March 2, 1912





RECORD   AND   GTTIDE





441





paints as by-products the operations of
which would be disclosed. The total
quantity cannot b6 shown for white lead
in oil, as the operations of individual es¬
tablishments making it as a by-product
would be disclojcd. There were reported
by establishments making it as a chief
product 246,oG7,570 pounds in 1900 and
210,400,450 in 1004, an increase of 14 per
cent. The total quantity of paste in oil
reported was 165,03■'^,•3,53 pounds in 1901'
and 134,2S0,0U0 in 1904, an increase of 23
per cent. Of paint already mixed for use
a total of .34.2-S0,4l7 gallons was reported
in 1909 and 22.7.jo,01.S in 1!H)4, an increase
of 51   per cent.

The total quantity of varnishes made in
190!) was 34,009,O.S3 gallons and 19.943,52G
in 1004, an increase of 71 per cent. The
quantity of this total consumed by es¬
tablishments where manufactured was
4,4117,312 gallons in 19.09 and 013,684 in
l!)l)4.

Of the articles which are reported to
have gained in consumption in 1011 may
be mentioned zincs, blacks in the dry color
list, and of the miscellaneous list such
articles as barytes, chalk, whiting and
lithopone, although these miscellaneous
articles do not owe all their activity to
demand from the paint trade. Varnish
gums made a fine record in the closing
months of the year." but could not over¬
come the handicap of the slower seasons
earlier in the year. China wood oil occu¬
pied a peculiar position late in the year, as
the revolution in China cut off ship;nents
and available supplies became very
meager, which had the effect of raising
prices to record figures. White lead is
reported as showing a slight decline, al¬
though lower prices in the latter part of
the year brought forth a number of large-
orders, and some large dealers say the
business was about on a par with that
of 1910. The lead oxides were in accord
with tbe genei-al market and showed no
gain over tbe preceding year, although
prices were lowered to a point where the
manufacturer is said to drive little profit.

Stoue.

The entire stone market is dull. Whole¬
salers who stacked heavily on supple-
mentals during November are trying to
clear off their winter stocks and prices
are therefore somewhat weaker than
usual. There is littJe demand for gran¬
ite, limestone or bluestone. but there is
some encouragement reported in the in¬
terior marble fleld. Slate flooring 1 in.
thick can be bought for 20 cents a sq.
foot for ribbon grades. Clear black now
sells at 35c to 40c. at which price Ver¬
mont slate holds._ Marble flooring re-ady
to lay is -jOc to 7oc a sq. foot and Italian
marble tarings 70c  to 90c just now.

Crushed stone suffers with other com¬
modities that require sand in their use.
One and a half in. sizes bring SO to 85
tent^ a cu. yd; three-quarter in. brings 90
cents to a dollar, at which price screen¬
ings are sold. These prices are for full
cargo lots alongside dock, N. Y.





Queens Borough Public Offices.

The present housing of the administra¬
tive offl'ces of the President of the Bor¬
ough of Queens is very poor. President
Connolly says the accommodations are
ridiculous, and has asked for an appro¬
priation of .$500,000 of corporate stock for
the erection of a suitable borough hall.





—Manor Hall at Yonkers has been reno¬
vated and opened  as a State  museum.





■—With removal sa)es going on at two
of the leading stores in West 23d street,
Horner's and Dutton"s, that famous re¬
tail thoroughfare seems to be somewhat
out   of   sorts.





—Tugboats under charter to the State
Superintendent of Public Works are
at this writing breaking a channel
through the ice on the Hudson River
from 'New York to Albany, and thus
prevent the yearly overflow of water in the
Hudson.





—The amount of coal mined in tlie
United States in 1910, according to flgures
of the United States Geological Survey,
was greatei- by 10,000,000 tons than the
total tonnage which had been rained up
to the close of the year 1871.





—The Public Service Commission has
ordered the Nassau Electric Railroad Com¬
pany to install, prior to March 1. a tem¬
porary waiting-room or waiting car _for
the protection of passengers at Bay 3..)th
Street station on the "W^est End Line. The
Commission also issued an order extend¬
ing the time of the Brooklyn Union Ele¬
vated Railroad Company to complete its
station at Cypress Hills from Febraury
15  to  August 15,  1913,







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