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and for front brick $16.20, which compare with $5.67 and $13.48, 

 the respective averages for 1904. 



Hudson river region. The counties along the Hudson river are 

 the largest producers of building brick in the State. Owing to 

 the extensive market afforded by New York city and the low costs 

 of transport by river, the industry in this section is exceptionally 



Output of brick in the Hudson river region in 1904 





Number 













Averag 



e 



County 



of 







utput 



Value 



price 







plants 













per M 





Albany 



8 



78 



5oo 



000 



S462 



973 



SS 



90 



Columbia 



4 



73 



280 



000 



420 



500 



5 



74 



Dutchess 



i7 



167 



319 



000 



932 



907 





S 8 





4 



38 



051 



000 



232 



924 



I 



12 





9 



121 



803 



000 



690 



064 



5 



67 





6 



17 



232 



000 



8 .5 



964 



4 



98 





34 



2 39 



813 



000 



1 422 



43 6 



5 



93 



Ulster 



21 



219 



106 



000 



1 274 



284 



5 



82 



Westchester. 



7 



54 



734 



000 



3 2 4 



045 



5 



92 



Total 



1 1 



1 009 



838 



000 



$5 846 



097 



$5 79 



Output of brick in the Hudson river region in 1905 





Number 













Average 



County 



of 







utput 



Value 



price 







plants 













per M 





Albany 



8 



66 



500 



000 



§439 



238 



$6 



61 





5 



84 



75o 



000 



520 



500 



6 



09 





17 



181 



683 



000 



1 258 



937 



6 



93 





7 



55 



7i9 



000 



377 



470 



6 



77 



Orange 



12 



160 



53° 



000 



I Oil 



006 



6 



67 





8 



25 



250 



000 



J 33 



35° 



5 



28- 



Rockland 



3i 



302 



625 



000 



2 144 



210 



7 



08 



Ulster 



2 3 



265 



368 



000 



1 776 



°35 



6 



69 



Westchester 



8 



76 



893 



000 



53° 



465 



6 



90 



Total 



119 



1 219 



3i8 



000 



$8 191' 



2 1 1 



$6 54 



situated so far as commercial conditions are concerned. There is 

 probably no other region in the world where the manufacture of 

 brick has attained to similar proportions. The counties included 

 in this region are Rensselaer, Albany, Columbia, Greene, Ulster, 

 Dutchess, Orange, Rockland and Westchester. With the excep- 



