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Electrical Machinery and A pparatus 1 
all species reported as used in the industry. The amount 
today is only one-half as great, but a large amount can be 
accounted for in the reel industry. Obiiacquenitly the use of 
wood in this electrical industry is not decreasing as much as it 
would appear from Table 36. 
Pine, arborvitae, and cypress are used mostly for signal 
devices because they can resist severe weathering conditions. 
Hard maple makes excellent baseboards for all baad of small 
electrical instruments. 
In 1912 23 species were reported in use and now but 7 are 
listed. This is a marked falling off in variety. Although 
95 per cent of the wood used is native to New York only about 
one-third of the white pine reported was home grown, while 
all the other species are reported as imported. The average 
price has risen from $29.10 to $70.94, a large increase due 
partly to the reclassification of reels, which can use lower and 
therefore cheaper grades of wood. 
TABLE 36 
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPARATUS 
= == 
Quantity Usrep 
ANNUALLY Avene Total cost Grown ee Crees oat or 
Kinp oF Wood = |——— f. o. b. New York. ew York. 
aa pee factory (Feet b. m.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Per cent ce 
MRntal he} o'er: 2,216,000 | 100.00 | $70 94 $157 , 209 162,000 2,054,000 
White pine 2.5... 0... 684 ,000 30.86 | $49 92 $34,145 162,000 522,000 
Hard maple........ 597 ,000 26.95 74 00 44, 178) ) Ra ee 597 ,000 
iNT 2 @ ee eee ae 420 ,000 18.95 84 55 35,511 fone eee 420 ,000 
Soft maple......... 200 ,000 9.03 70 05 145010) Peer aa 200 ,000 
Arborvitae.......... 200 ,000 9.03 | 110 00 22 OOO sl eue a eerste 200,000 
yess A. fo Slsiee + oe 100 ,000 4.51 60 90 (oy 0210s eae, ch crocker. ¢ 100 , 000 
White OR tae aa: 15,000 .67 85 00 jf i | ed et esc 15,000 
Macutnt ConsTRUCTION 
Table 37 is made up of reports from the establishments 
that manufacture and repair machinery of various kinds. The 
uses of wood in such establishments are confined principally 
to sills, bases, platforms, bins, walks, bodies, cabs, and other 
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