Report Volume 64, PT. 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... enlarging the output from the deposits which are within easy shipping distance of the Adirondack sulfite mills. According to a leading manufacturer in that section, the output of sulfite fiber by the local plants amounts to about 900 tons a day, for which 135 tons of commercial sulfur, at an average cost of $3300, are consumed. An output of from 400 to 600 tons of pyrite of the grade found in northern New York would be required to supply the equivalent of that amount of sulfur. SALT The salt industry of the State is very important; the annual output amounts to about one-third of the total for the entire country. The local product thus finds an extensixe market, and it is in fact the excellent situation with respect to trade facilities that are supplied by the railroads and canals of the State, more than any other factor apparently, that has been responsible for the continued progress of the industry. Of late years competition has been very keen, owing to the growth of the production in Michigan and the states of the Middle West, which has curtailed the outlet for the local product in that direction. Michigan is also a competitor for the eastern trade in evaporated salt, as a lower cost of manufacture counterbalances to some extent at least the shipping advantages which the local producers enjoy. The latter supply, of course, the greater part of the New York and New England requirements and will doubtless continue to hold a preponderant share of this trade in the future. The rock salt from New York is marketed over a wide territory; until recently it has had no near competitors, though the cheaper grades of evaporated salt are used as a substitute when they can be obtained at sufficiently low prices. Since 1909 Michigan has been a producer of rock salt, a m...