Duchesne Record | 1912-04-19 | Page 7 | Pickled Ties

PICKLED TIES lES lESTen Ten thousand railroad ties that have been pickling In Great Salt lake Utah for the last three years ears have Just been removed from that body body- of ot highly highly- mineralized water and are now being transported to Hazen No Ne Nov there to be given a trial on the new Hazen off cut of or the tile Southern Pacific company Pickling railroad ties In Inthe inthe inthe the Great Salt lake Is by no means a anew anew anew new experiment on the part of or the railroad company There are ties In Inthe Inthe inthe the old Promontory line of the Cen Cen- Pacific railway which were placed there 40 years ago and have havE not decayed proving the preservative qualities of ot the salt formation In which they pickled for years be before Core being laid on ot the roadbed Piling Is also beIng being being be be- ing preserved In this lake as excellent results results- have been obtained by the thc ph lag Ing In the great trestle across across' the lake which since the day It was first placed In the first part of the construction con of or the Lucia off cut has S shown no deterioration