Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-03 | Page 12 | Southern Pacific is to Lay Heavy Ties

SOUTHERN PACIFIC IS TO LAY HEAVY TIES New Timbers ' Will Be 10 Per Cent Larger Than Any Other Road i Is Using. To further the safety of patrons and employees, the Southern Pacific company has arranged lo replace lis old railroad lies with now ones of a size 10 per cent larger than tho In rgesl now In use on any railroad in the U idled States, according ac-cording to' un h nnoumvment made bv 1. O. Khoadei. general purchasing agent" for the company. The new ties are to be seven by ten Inches In size. The largest now hi use a io seven by nine Inches. All the ties for (lie use of tho system In Oregon, California, Arizona and Now Mexico ami as far as El Paso, Ttxas, aro cut from Oregon fir. The new ties will menu nn additlonnl disbursement of approximately 51 SO, 000 tills year. Tho company uses about J.-CiOll.oi'O J.-CiOll.oi'O ties annually in renewal work, not eounling tho ties used In new construction.