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January 23. 1893 Record and Guide. 97 Yearly Buildíng Materiai Marl
i.ll9 Stone.................... aii.ilim 2S,iii.0 Hooting................. 18,996 19,460 Plumbiug Material. ... 41753 41,3i9 Houses................... 21,289 10,577 BridRes................. li:(j,954 17l),ii7I Miscelldueøus........... 2i'.9)4 55.765 Totals................ $3.198,891 $1,288,116 1890. 1891. $25,S08 $12,589 36, "84 31, :h9 113,740 15'1,40J 21,303 28,8()> -Value.— 1889. $12,828 33,1^77 74.015 17,679 2,213,338 a,23i.494 1,974,784 1 7J8 2.(153 1,219 11, .92 10,040 9.989 544.. 84 678,-(75 691,989 :V.I,6I8 6-.. 06 6',«7 28^,749 836.972 25.'.l39 48,.i68 l^U.C^ 6i.3j9 :3.ĩ,iHX) 63.599 8.',H;0 17,807 13.992 19,009 34,110 5.6.(117 56,040 51,3i3 82,286 25 136 46,7 J9 24-',«77 6;,5I6 4i',231 19,8:19 45,173 $3,511,276 $1,126,217 S3,561,2ũfl BRICKS.—Although some little animation wos shown atthe commeuce- meut of the year, and fairly full rates cbtained during the greater portion of the seasou proper, the general market for Common Hard bnck has carried a duU tone. Sometimes it was a large D and sometiraes a smaU one; but the refrain of reports trom week to week and month to mouth always proved '• duU," and for qiute a protracted period there was a remarkable uuiformity on the bne of valuati'U. VVehave experienced greater difficulty thii year than usual in obtaiuing positive statements regardiug both the araouut of productiou aud the quautity left at yar s; bui it is the impress on o; some well-i osted operators that the sales of brick from firsl-hand offering.i have exceeded tho uumber made, though tbe sipply thus bandled did uot all pas- directly into a tual cou..umption, as will be uot.íd íurther along. One year a^o our estimate of an approx- imatiou to ûU0,tO ,U 0 stock oii haud was criticised by two or tbree opera- tors, who did uot ha: peu lo 1 e consulled, as excessive; but the results prnved that the fi^ure wa< rather uuder thau over the mark; and it was this libe al hold-ove that increa.'ied the sales boji.ud tho limits of produc- tioD, aiid it is just possible that the mouldiug and burniug ot brick might haye niu dowu into siill narrower proportions, but for couditions under which so many o£ 1 be yards were worked. It is simply the old story of niakiog stock from leasehold propirty upou which payments have to be guaraute^ equiToleut to the buruiag of a specificaũy-uamed uuiober of brick, and makers claiming that even under dull conditions of trade and a tameness on value their losses are somewhat mitigated by producing the fuU amoniit ot quota aud getti'g all the money oiit ot the property pos- sible. The position of mauiifactiirers wbo own their plant entire has been something ot a competitivo one as asainst those working leased yards in view of a more or less direct offort to resort to a sort of freeze-out policy toward tbe lattor and force them, if possible, to quit. Ot course that hM added to tbe oiitput of stoc somewhat and made an additional depressiug facto- upon tbe liue of value which has averagedlower, by a consi(íerable fraction, thau for a great many preceiUuí; seasons, and oven still mo e in buvers' favathau s''Own bv mere price wben the conditiou ot stock is con- cemed. Indeed, tew, if any, ot tue pres-nt generation ot operators can caU to mind a year where quality has avera^ecl so uuiformly bigh, and that result may be attriDutetl to unusually good weather during ^reater portion of regular manufacturing season, no uecessity tor hnrry in w.jrking up stock, aud a (íecidedly esact- ing cuslom always wanting the hest, and frequen'ly p.rmiiting really p(3or loads of stock to Hy weeks unsold, not even eeiii'ig a bid. Briefly, it bas been about a t-ĩ.OO raarket, or lesí. tor a supply probably an good a^ any evermjnufactured, though a great amount of stix!t has gone iato dealers' hands at a eonbiderable bigher flgure under contracts closed early in the season Tbe severe lesson given the wall any seetion of the trade. Id view of the universal cnraplaÍDt over the dull condiiion ot trade, it was nt timas soraewhat diE5- eult to account for tbn diíappearanctí of tbe supplies. In Ibis and sur- rouuding ciiies. bowever, even a slow consuinption may in the aggregate prove a very large one and vast numbers ot brick have been qiiietly absorbed, with deraand probably stiraulated by the low co 7 a''>.UO for a top. with plonty otthemofferÍDg. and somearrivals ot Up-Riversbyend of mouth sold at SViiraV25 per M. shipments from Long Idand aad New Jersey in mean- while about ceasiog. Duriog the eariy portion of Apr I the pressure of plentiful supplies against an unwilling outlet seuled the prce to $4 .51 aĩ.O') for Up-Riversand Í50ia5 50 for Haverstraws. witb washedstoeksélling at Í4.II0 and some Comraon Jersejs at $3 5n pcr M. Abíut the middle of mnnth dealers bc ame cjurageous enough to contract for some :30.000 000 ot the new make. supposed at about ruling ratos, and tbat with lesseii. d arrivals stiffened the tone, and ihe best grades crept up to $6.00 by tbe ond of the month. though with rep .rt that about all the yards were working May was a Dorainal sirt ot month, as the lumber strike was ou. buiMing inter- feied with, demand s-low, and the new ciop commenciug to ĸrrive. The first of the new Uiver^raws snld at $B "U by íchoiuer load, and from tbat the rate weakened off to *5.'(ia'> 7.5. About the poorest stuff cf the feason sold ibis mouth embric ng the clean up of ihe yards, aad went al$l OU, 4.00 al 25 per M. Juno was about as liad aMhe preceding mouth. the check to buildiug by the lumber slriUe causing anaccumulaliĩnof stuck at all poiats ard some ot the yards temporarily stopped working, while it was only an exceptional stock thal $5.5ii per M could be ob ained As soon as the labor trouble in the lumber trade was removed. however, supplies coramenced to rush forward with freedom again, price dropp'd .'Uc. per M, and dur- ing tbe months of July. August, Sep ember aud October the lone of tbe market was simply one dreary monotoay at $5.ii0 per M and uoder cover- ÍDg the Dulk ot busineí-s, and whilj exceptional sales, special brands, etc., now ami tben reached a.ĩc raore, buyers geaerallv cirriel the contiolliug balaoce, especially as supplies were always plentitul an.l freqiiently over- ran the iramediate eshaustive caDucity of the mari'et. Prjduciiou about all cleaie-1 during latler part of Octob-r. The opea weather and coutinued consumptioD raised tho li'uit ot price 'i a'iOc. per M during November aod Dccember. especi«Ily afler the Up-River tows stopped, butdown to the 3Ist of the rrontb there was quite as much supply as the míirket required and no sp cial moasure of siiength showo. AII uands seem tn tbink 11 tbe worst yeur cn record, b'it participate ia a general feeliug of hopefulness that the incoming season will bring iraprovemoiit. Pale Brick have been at a discount wlmost from beginning to end ot season. owiug totne great cheaonefs ot Hards. and ihe major p irtion of th« busioess was consummated principally through the persisleut efforts of receivers in forcing an oudet ihiugb even that plin wa. noc always suc- cossful in securing custom. Once or twice duriug the seasou tbers appeared to I e a little namral demand. but it quickly subsided aud was in tHB main cotfiaed U small cargoes by sail anrl rtquired for soine speciol iob Soihoroughly inilitrerent was general custocn, that even Brooklyn irade turoed a cold sbouIiJe , and f-iiled to aff ird Ihe u*ual vent. Prices were easy naturally under tho conditions meutioned. a'.d wbile a tew early seascn sales went at $:J .50 per M about Í2..5U has bean the average top, with agriat raany soldat*3dcwD. somoof tbe best makes under stress going at $I..5l'aI.75 p^r M. The only meut on we heard of " laramies" was Ihat tbey were being dumped into tbe river to belp flll out for bulk bea.ls. etc, at the yards. ti has been a mighty poor jear f jr all brick, but especiaUy so for luferior stock. Fronts have undergone no very Important change, as comparod with tbe previous year. In tbis immediate vic'nity tha dem'ind for dai k or red shadesconiinueserraiicand mo'leiate. owing to favor sbown tne lighcer colon and the more general use of stoae, and prelty muoh aU Frouts Uftfa
