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Show PRESERVATIVE PLANT FOR TIES That a large plant for the preser-vathe preser-vathe treatment of railroad ties will be established lu the Intcr-mountain region within the near future Lp the belief of Ivoeglng Engineer Daniel F. Seere of the local office of the forest 1 service Mr Secrey has been giving! much Much to the possibilities for a treating plant In this region, to handle han-dle lodgepole pine timber, not only in the torm of railroad ties but telephone tele-phone and telegraph pole? "The erection of a large treatlnc plant in this region, similar to tho-e operated by some or the eastern rail-1 roads, will save the inter-mountaln I railroads thousmds of dollars annual l.v." Mr Seerey says. At the pres enl time most of the inter mountain railroads obtain their supply of ties Irom the coast, having to pry Freight rates over other roads or the cost of hauling them over their own line-The line-The result is that these ties cost at local points from 10 cents to 30 cents per tie more than local tie timber would cost at the ;ame points. The' location .f a treating plant In this region re-gion would make It possible to iHtilizel a srcit amount of lodgepole pine timber tim-ber which occurs In northern l'tah, southern Idaho and western vom (tip "Practically all of the lodgepole timber in this region is so located that It can be driven and transported to railroad points, and there are several sev-eral Ideal centra locations for a large treating plant The I'nion Pacific Pa-cific railroad Is the only inter-moon tain roa,i n.w using lodgepole pine ties, and practically all of the tie timber used by this compans is made from lodgepole pine The company has a treating plant at Laramie. Wyo . where Its ties are treated arid then distributed for use. The durability dur-ability of the lodgepole pine tie, af ,ter It has been treated with preserva-1 I live, is well established and I under I stand that a nuinebr of the other i railroads In this region are now considering con-sidering the matter of admitting lodgepole pine in their tie specifica-tions. specifica-tions. "I believe that' It will onlv be a few years until these roads wtll see the great advantage which will ac ; crue to them In establishing a treat-1 Ing plant and utilizing the great J amount of local timber tributarv to I their road, thereby obtaining tie timber tim-ber at less co9t and without the long hauls now involved In bringing in coast material. "Not only g there a great amount: of local lodgepole pine available but other species suitable for railroad material is found in abundance. This timber is mainly Douglas fir and Englemann spruce The local Douglas Doug-las fir is superior to the coast fir In Its durability as railroad ties and does not require a preservative treatment treat-ment before use On the watershed of the South Fork of the Snake river with its many tributarie6 there Is sufficient timber of Douglas fir, Englemann En-glemann spruce and lodgepole pine to supplv the railroads of the inter mountain country for practically an indefinite period and it cannot be many years before some of the railroads rail-roads take action to a-vail themselves of this cast supply of excellent timber tim-ber " Mr. Seerey stated that the question ques-tion of using lodgepole pine timber for telegraph and telephone poles is being be-ing seriously considered. Recent tests made by the forest Bervice In Montana Mon-tana show that by the use of lodgepole lodge-pole pine pole9, with treated butts, a Raving of 50 cents per pole per year over the cost of cedar poles now generally gen-erally used could be realized. |