VALUE OF VARIOUS KINDS OF STONE PRODUCED IN 1893 AND 1894.
Value of different kinds of stone produced in the United States
during the years
1893 and 1894.
|
Kinds. |
1893. |
1894. |
|
Granite |
$8,808,934 |
$10,029,156 |
|
Marble |
2,411,092 |
3,199,585 |
|
Slate |
2,523,173 |
2,790,324 |
|
Sandstone |
5,195,151 |
3,945,847 |
|
Limestone |
13,947,223 |
16,512,904 |
|
Bluestone |
a1,000,000 |
a900,000 |
|
Total |
33,885,573 |
37,377,816 |
a Estimated.
An inspection of this table shows a gain of $3,492,243 for the year 1894 for all the kinds of stone considered. Production of granite, marble, slate, and limestone has increased, while a falling off is evident in the cases of sandstone and bluestone.
The gain in granite output is due to the increased business of quite a small number of important producers, chiefly in New England. Many small producers have not, however, enjoyed prosperity; in not a few instances, indeed, quite the reverse has been true, even to the extent of a complete shutting down of all operations on the part of some, owing to the depression which has been felt by all commercial enterprises during the past two years.
The increase in marble output is due to increased activity in Georgia and New York.
The slate industry during the past year has been recovering lost ground to some extent, but the activity shown in 1894 is very noticeably less than that which has characterized the early part of the present year, 1895.
For reasons given further on in connection with the sandstone article, the production of sandstone has fallen off very decidedly.
Limestone shows a very marked increase, but this may be accounted for in part by the exceptionally thorough and searching canvass of the limestone producers which has been made in compiling the statistical data for 1894.
The figure for bluestone is an estimate, but is made on satisfactory evidence of a general character and is probably quite close to the truth in showing, as it does, a falling off in valuation. Prices for bluestone have been declining for sometime past.
VALUE OF STONE PRODUCED IN 1894, BY STATES.
The following table shows the values of the different kinds of stone produced in 1894, by States:
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