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Travis & Kingsbury, Hale Eddy 

 Erie. Hale Eddy: 250 cars a year, two to three men, hand* 

 derrick. 



Kood creek switch: 450 (20 ton) cars a year, two to four- 

 men employed, hand derrick. 



Randall Bros. Hancock 

 0. &W. Tunnel switch: 50 cars a year. 

 Erie. Hancock: 250 cars a year, two men employed. 



Deposit stone co. Deposit 

 Erie. Deposit: 200 (20 ton) cars a year, two men employed: 

 loading. 



Sand bank switch: 25 cars a year, two men employed 

 loading. 



Sands creek switch: 125 (20 ton) cars a year, three men 

 employed. . 



P. J. Madden, Deposit 

 Erie. Sand bank switch: 150 to 200 cars a year. 



Henry Prigge, LordviUe 

 Erie. Kilgore's switch: 40 to 50 cars a year, two men em- 

 ployed. 



Standard bluestone co. Jersey City 

 Erie. Lordville: 196 (20 ton) cars a year, two yardmen. 



G.W. Kazen stein ,. Hancock 

 0. & W. Hancock: 125 cars a year. 



Average value of carload of stone of 20 tons is $90. 

 During 1900 the cost of freight from above docks to markets- 

 in Jersey City was $1.55 a ton, in New York $2.15 a ton and in 

 Philadelphia $2 a ton. 



QUARRIES IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES 



Oneonta, Otsego co. 



Bluestone quarry of Olds & Miller, situated north of West 

 Davenport, 5 miles east of Oneonta. A very fine quality of 

 hand dressed stone is produced. The stone is of good blue 

 color and fine grained, and takes tooling nicely. The bed of 

 stone is S feet thick with 8 to 9 feet of stripping of rock and 

 clay. The lifts vary from 4" to 8" and are smooth. The prod- 

 uct includes flag and all varieties of edge stone. The market 



