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Xew Yoek at the Woeld's Columbian Expositiok. 



Catalogue of Building Stones in the New Yokk Scientific Exhibit, 



Geoup 44. 



Marbles. 

 Masterton & Hall, Tuckahoe. 

 A,L. Pritchard, Pleasantville. 

 N. Y. State Quarry, Sing Sing. 

 St. Lawrence Marble Co., Gouverneur.. 

 N". Y. Geol. Surv., Hastings. 

 Serpentine marble, Thurman. 

 C. Slade, Saratoga. 

 Coral sliell marble, Beecraft's Mt. 

 Thomas & Babcock, Waterloo. 



Sandstones. 



Baldwin & Hinds, Hindsburg. 

 Hewitt Boice, Rondout. 



A. F. Bouton, Roxbury. 

 Burhans & Brainard, Saugerties. 

 P. G. Clarke Bluestone Co., Oxford. 

 Potsdam Red Sandstone Co., Potsdam. 

 D. Parmeter, Potsdam. 

 Albert Dibble, Belvidere. 

 Mr. Gotts, Medina. 

 Horan Bros., Medina. 



L. W. Hotchkiss, Lewiston. 



F. A. ElgoUr, Parker's Glen. 



G. C. McClune, Ithaca. 

 Peter Pitkin's Sons, Rochester. 

 Shear & Co., Schenectady. 



J. Osterhoudt, "Wilbur. 

 Ulster Bluestone Co., Maiden. 

 Warsaw Bluestone Co., Warsaw. 



B. _B. Mason, Keeseville, 

 J. Kevins & Sons, Walton. 



A. D. Symonds, Elmira. 



Limestones. 



B. & J. Carpenter, Lockport. 

 Adams Bros., Chaumont. 



J. B. Berridge, Hudson. 

 Duford & Sons, Chaumont. 

 P. Callanan, South Bethlehem. 

 Poery & Kastner, Rochester. 

 Glens Falls Co., Glens Falls. 

 Morris & Strobel, Le Roy. 

 Wm. Reilly, Cobleskill. 

 A. E. Shaper, Canajoharie. 

 Eben Thomas, Prospect. 

 D. C. Hewitt, Amsterdam. 

 J. Shanahan, Tribes Hill. 

 S. W. Clarke, Willsborough Pt. 

 D. R. & H. Fogelsanger, BufCalo. 



Gbanitb. 



Thousand Island Granite Co., Montreal, 

 Can. ; two cubes. 



King Granite Co., Garrison's; one cube 

 also from State Museum. 



B. B. Mason, Keeseville. 



Mt. Eve Granite Co., Warwick. 



F. Larkins, Sing Sing; (in obelisk) one 

 cube from Museum collection. 



J. E. Bailey, Cold Spring on Hudson. 



Greenfield Quarry. 



Luzerne Quarry. 



White & Allen, Saratoga. 



Diabase. 

 Jas. Bennett, Graniteville, Staten Island. 



Roofing Slate. 



R. Hall, Whitehall; red slate for roof- 

 ing and interior decoration. 



Ornamental Slate Co., Middle Granville, 

 N. Y. ; green and red slate. 



Slab of slate from same locality, exhib- 

 ited by N. Y. State Museum. 



Flagstones. 

 Persbacher Bros.,Callicoon. 

 Horan Bros. . Medina. 



K"OTE ON THE ROAD METALS OF NEW YOEK. 



By HEINRICH RIES. 



The rocks used for road metal in JSTew York State are diabase (trap), 

 granite, gneiss, limestone, sandstone, shale and gravel. 



Many of the local stone quarries which are scattered over the State 

 sell for road metal the rock obtained in stripping off the upper layers 

 from their quarries. There are a few large quarries which are operated 

 for obtaining road metal alone, and which deserve special mention. 



Fort Lee trap quarries. Many tons of material are quarried annu- 

 ally from the Palisades north of Fort Lee. The material, which is 

 exceedingly tough, is either dressed for paving blocks or crushed for 



