Show WOOD OF IMMENSE VALUE south american product has hae most wonderful qualities Quail tle s for the shipbuilder tho wood which tho the isthmian canal commission is desirous of securing curing pe for use in the construction of docks and similar works lu in the panama canal because it Is said by experts eel erts to resist more than any other wood tho the attacks of marine borers which rapidly destroy piles and other submarine structures Is one of the most valuable of timbers it la Is native of south america and the west indies and from its bark and fruits arua la Is obtained bib irine which Is often used as a febrifuge instead of quinine the wood Is of a dark green color sa sap p wood and heart wood being so much alike that they can with dudl culty bo be distinguished from each other the heart wood Is one of the most desirable of all timbers parti particularly in the shipbuilding lne industry indisputable records show that the best grades surpass iron and steel in ladt ing qualities in salt water sub submersed merred lowa loga having remained intact for one hundred years in the museum glas glai koar there are two places of planking which illustrate better than anything elso else this durable quality they are both from a wreck which was submerged eighteen years on off the west coast of scotland the one specimen is merely slightly pitted on the surface Bur faco the body of the wood being perfectly sound and untouched while the other teak is almost entirely eaten away it Is extensively used in shipbuilding tor for ke elsons beams engine bear ings and planking and it Is also in the general arts but its excessive weight unfits it tor for many purposes for which its ito other properties would ren ir der it eminently sul suitable table below the rio grande |