The Republican journal., 1892-07-28
Notes on Wood Man ufactures.

/ These notes, taken from various sources.
are here given, without vouc hing for the
accuracy of the estimates made. as show
ing in an impressive way the large CON
sumption of wood material in the aoore-
gate occasioned by our manuf acturing in
dustries, many Of which AZ e seldom taken
/ into account
The annual consumption of wood in rail
/ road building in ordinary times has been
computed at over 800, 900. 600 cubic feet
One copper mine in Butte City used last
year IA, 600, 600 feet, i. NJ. of heavy tim
Der for timbering its works. and 800 cords
OF wood daily for reduction and other pur-
poses.
! One of the largest lake vessels requires
/ 1t is estimated, about 20. 600 cubic feet of
oak, furnished by 1000 first class trees.
such as can hardly be found in our virgin
/ forest
Three ore docks, built in Ashland for
the loading of iron ore into lake vessels.
consumed over ID 600, 900 feet of timber
/ From $50, 900 to 200, 600 wooden pumps
made annually consume from 5000, 600
to 10, 600. 600 feet of poplar lumber.
( The wood manufacturers of Chicago are
credited with product for the year 1887
of S54 90. 600. nearly -, 600. 600 above
the output for 1886; the wages paid out in
the $50 factories to Is. 300 workmen are
estimated at 80, 300 600.
The door capacity OF Northwestern fac
tories appropriated at over III, 600 doors
daily, not counting smaller factories and
this manufacture, together with that of
sash and blinds, may be roughly calcutta
ted to need an ANIMAL supply of Sc, 900 900
cubic feet of raw material.
The product of looking glass and pic
ture frames alone is valued at 81, ST. 24S.
Car building increases with railroad
building. The timber used in this manu-
facture must be of excellent quality and
not less than 100, 600, 900 cubic feet are
probably consumed by it at present.
The material for carriages and wagon
building is valued at over SO, 600, 600, rep
resenting probably p, 600 600 cubic feet
of wood of special qualities The service
ableness of the wood for this class of work
depends largely upon the manner in which
it is grown and scientific forestry will be
able to produce far better material than
nature is generally producing.
Over 800 furniture factories are report
ed in the country, using over $3.50, 600 600
worth of lumber. while the value of wood
in sewing machines alone is estimated at
81. $50. 400.
In packing cases a large amount of in
ferior lumber is used, namely, over 81
600 600 worth. while collins require So
,62, %. and cigar boxes round 81, 400, 600.
This comprehensive class of manufac-
lures offer many interesting features in
the use of wood material and aggregates
no mean value. which it would be no
small task to ascertain completely.
One Michigan curtain roller factory us
inc refuse material from the mills. en-
ploys 100 men and must work overtime to
meet the demand.
One firm in Maine uses over 100, 600 Gu
BIC feet OF wood, mainly birch, for spoos;
$50 cubic feet making / 900 superficial feet
of spool stock. Another uses 400. 600 feet
of spool stock. employing 40 men. Two
others use n, 600 to -, 900 cords of wood.
chiefly for spools.
One Pennsylvania factory, not the larg-
est EMPLOYS constantly - men and a
teams to cut and haul maple logs for the
manufacture of umbrella sticks, selling at
81 to SIS gross. The annual consump-
ton of common umbrella sticks is placed
at :, 600, 900, mostly OF maple
One Of the steadiest and most profitable
wood working Industries is the manufac-
ture of washboarlS. A great deal of our
hard woods could be protitably used in
tins manufacture and it is strange that
| more attention is not given to it.
One trm out OF more than a dozen. re-
ports product of over 100 600 butter
plates, and there are 30 tray and wooden
bowl factories reported.
Clothes pins are very extensive and
profitable manufacture in Michigan. where
) factories are reported. One New York
firm often takes 20 ear loads at a time.
Even the wooden shoe. so frequently
seen i'll France and eastern Germany and
Russia has found not only its way into
this country. but its manufacture requires
even the AID OF steam power to supply the
demand Butternut furnishes the desr-
able material.
The coopelage industry uses about SlS.-
800. 600 worth OF raw material which can
not be less than 225. 600 600 cubic feet
The shingle product of Michigan alone re-
4uired in 1857 over 70, 900, 600 cubic feet
OF wood, and that OF the whole country
probably four times as much
4 New Hampshire firm, one of the ten
| i'll the country. makes 40, 600 bushels of
shoe pegs. using birch and maple, and
100, 600 cords are said to be converted an
! nually into this shape.
There are , tooth-pick factories in the
country. one reported to consume 10, 600
cords OF wood annually, averaging 5000
boxes of 10, 600 pieces each daily.
Hundreds of thousands of skewers are
used annually. They are made by ma
| chinery, requiring good sized logs to work
economically, the machine being capable
of making POO, 600 skewers day.
Out of dozen or more match factories,
one reports its need of raw material as
1000, 900 feet of the best white pine.
Three factories of excelsior, in Grand
Rapids Mich. out of about dozen in the
State, produced last year 5000 tons of ex-
celsiol, consuming nearly 10000 cords of
Eastwood: the material being largely en-
ployed in packing, a use unthought of
few years ago. Wood Pulp News.