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WOOD MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. 



Handles. 



Several large factories are engaged in the manufacture of 

 hickory, maple, beech, and birch into handles of many kinds. 

 These include handles for axes, sledges, picks, hammers, cant 

 hooks, brooms, etc. One company employs about 100 hands and 

 uses annually from 6 to 8 thousand cords of hickory. The num- 

 ber of establishments reporting is 6 and the quantity of wood 

 used annually, as shown below, is 9,540,000 feet. 



Table No. 5. — Kinds, Quantity, and Price of Lumber Used in 

 the Manufacture of Handles. 



Kind of Wood. 



Approximate Number of 

 feet B. M. manufactured 

 annually. 



Approximate average 

 price per 1000 ft. B. 

 M. at factory. 



Hickory- 



6,040,000 



$20.00 



Maple 



1,500,000 



12.00 



Beech 



1,500,000 



12.00 



Birch 



500,000 



12.00 









Mine and Log Cars. 



Six reporting companies are engaged in the manufacture of 

 mine and log cars. The three woods used are yellow pine, oak 

 and ash ; and the reported amount is 5,855,000 feet. The 3 mil- 

 lion feet or over of yellow pine is used in the construction of 

 standard gauge cars by a single company in Huntington. 



Table No. 6. — Kinds, Quantity and Price of Lumber Used in 

 the Manufacture of Mine and Log Cars. 



Kind of Wood. 



Approximate Number of 

 feet B. M. manufactured 

 annually. 



Approximate average 

 price per 1000 ft. B. 

 M. at factory. 



Yellow pine 



3,250,000 



$24.00 



Oak 



2,600,000 



21.00 



Ash 



5,000 



22.00 









