Show I l 10 BASSE 85000 TIES f F1 G W las l Novel Scheme t to Get Timber 1j 1 j PRIVATE FOREST RESERVES I Young Catalpa I rees I ° to Be 1 Planted Along Road 1 I I 1 tt Nursery at Prove to Bo Utilized 1 rt Railroad Company in Providing r for Future Needs fl Villain a few years the Rio Grande Western system will have 05000 railroad thq siolnr along Its right of way In Ctuh ud Colombo The lies arc now In their Irclpltncy In tho railroad nuihuy at Provo and In the spring thtY will be transplanted und eet out at the xtatlonr where water cnn be obtained ob-tained 1 Tr ten years they will be BUJ11 cltntly large to he used for any pur po c that the railroad people may elect This notion of the Rio Grande Western was decided upon a few duy ago by Purchasing Agent Hobbs and Supcrln tend < iit Cfan and was largely brouht about thiough the efforts of John P I Brown a representative of the Inler natlon Society of Arboriculture who JB Hla > ing for a few days at the New Windsor hotel In this city Mr Brown fM i Ihr editor of Arboriculture a monthiy mar wire published In Chicago by hhi fOld i and he Is I thoroughly con r troant with the qualities and uses of limber or every kind TREES SET OUT Two years ago Mr Brown Interested Cm Palmer then president of the Rio Grande Western In the question of providing for the future needs M t tin railroad In the matter of timber anr at his suggestion fiaMO young catalpa trcei w re set out at Provo I Slips were obtained from t liursery Jn KnnpnH and they at once took root and grew mpldly Now the trees are from ten to fifteen feet high and nearly r two Inches In din meter I IDEA REVIVED When lhf Gould Interests acquired the road and the management changed hun t the project was forgotten nud the officials came to the conclusion that It was useless to do anything further In the matter While In Denver a few Jaxft ago Mr Brown again conferred Vh the olIlclalK in regard to the trees and FO convinced them of the practical value of the scheme that they decided to adopt It I and asked Mr Drown togo to-go over the line and bclecl places where tim trees would be mo < = l likely to thrive TIMBER PROBLEM SERIOUS The question of getting good timber for Uo purposes Is onethat Is giving r the railroads serious cpncern wild Mr Brown yesterday With the dcctease of tho Gnat forests In the Northwest It la becoming more and more dlnicult lo get KOCH ties anl the railroad ofli I dais are wondering where the future huppllis are to como from No substitute substi-tute In the vay of metal tics hUB ever been found feasible and wood Js abso luUlv necessary The problem Is I easiest tolvcd by planting tiees along the right of way where the timber can be had whenever and wherever desired ADVANTAGES OP CATALPA Careful teats have shown that the catalpa la the best lice In America for tie purposes It net only Is durable but It grows more quickly I Chan any otluv tree possessing value A catalpa lie I slll last twentylive years by actual lest as against live years for an oak Hi and It grows to maturity In about I onefifth tho time of the oak tree I UTAH A GOOD CDLD From observations In many sections of the country I am convinced that f ftali b the best place In America for e the catalpa tree The climate sqil and other conditions are suitable for Its giov th and I am surprised that you haw not more of them here The oplirx which seem to be In such favor Lot only in Salt Lake City but nil over 1tuh 1 arc not noaily so well adapted t to the conditions here and besides are peculiarly subject to decay Jntects and fungi arc threatening the existence of some of your finest trees In Provo I did not ate a single poplar that was not dlftMfod Tor street purposes the calalpa Is far uprrlor to tilL poplar or cottonwood cotton-wood tree n11 It requires los water has licttri foliage and IB more durable and SIll live In every way IJnrd maples would also thrive In your ioll 1 but of our i L icrialrc a much greater time to j L grou tn maturity The black locust Is notlnj I good tree for Utah 11 1 Brown loaves tonight for the ii I if where lie will jitudy the forest < ondltjcin of California and other J Stales on the Pacific s loI |