Bishop — Geology of Erie County. 



well, except the pointed extremity, the eye being very clearly seen. The 

 body and two caudal appendages are preserved on the same slab. 



Entomostraca. 



Leperditia alta, Hall. 



Brachiopoda. 



Five forms of Discina, probably including: 

 Discina (ampla) grandis, Hall (?). 

 Discina discus, Hall. 

 Lingula rectilatera, Hall. 



Marine Algae. 



Order Floridea. 



Chondrites graminiformis, Lesquereux. 

 Bythotrephis Lesquereuxi, Grote and Pitt. 



The officers of the Buffalo Cement Co. are: President, Lewis J. Bennett; 

 Vice-President and Treasurer, P. J. Wood ; Secretary, Leslie J. Bennett. The 

 city office is at 110 Franklin street, Buffalo. 



A statement of the interests concerned in cement manufacture is ah en 

 in the following table : 



CEMENT PRODUCERS AND PRODUCT, ERIE COUNTY, N. Y. 



Manifacturer. 



Location. 



Thickness 

 of Stratum. 



Fuel. 



Product per Annum. 



Cummings Cement Co 



H. L. & W. C. Newman. 

 Akron Cement Co 



Akron 



Falkirk 

 Falkirk ... 

 Buffalo 



7 ft 



7i ft 



8 ft 



Loyal Sock coal 



Soft coal 



200,000 bbls. 

 135,000 to 140,000 bbls. 

 140,000 bbls. 

 300,000 bbls. 



Buffalo Cement Co 



5 ft. 8 in 



Coke 









Quicklime. 



The lime produced within the county is made from the Onondaga and 

 Corniferous limestones. From the former, lime of excellent quality is 

 burned in the kilns of R. & H. Fogelsonger, at Williamsville, and in th"-.- 

 of J. S. Young, about a mile northeast of that village, the product of both 

 being marketed together. Wood is used for fuel, aided somewhat ;it the 



