128 Discussion of Industries 
textile trade. Maple, the next wood in amount used, is made 
into spools, bobbins, and reel work. Yellow poplar is used for 
spool heads, basswood for reels, and dogwood for bobbins and 
spool heads. Beech, maple, and birch —the important Adir- 
ondack hardwoods — are still the leading woods in this in- 
dustry, but notwithstanding the fact that these woods are 
native, still a little over 50 per cent came from outside the 
State. In 1912 the State supplhed three-fourths of the amount 
used. 
TABLE 35 
SHUTTLES, SPOOLS, AND BOBBINS 
Quantity UsEp 
ANNUALLY Average] Total cost | Grown in |Grown out of 
Kixyp oF Woop |———__—_- San f. 0. b. New York. | New York. 
p feet factory (Feet b. m.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Per cent 
Wptalenccee sec 2,310,000 | 100.00 | $42 55 $98, 280 1,125,000 1,185,000 
Bective ce caccsniia 1,000,000 43.28 | $35 00 $35,000 500 , 000 500,000 
Hard maple........ 750,000 32.36 45 00 33,750 350,000 400 ,000 
IBIrchins. «cece oe otis 400,000 17.31 44 00 17,600 200,000 200 ,000 
Yellow poplar....... 60,000 2.47 53 00 3, LSOWl): cere e eee 60,000 
IBERSWOOG’. 50s cris cleo 50,000 2.29 35 00 1,750 50,000) |) ones 
Dogwood..:......-.5 50,000 2.29 | 140 00 7,000 25,000 25,000 
ExectricaL MAcHINERY AND APPARATUS 
Some of the largest electrical supply houses of the Nation 
are located in this State. While these establishments work 
primarily in metal, yet they consumed 2,216,000 feet of lumber 
m 1979, 
This material is used in the manufacture of signal devices 
of which the railroads are large consumers, and in making 
parts of electrical machines and devices, such as base blocks, 
switch handles, and other small parts. The report for 1912 
included material used for wire reels, under “ Electrical 
Machinery and Apparatus.’”’ In this report it has been thought 
best to place reels under the “ Miscellaneous” heading. These 
reels which formerly drew heavily upon spruce are now using 
much beech. In 1912 there was a total of 4,602,860 feet of 
