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Show uu PRODUCTION OF PORTLAND CEMENT. The production of Portland cement made a new high record In tho year 1910. From statistics and estimates received by the United States Geological Geolog-ical Survey from about 20 per cent of the companies manufacturing Portland Port-land cement, representing nearly half of the entire output of the country. It Is estimated by E. F. Bnrchard of the survey that the quautitv of Portland cement manufactured In the United States in 1910 was between 75,500,000 nnd 75,000,000 barrels, as compared jwlth G3.50S.471 barrels produced in 1909 an Increase of 10,000400n to 12, 500 000 barrels, or 15 to 20 per cent The figures at hand are derlvod from all parts of the United States, and are therefore considered to be representative represen-tative of the country at large, rather than of any single section or district . Although the average values for 1910 appear, from roturns received thus far. to have been slightly higher than in 1909, prices were far from satisfactory, especially to the large manufacturers In the Lehigh valley district and in certain of the eastern states. The year 1911 opens with prices cut 5 to 10 cents a barrel lower low-er than those prevailing In 1910. The construction of several new plants his been pushed during the year, and several sev-eral plants that were under construction construc-tion in 1909 became producers in 1910, so tht tho kiln capacity remains far In advance of tho domand. |