Show WORK DELAYED I BY tACK LACK Of TIES Salt Lake Route However Will Push Extension to toR R Rhyolite TREATING RAILROAD TIES Creo llant I. I Is Being Erected a nt at Lp Ios ln JI tI s 's t to Supply Needs xI of or the Road J. J Ross floss Clark vice ice president Ment of oC the he Salt Take Route noute antI and president o of the time Las V Vegas gas Tonopah railroad came cameto 1 to Salt Lake yesterday ay tl to complete ar ar- ar- ar i for OJ the time celebration o or of Railroad day den In the Bullfrog district which i will occur ll at Heatly October 22 The difficulty in proem Ing railroad ties for 01 the building of or the Bullfrog branch bl-anch of oC the tile Salt lt Lake Route has been a perplexing problem Hobl m for rOl the ito builders and work on the extension extension ex ex- tension hUM has b been en delayed for or week at a n I time for this reason Mr Clark salt yesterday f however that hat enough material material ma ma- tonal had been Plo procured to finish the road roal through the district and antI white while he I Is In Stilt SnIt Lake he lie will ivill close contracts contracts con cnn tracts with Deal Bros Dros Mendenhall for Cor the lie construction of th the road from D batty Beatty atty to TIme The road w will IJ 11 In- In completed to tu Beatt Beatty the of next wt week lk and the lie work will be continued d along time till line to Rhyolite Immediately As A- Aa a practical solution of the lie problem Huh lem lent of ur providing ing railroad ties for the Clark roads road the Salt Lake Lak Route Houte is erecting a creosoting plant In lii Los Jo Angeles wh where r railroad ties lies will wili be treated with a method that will prolong prolong pro pro- their life lire from about nine long years l aa o. o as at al present to about sixteen n years This plant will h be 10 constructed on the thelin lin lines hues s of ur the creosoting plant at nt Shir Shir- Icy ley Indiana which Is already in iii successful suc sue operation Th The process of creosoting the tho ties consists of oC inject log Ing ng eren creosote uto oil under tinder pre pressure sure into 1 seasoned timber to a n. certain amount of oil per lIeI cubic foot font of or timber limber amith anti and th the removal al h by vacuum of the time surilus sur- sur ilus oil Art Aie Seasoned n Before Defore tho the ties lIs are an tr rented d th they must thoroughly be seasoned t as ties tics with sap or water In them are ale not nol porte pene- rated to any depth by lly the thc oil olt Many elany plants are art built to steam stam th the timber limber thoroughly and to pump the thesal sal mIl out of or It ft this process taking raking place In n the same sam cylinders cylinder's used for COt Injecting injecting In- In the oil antI and immediately ly preceding preceding pre pro ceding that process Oth Others ls resort to he the us use of or a kiln to drive c all moisture away but lh the st steaming process probably ably will be e used by the he Salt Lake Lalee Route plant in Los Angeles AngelE's until needs for ties are supplied The he natural process of oC seasoning the theties ties ies s i Is regarded as the best however DR as s the lie steaming process has been found to cau cause e a deterioration of oC about ten pf per r cent to the of the tl ties and it Is not I efficient in removing all of the mois- mois tare ure The rIlE kiln process al also has Its Its disadvantages as al many of oC the ties are arc warped and split spill The natural sea- sea process ha has the drawback of oC requiring from Crom eight months to one years year's ears cars time After ACtor the tho tI ties s are nae seasoned the they are re placed In large retorts of or massive con construction the doors of oC which are arp held in place by some Rome 50 GO two Inch bolts Then the creosote oil is forced lilt Into nto the retorts through pipes until the ie pre pressure surp within Is pounds to the he square Inch This oil Is I kept ept Ata at t tta a temperature of or IG degrees and the pressure pre and temperature maintained for or three and one half to six Ix hours It Il t is fg estimated that In that time the time theall oil all II penetrates to ever every part parL of the wood where It ft acts as a preservative b by y all moisture Surplus Oil Withdrawn After the tr treatment b by pressure has been icen completed the surplus of oC the 2000 20 00 gallons In the tho tank Is 13 withdrawn to o b be used a again aln A vacuum pump pumps Is s then set to work and und a vacuum of 25 23 j inches hitches is Js maintained until II it is deer de do- er in In i-d i that a proper amount has been een withdrawn from the tics ties so that It t will not exude wh n they are arc placed In iii n use IL II H. H I Knowlton of Cincinnati who has hns ms conducted extensive experiments In n treating U ties s says As AI to the cost of ties tics the woods accepted untreated d drun run from 65 to 7 75 cents a n tie and their heir average life Is about nine years This Is a very high price and ten years cars ago the Big Dig Four railroad was as purchasing purchasing pur pur- chasing tics ties better t than tian it gets now at 10 co cents each The Tho onder under un on- der which ties are arc purchased for Cor treating are aie vcr very rigid and the cost of these hette Ue ties untreated is 35 cents cent Add Addo to o this the cost of or treatment which Is s about 30 cents cent and you have a He tie that costs 66 c cents exclusive of the theco co cost t of or loading transportation and capital Invested which considerably Increases increases It Must Have Ha Good Drainage cIn c. c In order that this treated tie tic should last its mechanical life and not bo be subject to any rot it Is important import import- ant for tor railroads to obtain as nearly perfect drainage as possible so that the tho oil may not be wn washed hed out and the the tho tie tic ma may not be rendered soft oft oCt and anti cut Into by the time rail The present practice of the American roads which use the thu ordinary driven en spike Is IN most destructive to all tle ties tics as ns the fibre of uC the he wood Is crushed antI and a hole made to C hold moisture and a assist in lit rotting out and softening the U tie |