The sun., 1872-11-29
THE CEMENT MOUNTAINS.
WHEN, WHERE, AND NOW THEY
WERE DIsCOVERED.

County Their Beundie-s Resources
2.00O,00O Barrels Of Cenent Dug Out OF
the Mouutaihs in One Year.
Correspondence Of The sun.
KINGSTON, N. Y, Nov. 2.-There arc
few people who have any idea OF the magnitude
of the cement business in this county. From
a rude beginning 1t has grown to be one of the
most important interests in this section. Hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars Of capital are in
vested In II, and thousands Of men are en-
ployed In its manufacture. The cement rock
outcrops in q belt running northeast and south
west. II FIRST appeared in the mountains skirt
ing the Hudson river, few miles north of this
city. From there II extends to the town Of
Rochester, distance Of twenty-five miles,
though II is lost to view at the surface In several
places. Between those points twelve large COM
panies are engaged in the manufacture Of
cement, turning out an aggregate Of 100000
barrels annually. Since the discovery Of cement
new uses have been found for Il, and now even
dwellings and public buildings are constructed
Of II in place Of stone. brick, or wood.
THE DISCOVERY or CEMENT.
The credit OF first discovering this useful arti-
Gle Is due In great measure To Canvass white
lie was young engineer, employed In the CON
structlon Of the Erie Canal. While that great
public work was building, White went TO Eu-
rope to inspect the Roman cement. A view Of
the stone from which It was made recalled n
ledge OF rocks In Madison county, in this State.
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!he w, saine klhu ol STONE ~ thnt "hlGn prouuccu
1919 he visited the Madison county ledge, and
secured fragments OF the rock with these he
then endeavOred to slake ", was done In the
manufacture of lime. But his efforts were un-
In 1919 there lived In Madison county a Dr.
Barstow lie was member of the Canal Board
81 Sommisrl3ners to settle claims He had
dipped into az sorts o. scientihc studies and
was well yersed generally. one day White was
ehper'menting with the stone NJ blacksmith
shop in Chiitenango when Barstow drove up;
try to slake IN the cooling tub, the doctor
suuIeny called OUT D, w hhlte, hlte, PuNeres t thnt
stow.s Advice The result was ' io'o"eD "'-
rnE rrpsr CEMENT MADE IN THIS COUNTRY.
FROM the Madison county ledge all the cement
used m IN c1nstruot,na % the Ere Canal was made.
IN lSo the bullulnR o! the Deiaware ana iud-
son Canal was begun. Many oi Its engineers had
seen service on the Erie. They knew what u
valuable agent cement was In the construction
OF locks, &C, and they were anxious 70 discover
cement along the line of the proposed canal To
went on prospecting tour. They finally found
cement stone at what IL now known "a Bruce
The stone was qusrried and burned by John Lit
ueJohh' carried 70 High talsi near ~, ana
srounn IN the mili OF simeon Depny. In ths
way all the cement used on the canal was made.
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quired In bulk, In sheds erected for the purpose.
ruK ptosrrp c,vrxr ..st-r.erouv
Tn, .n,nmonran'sn, ~, ,hn Crn,on aa',.,,,,
IN New 1Ik IN leS caused nneM demand Tor
rcmeh. IN that wear hugn Mhlte Gt 'nhoes
At what l. now called whiteport IN his honor.
hainlet some iour miles from thls city' re
erectsd Two mus al the Greenkiil grlst MIL,
near Bloomlnedale, and one at whltepor; The
runs oi the former are plainly 10 be seen TO thls
cTSion cSS S RqnedSct @ s% was made Ss'' " ''1 '"'
Upon the competitor OF the a9ueduct Mr..
White discontinued the business. IL was, how
ever. continued by the Honmans. who estab-
ishen u, tne p repu,atloh pI the hosehdaie csnent
tp LOW vons,aersu @ uns prs' Inane. IN -. or
iork began me msnaisctqre p OF cement At Law
ren'e''ie' III tne Town oi hosenu"e'
Thesc yyorls nov, tho ,,oror,y q, ,h. Rec
dale Cement Company have a canarity Of 40
barrels daily. and employ ~ men. SmbseqIently
a corporation styled the Lswrsnoey,lIe dement,
Company began manufhcturing cement nt This
place. II at present makes issOoO barrels an
Al 'nrurcy yiIIe thc nrnceyiIle cement Cor,-
pany's works are locatrd They turn ort niot.f
5000 barrels each season, and give employment
/" gnnsc.r nsgus. i ,rp Sap Vap.S! S ~ parreIs.
-, kei.NSI L rhis ~ ,net. are S W. manuia,inrcs
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-. ri A.. 80, ~, ioo ~ i r. ~
Ia TIa.rsis uay, anu apUut % ~, mvy h"isls unting
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At whiteport there are three companies. The
Newark and Rosendale Cement Company's
works are the largest They turn out about zoo
barrels a day and have capacity for loo barrels
They employ about 80 men The uuArrie. are
entered by tunnels. Two Of them are no feet In
length each, with a perpendicular depth OF $50
feet. Seventy kilns are operated by this COM
panN hitetn OF winch are IN constant use. The
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THE KING OF THE COMPANIES.
The largest works IN the county are those OF
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