30 WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF MARYLAND 



but in Maryland practically the entire amount reported was used in 

 the manufacture of vehicles. The total for the State, for all purposes, 

 was 557,000 feet, and all but 5,000 feet went into vehicles, and the 

 5,000 feet went into handles. The vehicle parts reported made of 

 this wood were axles, shafts, poles, carriage frames, singletrees, spokes, 

 and wheel rims. 



The horse-vehicle industry in Maryland is made up of a few manu- 

 facturers of considerable size, and many that work on a small scale, 

 but are scattered all over the State. The majority of blacksmith 

 shops do more or less work on vehicles, either in making or repairing. 

 It was not practicable, however, in compiling this report, to collect 

 and include all statistics from blacksmith shops in cities, towns, and 

 in rural communities. For that reason, the total figures shown should 

 be understood to include only shops and factories where vehicle- 

 making, and not blacksmithing, is the chief business carried on. 



TANKS AND SILOS. 



The builders of tanks and silos reported the use of only six kinds 

 of wood, all of which were high-priced and not one foot of which 

 grew in Maryland. Less than 1 per cent of the wood purchased by 

 the manufacturers of the State was for this industry, but it consti- 

 tuted more than 2 per cent of the total cost. Only one industry, 

 musical instruments, paid a higher average price for its lumber. 



Cypress leads the list in amount, but is closely followed by white 

 pine. The properties which fit cypress for its wide use as a tank and 

 vat material are its freedom from chemicals by which contents of 

 vessels might be injured, and the absence of knots and defects in much 

 of the lumber. To this may be added its handsome appearance. Cy- 

 press tanks are built to contain acids, beer, cider, dyes, kraut, oil, 

 pickles, starch, vinegar, water, wine, and whisky. Water tanks in- 

 clude those for swimming, thrashing machines, sprinkling wagons, 

 windmill towers, and railway water stations. Forty-seven per cent 

 of all the lumber bought for this industry in 1909 was cypress, and 

 it made up 50 per cent of the cost of all. The average price was 

 $51.83, which was more than $30 higher than the average run-of-mill 

 price of this wood for the whole country. Tank and silo builders used 

 6 per cent of all the cypress reported by the manufacturers in the 

 State and paid 12 per cent of the cost of all. 



