Show e. e MOUNTAIN INTER AIN NEWS SERVICE I By The Th Republicans Republican's Special Correspondents SHORTAGE OF TIES FELT FET FELTON ON ALL AL LINES UNE Saw Mills in Northwest st Cannot Furnish Enough for Western Western West- West em ern Roads O Feb 1 17 A i.-A A most perplexing l problem for railroad a at this time iliac is the the existence t c of oC an nn unusual usua shortage o of r tics and nuil It l t J Is now anU antic i thai the scarcity of hl valuable road mad building will wili have Us itt effects U upon poe the co contemplated n Cia repairs and atal H on oil of or the branches blanches of the Harriman n lilIes lines Purchasing Agent A A. E. E n nor of or t tie c l lines has been de tlc- devoting voting most of his lime time during th the past past- p st few fes' weel toward supplying his hi roads with Ith the much needed tb and that it f is b only emily with extreme cl difficulty tilt dif f- f that he c cn cnn n supply the he demand at nt this time Lilac lie Is fearful of oC the future and hopes hope's for better conditions conditions' Resident engineer Fitzgerald of or the Southern Pacific t is also having h hI big hands bonds full with the thc task of or procuring ties 8 and is n a busy bus man maii All of oC tho ho ties tics u used ascii on omi the tho lines hues hi Iii the these o regions are arc purchased ed in the tho timber districts of the tho northwest and anil tot for man many rent rent-ami which have ha entered the shortage c the he supply from there is unusually limited The flie re recent re- re cent delays to ti trains In Iii that hat region on oil account of floods have l III In a mca iuca- uro ure been responsible Co for foi I the short short- tIC age hut but gi gi cater than LImit all nil this is the lie hea heavy demand fo for this Tho Harriman JIn roads londs havo have a standing standing stand stand- In order Co for lIr in iii the lie ing railroad ties lira saw milla of oC the sections and fin aie grabbing grab gin bin bing N l' y railroad tie tic in Iii s The Ilic tern is ball ziP also asking lot for its Irs anti besides this hits the Short Line Southern Pacific Union Pacific and anti Iun company compan com Coil pany pan arc rare rebuilding their old hens beds and nud constructing new ones In fact all of oC the roads are almost begging for ties tics In iii the thc meantime the mills 1 In iii the northwest e t are arc turning them out as aa rapidly as possible |