Wood and ice dealers need to invest very little in tools and fixtures. Fourteen out of 19 coal, wood and ice dealers had less than ten dollars so invested. They needed only shovels, baskets and push-carts. The estimated valuation of tools and fixtures of the largest number of establishments fell between $50 and $399; 90 were estimated to be between $50 and $199, and 63 were estimated to be between $200 and $399. Besides these, 37 establishments--1 broker, 5 employment agencies, 1 grocery, 5 hairdressers, 9 restaurants and lunch rooms, 2 "busheling" tailors and 14 miscellaneous had tools and fixtures estimated, with allowance for depreciation, to be worth more than $10 and less than $50. It is important to note, however, that while the numbers with estimated valuation of tools and fixtures between $400 and $1,499 is only 50, those estimated at $1,500 and over number 33. TABLE XXIII. ESTIMATED VALUATION OF PLANT, TOOLS AND FIXTURES OF 309 NEGRO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, MANHATTAN, 1909. ------------------------+------------------------------------------ |Estimated valuation of plant, tools and | fixtures. ------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ Class of | Less | $50 | $200 | $400 | $600 | $800 | establishment. | than | to | to | to | to | to | | $50. | $199.| $399.| $599.| $799.| $999.| ------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ Barber shops | -- | 3 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 3 | Brokers | 1 | 5 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | Coal, wood and ice | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Dressmaking and | | | | | | | millinery | -- | 6 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | Employment agencies | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | Express and moving | | | | | | | vans | -- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Groceries | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2 | -- | -- | Hairdressers, etc. | 5 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | Hotels and lodging | | | | | | | houses | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | Pool and billiard | | | | | | | rooms | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | Printers | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | Restaurant and lunch | | | | | | | rooms | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | Saloons and cafés | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Tailoring, | | | | | | | pressing, etc. | 2 | 18 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | Undertakers | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- |