The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-24
VEHICLE INDUSTRY
MANY MORE CARRIAGES AND
WAGONS BUILT.
Great Increase in Value of Products.
Extraordinary Demand for Street
Railway Cars.

car hluuSltN nus just Bttll ioSh'u ~ 1N
Bureau of the Census. A capital of $l26. =
s2O.6A was invested and 5.0S salaried off,
Gals and clerks and 60, 722 wage-earners
were employed IN the manufacture Of car
riages and wagons, including all the various
kinds of vehicles propelled by animal
power for land transportation. The ex-
penses of the industry included S.2S9,04s
for salaries, sSO,S7s, 229 for wages, and $751;
2l5. 22S for materials. The value of the pro-
ducts was SIPS, 1892, 976.
Between the censuses Of 1900 and 1905
this industry increased substantially In
every item except number of establish
ments. 1t is interesting to note that the
rates of increase for wages and salaries
were greater than the corresponding rates
for the number of wage-earners and sal
aired employees.
Ohio was the leading State in the manu-
~facture of carriages and wagons, having
products valued at SIG. 096,l 25, or over one
eighth of the total value. Indiana ranked
next, with a value of SIS, 22s, 1857; New York
was third. with $l2. 573, 14s, and Michigan
fourth. with s12, 101, 170. Illinois, Pennsyl-
vania, wisconsin and Missouri we're the
only other States reporting a production
Of over $5,000,O00.
The greatest increase in the value of
products between the ccnsuses of 1900 and
1905 Is shown for Indiana, the gain being
", obi, lZu. four OInef SldteS-iiiiiioiS
North Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri
had an increase of over 100000 each.
Each of eight cities reported products
valued at from 1000, 900 to over 100000
These cities were Cincinnati, o.; st. Louis,
Mo-; South Bend, Ind. New York. N. Y;
Chicago, Ill. Racine. Wis; Columbus, O..
aud Indianapolis, Ind. and the aggregate
value of their products was $3l ,622, 1852, or
25.2 per cent. of the value of the products
for the entire industry. The other cities
with a production of over ST. 900 We're
Philadelphia. Pa; Louisville, KY; jack
son, Mich. Rochester, N. Y; Kalamazoo,
Mich: Toledo, o.; WATERFOWL, N. Y, and
Detroit, Mich
The most important Of these products
we're carriages, of which 937, 400, valued at
S55, T50, 276. were manufactured during the
year. Only 1914 of the carriages were TWO
wheeled. OF the 907. SOS four-wheeled car
riages 769, 635 were for one or two persons
and 1873, 230 were for three or more persons.
The output of four-wheeled vehicles in
cluded 575,S8O buggies. S7,464 Surveys. 64,s5o
road wagons, 53,S13 runabouts, H,11S driv-
ing wagons, 14,073 phaetons, 9,5S5 %stanhopes
and $500 buckboards.
In the manufacture of family and pleas
ure carriages Ohio ranked first, with a
production of 1875, 42s during the year; In
diana produced 17s, 962 and Michigan I74,sS9
such carriages.
The number Of wagon reported was 648.-
755. Among these there were OS,O25 farm
wagons, 1916 delivery wagons, 1858 ex-
press wagons, 1888 coal wagons and carts,
1123 ice wagons, 642 hearses, lob street
sprinklers and 4S street sweepers.
One-seventh, or 1883. of the wagons
were made in Indiana. The other leading
states in the production of this commooity
were wisconsin. with 1926; Illinois. with
Il, 033; Michigan. with 52,2l3i Kentucky
with 40. 266, and Ohio. with 40,sO5.
The sleighs and sleds manufactured num-
bered 127, ass. Michigan ranked first In the
production of these. with an output OF
SO, 1870, or two-ffths of the total. New
York. with IS. 49,, and Wisconsin, with
Is, 1855, were next in Importance.
Carriages and wagons and parts thereof
to the value of So, $780, Gal were exported in
1905. this being an increase Of $50, 1857 over
the value of such commodities exported
In 1900.
OF the exports IFS per cent. were sent to
the United Kingdom. The greatest amount
exported to the North American continent
was to the Dominion of Canada. Argen-
tina afforded the best South American
market. the exports to that country IN
creasing from $17s,621 for 1900 to S4of,oSi
for 1905. or 1852 per cent.
The imports entered for consumption are
of little Importance, being valued at only
b 1890 for 1906. This was a decided de-
crease from the value for 1900, which was
$2e, 662.
The aggregate value Of the steam rail-
road cars built during the census year
was 800. g46. e12. This amount includes SSs,-
663. tho value of steam cars built In street
car manufacturing Establishments.
The value of the cars built In the ran
road repair shops was only $12,99S,oOl or
less than 8 per cent. of the total value OF
the product of such shops, while the value
NJ the cars constructed In the shops that
were not operated by the railroads
amounted to ST. s9, PAS. or 1875 per cent.
NJ the value of all the products of such
shops.
Tho total number OF cars manufactured
during tho wear was 1890. OF these 2,446
were passenger cars and 115, 44 were frelsht
cars. The passenger cars were valued ut
500. 4S6. 260 and the freight cars at T9,zl zOc'
The value Of the freight cars was therefore
almost four times as great as the value
OF tho passenger cars. The reports for the
census Of 1900 show 1859 passenger cars
valued at IS. S10.0s2. and 1898 freight cars
valued Mt ST., 240, 632. The Increase in the
number of passenger cars was 1871 per cent
and the gain in value was 1926 per cent
the numDeT OF lItiShA Noih
per cent, while their value Increased ~
per cent.
Since 1900 the production Of steel rail-
road cars for both passenger and freight
service has increased rapidly and the sub
s%tItution Of steel freight cars Of large ton
mage and of distinct types for smaller
wooden cars of rather nondescript type Is
progressing on the majority Of railroads
as fast as conditions permit.
Illinois was considerably ahead of every
other State in the number of both pas
senger and freight ears manufactured Dur
ing the year. The passenger cars num-
bered us and the freight 27,137, Ohio was
second in the number Of passenger cars,
with 3S2, and Missouri was third, with 2lS.
Pennsylvania was second in the number
of freight cars, with p, S47, and Michigan
was third. with 1881. The other States
producing over 5000 freight cars were
Indiana, with II, 1873; Missouri with 10, 4jS,
and Ohio, with 6,451.
The great development of street railroads
since 1890 has caused an extraordinary
growth in the industries engaged in the
construction and repair of street railroad
cars. The value of products for these In
dustries nearly quadrupled during the If
teen-year period from 1880 to 1909, increas-
ing from S6,26S. 462 in the earlier year to
$24. PSI. 317 at the last census. The increase
for the decade from 1890 to 1900 was S10,-
40i. III. or 1876 per cent, and that for the
five years from 1900 to 1906 was 81, 605, 13S,