Motor Vehicles 8] 
render it matchless for the purpose. It is the king of woods 
for the motor industry, being used for more purposes as well 
as in greater quantity than any other. Several manufacturers 
note their appreciation of this wood and regret that a larger 
supply is not available having the qualities of that grown in 
New York. It appears in the bentwood bows for tops, seats, 
bodies, wheels, and even in the chassis of certain well known 
ears. Maple and oak go into bodies of both pleasure cars and 
trucks, with paneling of ash, oak, maple, elm, and poplar. 
Seats are of yellow poplar, ome and ash. Bodies of heavy 
trucks have frames of oak, mpl, and yellow pine, with floor- 
ing and steering-wheel rims of maple. Hickory, ash, and oak 
are the main components of motor wheels, and here again the 
makers call for a larger supply of New York-grown hickory, 
as well as basswood for panels. In the bodies of light trucks 
and in repairs, the other species mentioned are all utilized, 
except mahogany which is reserved for trimmings of the finest 
touring cars. Rosewood, though not tabulated, is also used for 
this purpose. 
Recently the Forest Service canvassed all the automobile 
manufacturers of the United States, asking what woods were 
best adapted to the different parts of the wooden construction. 
The following table is a condensation of the major part of the 
replies received. The figures opposite each species indicate 
the number of makers who choose that wood for the purpose 
at the top of the column. 
Woods Chosen by Manufacturers of Automobiles and the Purposes to which 
They Are Adapted 
Bopy Parts 
Run- 
2 Door Floor Seat P Top 
Spokes} Rims frames | boards | boxes Beads bows 
Straight| Bent 
Pstinee tay. < Aetna oe s 7 41 28 36 26 11 16 33 
Oak 7 23 10 10 27 14 13 26 
BT SO ee Sen 4 15 23 AE Wears ae 9 1 6 
Ewe 22 18 15 5 Cll hie ge 
6 2 2 5 6 2 1 
Yellow POAT isa tai lee d-1~1- sachs 9 1 2 7 iC Hi) Neeereet ord (accused 
BAICKOTY/2i052 2 ss's'e  s 55 OE s: eehelcte We [ee ahatelsiavern [phe sate oe |+ aercilere. wine) | erases 5 
