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GEOLOGY OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 
especial notice. Drift grooves, generally vertical strata, with strike varying from due north 
to north 45° east. On the shore of the Hudson the rock is in view most of the distance, and 
generally precipitous. 
Statistic and other Details. 
Cost of building and other materials. 
1. The market value of earth for filling up docks or streets, depends on circumstances, and 
varies accordingly from twelve to thirty cents per cubic yard. Average eighteen cents. 
2. The same amount per cubic yard is also paid for excavations of earth, and removal of 
the same out of the way. 
3. The market value of rough stone for basements, wharves, etc. is one dollar per load, 
which, for one horse, is nine cubic feet. 
4. Stone in shape for curbstone, bears a price of forty cents per cubic foot. 
5. Stones in shape for gutters are thirty cents per cubic foot. The materials of Nos. 4 and 
5, were formerly brought from Connecticut, at a price of seventy cents per cubic foot, but 
within the last year they have been furnished from the mouth of the Rondout on the Hudson 
below' Kingston, and the Connecticut stone is thrown out of the market. 
6. The amount paid for excavating stone depends on the nature of the stone and the faci¬ 
lities for getting it out of the way, and varies from ninety to one hundred and ten cents per 
cubic yard. 
The marble for the City Hall was obtained from West-Stockbridge, and was brought to 
Hudson thirty miles by land, and thence by water to this city. 
The number of loads of manure sold by the Corporation, from September 1837, to Sep¬ 
tember 1838, I have ascertained to be as follows : 
September, 1837,. 
October “ ... 
. 15,801 
... 11,326 
November “ _ 
. 9,728 
December “ _____ 
. 8,242 
January, 1838,. 
February “ ____ 
. 7,525 
. 730 
March “ ....._ 
. 15,000 
April “ .. 
May “ .. 
. 26,328 
. 18,009 
June “ .. 
July “ . 
. 16,392 
.. 12,699 
August “ .... 
.. 15,349 
157,129 
