Official documents, comprising the department and other reports made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania . .309,052 8,758,6218,119,9398,633,4558,692,7989,510,35510,812,,74217,753,,274 $7,152,,063,1315,,027,3746,,648,61310,,860,73115,393,109 Imports. Exports. Consumption. Year. Barrels. Value. Barrels. Value. Barrels. Value. 1S92 3,254,183 13, $169,538 11,905,000 $10,361,543 1893 ,532 3, 112,518 11,573,451 ,737 1894 3,. 3, 120,967 180,8^1 12,137,95-1 ,708
Official documents, comprising the department and other reports made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania . .309,052 8,758,6218,119,9398,633,4558,692,7989,510,35510,812,,74217,753,,274 $7,152,,063,1315,,027,3746,,648,61310,,860,73115,393,109 Imports. Exports. Consumption. Year. Barrels. Value. Barrels. Value. Barrels. Value. 1S92 3,254,183 13, $169,538 11,905,000 $10,361,543 1893 ,532 3, 112,518 11,573,451 ,737 1894 3,. 3, 120,967 180,8^1 12,137,95-1 ,708 1895 ,520 3,873,123 131,541 ,798 9,931,572 1896. 3,561,160 3,394,426 69,632 103,315 12,195,959 9,369,700 1897, 2,787,760 2, 61,759 13,538,006 10, 1898, 2,624,228 98,121 15,764,942 12,749,929 1899 2,858,286 213,457 ,530 IS, 505,.560 1900 ,245 3,330,445 186,586 ,933 368 The growth of the consumption of cement given by periods often rears is as follows: ,1870,1880,1890,1900, Poundsper capita. No. 9. CEMENT INDUSTRY. 81 Generally, therefore ,it I^y be safely said that the cement in-dustry is growing rapidly, but most especially is this the ease withthe manufacture of Portland cement, the production of which thisyear is expected to largely exceed all previous years. Growth of the Industry in Pennsylvania.—As stated in the his-torical portion of this article, the first successful works in theUnited States were those of Mr. David O. Say lor, at Coplay, Le-high county, Pa., and this plant, together with the works of theWampun Cement Company, in Lawrence county, were the firstproducers in the State of Pennsylvania. It was practically thesetwo works that furnished the 85,000 barrels of Portland cementmentioned in the census of 1882, and during the early years ofthe industry, when, after the Wampun works ceased to be a largeproducer, it was
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