Garland City Globe | 1919-08-16 | Page 4 | Steel Ties |

Type	issue
Date	1919-08-16
Paper	Garland City Globe
Language	eng
City	Garland
County	Box Elder
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Steel Ties
Type	article
Date	1919-08-16
Paper	Garland City Globe
Language	eng
City	Garland
County	Box Elder
Page	4
OCR Text	Show I . . r- - STEEL TIES Tho Santa Fo system, whose head succeeded McAdoo as rail-jtoad rail-jtoad administrator, is contetnp-' Jatlng replacing wood tics on fits main lines with steel. The proposed tlo is hollow, pressed Bteel weighing 125 pounds and coBts placed In tho roadbed a-bout a-bout $3.15. Wooden ties cost $2.15 before treatment which adds somo to price. , Railroads havo for a number of years been successfully ex-j ex-j rimontlng in uso of steel tics. 1 I This only illustrates the need ' of a general awakening of western west-ern interests to a concerted cam-1 palgn of education to promote, lumber industry in every con-1 cclvblo manner as it is ono of tho west's great Industries. Citizen.
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