Plumbers’ Woodwork HIT 
bath tub was the principal wooden article manufactured, but 
the advent of the more sanitary metal substitute for bathtub 
material brought about a decrease in the total consumption of 
wood. Other articles, such as toilet tanks, grew in importance 
for a while, but are now being replaced by china or metal con- 
‘struction. The utilization of wood in this class of goods still 
makes the industry a factor in the sales of high-grade oak. 
White oak together with birch (the latter often being stained 
in imitation of mahogany) supply the closet toilet seats and 
fronts or visible parts of the tanks. Ash is a favorite wood for 
seats, tanks, washtray rims or frames. Chestnut is reported for 
use as backs for tanks. Sugar maple is used extensively for 
bathroom cabinets and minor equipments. The white pine goes 
mainly into drain boards. 
Since the woodwork is relatively a very minor item in the 
plumbing industry in New York, the 5,424,000 feet reported 
is indicative of a very large manufacturing business in the 
State. The increase of over 200 per cent in the amount of 
wood consumed is probably an evidence of the extension of 
more and better plumbing in residences of all grades. The 
average cost of $85.13 per thousand feet for the raw material 
used by this class of manufactures is an increase of $47.79 
per thousand since 1912. 
TABLE 28 
PLUMBERS’ WOODWORK 
Quantity UsEp 
ANNUALLY Hv eraes Total cost Grownin |Grown out of 
ee a Oo 000 fis 02 BD: New York. | New York. 
Pp feat factory (Feet b. m.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Per cent 
otal we. $a. e. 5,424,000 | 100.00 | $85 13 $461,792 1,170,000 4,254,000 
White pine......... 2,340,000 43.14 | $44 00 $102,960 1,170,000 1,170,000 
White oak:......... 1,110,000 20.47 | 120 00 133; 2008 eee eee 1,110,000 
ISIE SGP AES ae Bones 950,000 17.51 80 00 7G), OOOH Patt. <tc ae 950,000 
SUV DTESS-% «1-12 hoes 2's 284,000 5.23 38 00 LO} TOD ME cB sciences ees 284,000 
BTEC Hee. etc ve lovee) ce ole 280,000 5.16 | 270 00 75 GOON Me rtetetrae eer 280,000 
SECC Ae ds hreh. ate sit 200,000 3.69 | 110 20 ZZSOLOM EN 4 sates tee ators 200,000 
Hard maple. ..*..... 200,000 3.69 | 125 00 Za O00) |e are oieiareteler 200,000 
nestnut.'. 5 jose... 60,000 1.11 | 270 00 GE ZO00) |* cia etteror ete 60,000 
