Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . to 1917 very few vessels of any consequence had beenbuilt except the U. S. battleship Nebraska, constructed in a Se-attle ship yard in 1908. In 1914 there were 61 ship and boatbuilding plants reported, but very few ships of importance werebeing built. Today there are contracts for great cargo shipsamounting to more than $200,000,000. The leading facts con-nected with this industry are discussed in a special chapter. AEROPLANES. The latest line of importance is the construction of aero-j)lanes. Washington possesses the most essential of a
Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . to 1917 very few vessels of any consequence had beenbuilt except the U. S. battleship Nebraska, constructed in a Se-attle ship yard in 1908. In 1914 there were 61 ship and boatbuilding plants reported, but very few ships of importance werebeing built. Today there are contracts for great cargo shipsamounting to more than $200,000,000. The leading facts con-nected with this industry are discussed in a special chapter. AEROPLANES. The latest line of importance is the construction of aero-j)lanes. Washington possesses the most essential of all factorsfor this enterprise, namely, a large supply of high grade sprucetimber, pronounced by government experts to be the ideal woodbecause of its toughness and comparative lightness. Tliis toughlight timber, of which there arc more than twelve billion feet inthe state, has of late become so valuable that it is barred from alllines of construction in which any other kind of wood will do,for there is no material that can take its place with the same. 24 Manufacturing Opportunities in Wasliington degree of efficacy. Already a few aeroplanes have been built inthe state, but the next year or so will probably find Washingtonone of the foremost districts in this respect. PAPER AND PULP. Much headway has been made in tlie paper and pulp in-dustry. The favorable conditions, especially plenty of suitabletimber, according to a number of experts, promise a rapid ad-vancement in that line. There are at present four large paperplants in the state, one each at Everett, Camas, Sumner andSpokane. A number of others are being located or planned forlocation at favorable points. OTHER IMPORTANT MANUFACTURES. Among other important manufactures amounting to morethan a million dollars each in 1914 and which have continued tomake tremendous increases, are cement, amounting to .$2,639,-219 from five plants; brick and tile, terra cotta and fire clayproducts, amounting to $2,026,801 from 40 establish
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