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market. Owing to the great building activity that prevailed during 

 1905, the whole product of that year was practically disposed of 

 by the close of the brick-making season, and the plants carried 

 little or no stock through the winter. Before the opening of the 

 yards in the spring of 1906 there was a veritable brick famine. 

 Prices reached an unprecedented high level; as much as $10 a"d 



Output of common brick in the Hudson river region in 1905 



COUNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 

 PLANTS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 

 PRICE 

 PER M 



Albany .... 



8^ 



5 

 17 



7 

 12 



8 

 31 



1 



66 500 000 



84 750 000 

 181 683 000 



55 719 000 

 160 530 000 



25 250 000 

 302 625 000 

 265 368 000 



76 893 000 



$439 238 



520 500 

 I 258 937 



377 470 



1 on 006 



133 350 



2 144 210 

 I 776 035 



530 465 



$6 61 

 6 09 



6 93 

 6 77 



6 67 



5 28 



7 08 



6 69 

 6 90 



Colum.bia . . . 



Dutchess 



Greene 



Orange 



Rensselaer. . . 



Rockland 



Ulster 



Westchester 





Total 



119 



I 219 318 000 j $8 191 211 



$6 54 





Output of common brick in the Hudson river region in 1906 



COUNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 

 PLANTS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 

 PRICE 

 PER M 



Albany 



Columbia 



Dutchess 



Greene 



II 



6 



19 



6 



12 



9 

 33 

 26 



9 



74 083 000 



84 500 000 

 167 132 000 



64 690 000 

 189 180 000 



31 776 000 

 296 145 000 

 252 665 000 



70 621 000 



$461 399 

 489 750 



975 410 

 390 748 



I 170 695 

 173 906 



I 767 012 



I 46s 457 

 458 000 



$6|23 

 ^ 80 



5 82 



6 04 

 6 19 



5 48 



III 



6 46 



Orange. . ... 



Rensselaer 



Rockland 



Ulster 



Westchester 



Total 



131 



I 230 692 000 



$7 352 377 



$5 98 



even $12 a thousand" was paid for the available supply. With the 

 resumption of manufacture they rapidly fell to $8 or $9, and as 

 the season advanced they continued to decline due to a slacken- 

 ing in building operations. As the plants had been brought up 



