 



The sandstone quarries contributed an output valued at $1,280,743 

 against $1,060,106 in 191 1. The increase of about 20 per cent did 

 not restore the industry to the high level reached a few years ago, 

 but indicated a temporary check at least to the decline that has 

 recently taken place, incident to the unsatisfactory conditions of 

 the flagstone trade. 



The trap quarries in the Palisades section reported an output 

 scarcely more than one-half that of previous years, in actual figures. 

 $483,863 as compared with $899,414 in 191 1. The decrease has 

 been due to the shutting down of some of the river quarries by 

 their inclusion in the new Palisades Park. 



Production of stone in 1910 



BUILD- 

 ING 



STONE 



MONU- 

 MENTAL 



CURBING 

 AND 

 FLAG- 

 GING 



CRUSHED 



STONE 



ALL 

 OTHER 



TOTAL 

 VALUE 



Granite $40 911 



Limestone 99 049 



Marble , 252 965 



Sandstone 387 408 



Trap 



$12 989 

 88 '684 



a 

 $3 888 



480 132 



Total 



$78o 333 



$101 673 



$484 020 



$91 988 

 1 815 809 



225 408 

 908 931 



$98 875 



1 327 061 



231 



358 8 4 £ 



75 



$244 763 

 3 245 807 



341 880 

 1 451 796 



909 006 



$3 042 136 



$1 785 090 



$6 193 252 



a Included under "All other. 



