64 Wood-Using Industries of New York 
struck without serious indentation, resists decay in contact with 
water, and finishes well. Its capacity to resist splintering when 
bumped is important. 
Ship and boat building is an industry in which substitution 
has been going on steadily. 
have taken the place of wood to a great extent. 
In larger vessels steel and iron 
For pleasure 
boats of less than 80 feet in length, however, wood is preferred. 
TABLE 7 
Suip AND Boat BUILDING 
Quantity UsEep 
Grown out of 
New York. 
(Feet b. m) 
61,836,000 
32,342,000 
9,162,000 
6, 200,000 
4,190,000 
3,199 ,000 
320 ,000 
292,000 
285,000 
233,000 
204,000 
150,000 
142,000 
75,000 
97 ,000 
82,000 
53,000 
40 ,000 
34,000 
30 ,000 
32,000 
30,000 
23,000 
ANNUALLY svernEe Total cost Grown in 
Kinp or Woop Ty o00| £0: b- New York. 
oe F factory (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Percent oe 
LY bos) eter ache 62,815,000 | 100.00 | $65 52 | $4,115,727 979,000 
Southern yellow pine| 32,342,000 51.49 5AVS6 bl 074, 2825) o : ole ee 
Wihiteoak..o..:2. 52 9,838,000 15.66 76 09 748 ,573 676 ,000 
Douglas fir......... 6,200,000 9.88 43 28 2687336" liebe e. a ee 
White pine......... 4,399 ,000 7.00 85 72 377 ,082 209 ,000 
SpPEUCE=: fe 26 )-fers chore, « 3,207,000 5 1L 59 09 189 , 502 8,000 
IB aleaacicrssgtascisreer. 2 2,500,000 3.99 | 110 00 2753000) |, «ten eeeee 
Western white pine. . 752,000 1.20 82 91 62,348: ra ae ase 
Sitka spruce........ 500,000 .80 92 50 46,200) |y Groeten oak eee 
Gypresse sc: 2 acbnes.- 493 ,000 .79 88 61 43,000.)|\ esac ees 
Agha) Sa cece Seth: se 325,000 .52 | 168 68 A S214 lever ee 
Yellow poplar....... 320,000 .51 | 157 23 60,314. |) 22 epee 
Mahogany......... 292,000 47 | 214 14 625529. | se. eae 
Loblolly pine. ...... 285,000 .46 67 74 19/--306.|02.. soa 
Arborvitae........- 258,000 .42 88 85 21,923 25,000 
Southern white cedar 204 ,000 230 84 90 14,320) | «tac noee 
Port Orford cedar... 150,000 .24 | 150 00 22,500: |: ae Sepa 
@hestnute. 75 so. oes 146 ,000 sue 41 81 6,104 4,000 
Birchng sacs ste or 4 115,000 .18 | 100 00 11,500 40,000 
Hardamaple. osche.- 102 ,000 .16 58 27 5,944 5,000 
ENnCKOLYes sees erst 83,000 13 | 116 66 9,683 1,000 
Hemilocke- acres be: 53,000 -08 45 00 2.3851 | jaiteceee® 
LO ins o aaah se Gas 40,000 .06 48 00 1';920 °°) ~. ieee 
Sugar pine......... 34,000 .05 | 101 18 3,440 9 be coehon eee 
Butternut: - Poko oso. 33,000 .05 | 225 00 7,425 3,000 
Male gs Secterea che ees 32,000 .05 | 709 52 2275 705 Ww cx. rca serdonegs 
Western red cedar... 30,000 .04 95 65 2, BO At beer 
WEOCUBELE Cats jee as 23,000 .03 75 00 VAGZ5 |) wom seer 
Southern red cedar. . 20 ,000 .03 90 00 J, SOO; jl\,..2s +4 as opie 
Tamarack.......... 18,000 02 52 50 O45 os ee eee 
Basswood.......... 10,000 .01 | 170 00 1,700 5,000 
Lignum-vitae....... 6,000 .01 |. 300 00 900) '| (Arar eaee 
Redioalkes: ccd) aces 2,000 * | 200 00 400 a cctecrs ctor 
Cherry (black)...... 2,000 * | 175 00 350 2,000 
Black walnut....... 1,000 * | 180 00 180 1,000 
* Less than one-hundreth of one per cent. 
