88 WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



Logs, 12 to 14 inches in diameter; or rough lumber, first and second 

 grades, 1 to 6 inches thick. 



Filler boards: finishes to imitate mahogany; surfaced, first and 

 second grades, 13-16 inch thick. 



By-products : brake and spring blocks, hook and tool handles. 



Sitka spruce. Oregon; Washington. 



Of total amount of spruce manufactured 0.3 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Bodies; bottoms; cheap; panels; linings; roofs; seats ;sides. 



Cheap ; durable. 



Rough, clear, ^ to 1| inches thick. Side linings and panels: veneer, 

 1-10, 1-12, 1-16 thick. 



Western yellow pine (white pine, yellow pine). California. 



Cart and wagon bodies; flooring and seats on buggies, carts, surreys 

 and wagons; panels. 



Light; strong. 



Surfaced on two sides, clear and select, 1 to 4 inches thick. 



Red oak. . Middle West ; South. 



Of total amount of red oak manufactured 80.2 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Carriage work. 



Rough, No. 1 and 2, 1 to 4 inches thick. 



By-products: strap handles. 



Eastern maple (hard maple, rock maple) . New England ; Lake States ; 



Middle West ; South. 



Of total amount of eastern maple manufactured 7.2 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



Axle beds ; felloes ; wagon blocks and floors. 



Hard ; tough ; does not check. 



Rough, first grade, 1 to 6 inches thick. 



California blue gum. California. 



Of total amount of California blue gum manufactured 25.2 per cent 

 used in this industry. 



Axle beds; bolsters; poles; reaches; shafts; tongues; bars. 



Available ; strong. 



Rough, clear, 1 to 4 inches thick. 



NOTE. One manufacturer reports having made felloes for a set of wagon wheels 

 out of this material, which gave good service the first summer ; but which rotted to 

 pieces in contact with the ground when stored under a shed for the winter. Another 

 manufacturer reports its use to be satisfactory while moisture is retained, becoming 

 very brittle when thoroughly dry. The latter uses it because he can get it shaped to 

 desired forms, thus eliminating waste from his own operations. 



