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market conditions, both as regards demand and prices, showed 

 material improvement, and the outlook is favorable for even greater 

 progress during the current year. There were nine companies in 

 operation, one less than in 1904. The plant of the Wayland Port- 

 land Cement Co., at Wayland, was destroyed by fire in the early 

 part of the year and the company has retired permanently from 

 the business. 



Production of cement in New York 



PORTLAND CEMENT 



Barrels 



Value 



NATURAL CEMENT 



Barrels 



Value 



1890 

 1891 

 1892 



««93 

 1894 

 1805 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1 902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 



65 000 

 87 000 

 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 3° 2 

 117 822 



$140 

 190 



279 

 287 

 205 

 278 



443 

 690 

 970 

 708 

 582 

 617 



1 521 



2 031 



1 245 



2 046 



000 

 250 

 000 



725 

 231 

 810 

 i75 

 i79 

 126 



579 

 290 

 228 

 553 

 3io 

 778 

 864 



3 776 756 

 3 931 306 

 3 780 687 

 3 597 758 

 446 33° 

 939 727 

 181 918 

 259 186 

 i57 9i7 

 689 167 

 3 409 085 



2 234 131 



3 577 34o 

 2 4i7 i37 



1 881 630 



2 257 698 



$2 985 513 



3 046 279 



074 781 



805 387 



974 463 



285 094 



423 891 



123 771 



065 658 



813 500 



045 45i 



r 1 7 066 



135 036 



5io 529 



207 883 



590 689 



The production of natural rock cement amounted to 2,257.698 

 barrels valued at $1, 590,68a In 1004 the output was 1. 881. 630 

 barrels valued at Si, 207,883. Separated as to place of manufac- 

 ture, the Rosendale district (including Schoharie county) accounted 

 for the larger part of the total, its output having been 1,977,698 

 barrels valued at $1,472,489 in 1905 and 1,452,516 barrels valued at 

 $1,011,761 in 1904. Erie county produced 203,000 barrels valued 

 at $86,700 against 332,781 barrels valued at $149,112 in the preced- 

 ing year. The remainder amounting to 77,000 barrels valued at 

 $31,500 in 1905 and 96,333 barrels valued at $47,010 in IQ04 came 

 from Onondaga county. There were 12 companies active, a loss 

 of two for the year. The plant of the Cummings Cement Co., at 

 Akron, was closed down for the purpose of making extensive altera- 

 tions and additions, but it is soon to be reopened. The Potter- 

 Brown Cement Works at Manlius were also inoperative. The 

 property formerly owned by the Jamesville Milling Co. has bee" 

 taken over by the Thomas Millen Co., of Wayland, 



