. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 1 BULLETIN No. 519 jssJs^'^^u Contribution from the Forest Service HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER January 24, 1917 POLES PURCHASED, 1915. By Arthur M. McCreight. INTRODUCTION. The Forest Service, through its Office of Industrial Investigations, has compiled statistics on the number of poles purchased during 1915 in the United States by the telephone and telegraph companies, steam and electric railroads, and electric fight, heat, and power companies. The census was taken
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 1 BULLETIN No. 519 jssJs^'^^u Contribution from the Forest Service HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER January 24, 1917 POLES PURCHASED, 1915. By Arthur M. McCreight. INTRODUCTION. The Forest Service, through its Office of Industrial Investigations, has compiled statistics on the number of poles purchased during 1915 in the United States by the telephone and telegraph companies, steam and electric railroads, and electric fight, heat, and power companies. The census was taken exclusively by correspondence with approximately 17,000 purchasers, representing practically all the pole users in the country. About 12,000 concerns returned schedules in reply to either the first or the second request for data. This'was 70 per cent of the total number of concerns to which inquiries were sent. Actually, however, the figures given in this bidletin rep- resent between 90 and 95 per cent of the poles purchased, because the nonreporting companies were principally the smaller ones. Information regarding the prices paid for the various species of poles was not requested. Table I shows the number of poles purchased each year from 1907 to 1911 and for the year 1915, by kind of wood. Figures for 1911 and previous years were taken from reports compiled in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census. Statistics were not obtained for the years 1912 to 1914. Table I.—Poles purchased, by Mnd of wood, 1907 to 1911 and 1915. Kind of wood. 1915 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 All kLads 4,077,904 3,418,020 3,870,694 3,738,740 3,249,154 3,283,268 Cedar 2,521,709 051,643 546,233 199,442 67,644 91,233 2,100,144 093,489 161,690 199,590 72,995 190,112 2,431,507 077,517 184,077 205,290 75,459 236,184 2,439,825 008,000 179,580 230,842 77,077 196,744 2,200,139 510,049 110,749 100,702 90,579 164,936 2 109 477 Chestnut 630 '82 Pine 155 960 Oak 76 450 Cypress 100,368 210,731 All other A total o
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