One-Twelfth That of the Entire United States-But Two States Exceeds New York City in Value of Manufactured Products, New York and Pennsylvania-Greatest Industrial Center in the World EW YORK CITY is only a part, but by far the greater part, of the Port of New York. The number of its wage-earners engaged in manufacturing total one-half those of the entire State, their wages total more than one-half, and the value of their products totals more than five-eighths that of the products of the entire State. In the city of New York, in 1923, there were 27,493 establishments engaged in manufacturing, employing an average of 579,005 wage-earners, whose wages totaled $851,186,143, and the value of whose manufactured products totals $5,349,077,002. But two StatesNew York and Pennsylvania-produce manufactures of greater value than those produced in New York City, which is the greatest manufacturing center in the world. Of the manufacturing establishments in New York City whose products have a value of less than one million dollars (and over $5,000) there are t34; there are 157 whose products exceed $1,000,000 and 71 whose products exceed $10,000,000 in value. A list of the last named forms a part of this article. In 1879 the value of the manufactured products of the whole Inited States totaled less than those of the city of New York in 1923, but the manufactures of the whole country in 1923 totaled in value nearly twelve times those of the city of New York, or $60,555,998,000, employing an average of 8,778,950 wage-earners, whose wages totaled $11,009,298,000, the value of the materials entering into such production totaling $34,705,698,000. Manufactured Products Exceeding $10,000,000 in Value Following is a list of the different manufactured products whose value exceeds $10,000,000, in the city of New York in 1923: Product Artificial and preserved flowers and plants.... . $14,138,841 Bags, other than paper, not made in textile mills.. 17,441,457 Beverages Value Slaughtering and meat-packing, wholesale .143,369,082 Soap 28,572,931 Stamped and enameled ware, not elsewhere classi 21,481,301 fied 18,170,307 20,024,348 84,665,330 Structural and ornamental iron-work, not made in rolling-mills 24,190,854 Boxes, paper and other, not elsewhere classified 40,825,491 Brass, bronze, and other nonferrous alloys, and manufactures of these alloys and of copper.... 24,751,446 Canning and preserving, fruits and vegetables; manufacture of pickles, jellies, preserves and Toys, games, and playground equipment. Tinware, not elsewhere classified 17,653,032 Tobacco-cigars and cigarettes 116,666,064 18,151,100 14,017,441 .361,901,260 Book-binding and blank-book making Boots and shoes, other than rubber. Montevideo Buys New Dry Dock A new floating dry dock, will be placed in operation in the harbor of Montevideo, about May, of 1926, according to consular advices to the Department of Commerce. The dry dock has been purchased in Hamburg, Germany, where it was built in February of 1925, and will be towed to Montevideo at an early date. The following description of this dock has been published for the information of shipping interests: Length 80 meters, exterior width 23 meters, capacity for vessells of 4,500 to 5,000 tons displacement, has proper groups of generators with two 100 horsepower Diesel engines, has two centrifugal pumps of vertical axis that can make the dock dry in one hour, has two electric capstans, and has drafting room and other modern facilities. AND SHIP NEWS Nation's Industries Output 75 Billion With a potential maximum production estimated at $90,000,000,000, American industries are expected to have an output of probably $75,000,000,000 in 1926, according to official statistics. The outstanding prosperity and remarkable production and consumption record of 1925, as reflected by the unprecedented jump in Federal taxes in the face of rate reductions, will more than be repeated this year, in the view of Treasury and Department of Commerce officials. Home Consumption 95 Per Cent About ninety-five per cent of this enormous industrial and agricultural production will be absorbed in the domestic market. Indications also point to a material strengthening of America's position in the markets of the world. In 1921 the maximum potential output from American factories was $57,000,000,000 and actual production was $42,000,000,000. In 1923 the figures were respectively $83,000,000,000 and $60,000,000,000. recorded in this country. Officials believe that for many years to come the domestic market will be the principal outlet for the industrial machine. Eventually, however, owing to the great efficiency of American production methods and consequent mass output, commerce and industry will reach the saturation point domestically and it will be necessary to build up such an elaborate foreign trade policy as is found in Great Britain and Germany. Secretary of Commerce Hoover is now conducting a world wide campaign to prepare markets for American commodities as production in one line or the other surpasses the domestic demand. Albany Port Commission To Spend $300,000 Bids were received last month by the Albany District Port Commission for driving of timber piles and installation of timber platform for bulkhead at the Port of Albany on Westerlo Island. The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. was low bidder for the work with a price of $319,220. The overseas dry cargo trade is generally regarded as the real measure of our activity in foreign commerce as it is more keenly competitive than the trade with nearby countries and the oil trade in tankers; therefore the ap Department of Commerce officials now estimate the production at over 75 per cent of capacity. Continuation of the present business prosperity will push production close to plant capacity, experts said, pointing out that there is an increasing effort on the part of manufacturers to efficient utilization of every resource avail-parently unfavorable turn in our foreign trade relations, able without the investment of additional capital. Officials declared this procedure will mean elimination of wastes and great savings in production costs, resulting in not only greater profits but lowered cost to the ulti mate consumer. No Other Nation Equals Us In no other nation but America does the domestic market absorb the great percentage of industrial production indicated by the reduction in our total 1925 commerce, dwindles in importance when it is noted that our overseas dry cargo trade in December of 1925 was exceeded only once during the five year period. That one instance was due to abnormal conditions in September, 1922, when, in consqcence of the coal strike, heavy imports of British coal brought the commerce of that month slightly above the December, 1925, total. AND SHIP NEWS Foreign Trade Fluctuations Great Lakes Grain and Coal Shipments In the fourth of a series of analyses of foreign trade fluctuations in the fiscal years 1924 and 1925, it is noted by the Bureau of Research, United States Shipping Board, that our 1925 foreign commerce on the Great Lakes was nearly 1,900,000 cargo tons less in volume than in the previous year. The 1924 Great Lakes foreign traffic exceeded 13,711,000 tons, nearly 15 per cent in volume, of our total foreign trade in that year, while the 1925 movement of 11,825,000 cargo tons was slightly in excess of 122 per cent of the total foreign trade of Radical Changes in Grain Traffic 1925. Anaylsis of this decline reveals radical changes in the grain traffic which is the most important factor in the Lakes foreign trade. During the four years prior to the fiscal year 1925 the volume of grain imports averaged approximately 4,000,000 tons per annum, the 1924 import aggregating nearly 4,380,000 tons. This tonnage of Canadian grain was received at Great Lakes ports for transportation by rail and canal to Atlantic coast ports. and dispatch to foreign destinations. The 1925 receipts were nearly 2,000,000 tons short of those of the previous years, indicating that a large part of the export Canadian grain previously handled through United States lake and sea ports has been diverted to Canadian routes to the seaboard. In 1924 Buffalo received from Ft. William 2,039,000 tons of grain and from Port Arthur 1,619,000 tons. The 1925 receipts from those ports were 1,000,000 tons and 1,400,000 tons respectively, a loss of 1,258,000 tons. Erie received in 1924 grain shipments totalling 198,000 tons from Ft. William and 60,000 tons from Port Arthur. In 1925 Erie received 11,000 tons from Ft. William and none from Port Arthur. Toledo received 274,000 tons of grain from those two Canadian ports in 1924, and in 1925 a total of 22,000 tons from Ft. William and none from Port Arthur. Our total grain receipts from Ft. William and Port Arthur in 1924 were 4,360,000 tons and the 1925 total from those ports was 2,476,000 tons. Canada Gets More It is also noted that domestic grain exports to Canadian ports increased from 1,000,000 tons in 1924 to 2,580,000 tons in 1925, so it appears that a substantial portion of our own grain has also been diverted to the Canadian route to the seaboard. In 1924 the grain movement from Buffalo to Montreal was 334,000 tons; the 1925 movement was 737,000 tons. Chicago, Superior and Duluth sent 133,000 tons to Tiffin, Ontario, a Georgian Bay port to which no shipments were made in 1924. The total movement of United States grain to Georgian Bay ports grew from 36,000 tons in 1924 to 1,034,000 tons in 1925. A further development of importance is a decline of more than 1,000,000 tons in the coal exports through Great Lakes ports to Canadian destinations. Coal exports from Buffalo, Fairhaven, Oswego and Rochester to Canadian points fell from 965,000 tons in 1924 to 554,000 tons in 1925, and the Ohio coal export of 3,981,000 tons in 1924 was reduced to 3,310,000 tons in 1925. Telephone 904-905-906 Union AND SHIP NEWS Most Advantageously Located Terminal on THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD 74 Acres, 500,000 sq. ft. Floor Space. 1400 ft. Dock on Passaic River-Depth of Water, 23 ft. at low tide. 91⁄2 Miles of Railroad Tracks. Daily Trap Car Service. A Splendid Location for Factory Sites. Direct Connection to Boston via Newark & Boston S. S. Co. STORAGE IN TRANSIT PRIVILEGE WESTBOUND VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD DISTRIBUTING & WAREHOUSING SUCCESSFULLY HANDLED SHUPE TERMINAL CORP'N, Lincoln Highway and Passaic River, Kearny, N. J. H New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company Has 73 ALF a century in the service of one company seems a long time and at first thought it would appear that very few employees have such a long record. of service. Yet it comes to light that the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company has no less than 73 employees of that company who have been continuously in service for more than 50 years. Glancing over the list of occupations of these 73 men reveals that represented among them is practically every branch of the service, and their positions run the gamut from the job of car cleaner to that of treasurer of the company. Heading the list of the New Haven's half century honor roll is Richard Bardwin Cogswell, clerk in the Bridgeport freight office. Mr. freight office. Mr. Cogswell began his railroad career 62 years ago and is still in active service, though he has now applied for a pension which undoubtedly will be granted. On the occasion of his 60th anniversary, Mr. Cogswell was given a banquet which was attended by officials and directors of the railroad. In a personal letter which he received from the General Manager on that occasion it said: R. B. Cogswell "It falls to the lot of but few men to be able to round out sixty full years in one concern and to have done so with a record that is absolutely clear, as in your case, denotes a personal quality that calls forth the respect and honor of your fellowworkers. As one of these fellow-workers and also speaking for the management as General Manager, I extend to you our heartiest congratulations and the wish that we may, for a long time hence, enjoy the honor of your fellowship in this great transportation family." Next on the roll comes Riley Ellsworth Phillips, an engineman of the company, who began his service only one year later than Mr. Cogswell, and for 50 consecutive years served at the throttle with an absolutely clear record. During that time Mr. Phillips had experience with all types of locomotives from the old wood burners which were still around from the time he began work with the company to the most modern type of power, both steam and electric. Mr. Phillips, while still a qualified engineer, was promoted in April, 1920, to be smoke inspector at New Haven and he is still on that job daily. The next on the list comes James F. Gardner, foreman's assistant on the Old Colony Division of the railroad, who started in in 1867. He started as an engine and repairman at the Taunton Locomotive Works and served there until 1873, when he went to Fall River for two years, and served subsequently as foreman at Somerset, East Providence engine house, back again to Somerset and then to the Taunton shops, where he still is active and on the job. A passenger conductor is fourth on the list-George Henry Saunders, who first entered the service of the Old Colony Railroad in April, 1868, as a section man. Later he transferred to the South Braintree shops where he served for six years, returning to section duty again and still later entering the train service, being promoted to conductor in 1877 and he has continued in this service since that time. When Mr. Saunders first went to work he recalls that he had to report about 4 A.M. in order to sweep out and clean the cars and build fires in the wood stoves, which were then in use. Lester M. Phillips, train caller at the New Haven sta tion, comes next on the honor roll, having entered the service on November 28th, 1868, as a messenger boy. Three years later he became a freight brakeman and after nine years of careful and conscientious work at that job he was promoted to freight conductor. In 1901 he was appointed train caller at the New Haven passenger station and he still occupies that position after an absolutely clear record of 57 years of faithful service. Treasurer's Record of 54 Years of Service About half way in the list appears the name of Augustus S. May, Treasurer of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, and his record is particularly unique in that he has served his entire 54 years of service in one department. Presidents have come and presidents have gone, and Mr. May has served them all faithfully and efficiently. William D. Bishop was president of the road when Mr. May began his service with the company fifty-four years ago. Next came George H. Watrous, then Charles P. Clark, John M. Hall, Charles S. Mellen, Howard Elliott, James H. Hustis, Mr. Pearson and (during war control) Mr. Buckland. Born in Bridgeport May 6, 1854, Mr. May has always made his home there, with the exception of fifteen years in New York. He is distinctly a self-made man, having begun work at the age of fifteen, his first position being with the City National Bank of Bridgeport, where he received the groundings of his financial education. He came to the New Haven Road in 1872 as cash clerk. In 1898 Mr. May was promoted to the position of cashier, in 1901 he was again promoted to the position of assistant treasurer, and two years later was appointed treasurerthe head of the department in which he had started twenty-nine years previously. Other occupations in the New Haven's service honor roll include train baggagemen, station master, record clerk, leader in the shops, general agent, station agent, store keeper, gateman, carpenter, yard brakeman, section foreman, signal man, manager of station restaurant, freight clerk, flagman, bridge master, assistant to transportation manager, car cleaner, track supervisor, assistant station master and bridge and building foreman. This honor roll of the New Haven Railroad represents a total of 3933 years of continuous service with the company. Our Coast to Coast Waterborne Traffic A healthy increase in the intercoastal movement of practically all commodities except petroleum is indicated by a report on intercoastal traffic recently issued by the Bureau of Research of the United States Shipping Board for the calendar year 1925. The total dry cargo movement increased by 516,000 tons or 11% over the 1924 figures. The eastbound dry cargo movement increased by 18% or 460,000 tons, while the westbound movement increased by 56,000 tons, or nearly 3%. A decrease of 2,000,000 tons in the petroleum movement produced an actual decrease of nearly 1,500,000 tons in the total intercoastal cargo carried. The decrease apparently is not caused by a falling off in the oil trade but by a gradual increase in refining facilities on the Pacific Coast which has reduced the necessity for transporting crude oil to the Atlantic seaboard for refining. |