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Show I; LODGEPOLE PII FOR; IH PACJFIC 1 lilt , g Goorgo Loff, general manager of the i " Standard Timber company, with gen-ral gen-ral ofllces in Evanston, Wyo., was In j; Ogdon Thursday evening in confer- i enco with officlala of the United States ' forestry service relative to the sale of it' j ties from tho forest reserve lands. ' ! The Standard Timber company is i ;,! under contract with the Union Pacific ' ( fA to furnish 82,000,000 board feet of ties j ! within' a period of six years. Tho en- J 4; tire supply Is to be cut on forest re- j 1 t-. ocrve lands. Tho contract has been j running for four years, during which i ij time 500,000 ties havo been delivered I j. h annually. One million ties are yet to 1 be delivered. All the ties are of lodge- i JE pole pine and are subject to creosote j i treatment. 1 :i It is stated that eventually all rall- 1 4 roads must come to the lodge polo ( j i -',! pine ties. This particular species of ." timber is easily subject to creosote t ' treatment, after which, it is stated, it j j has a durability that excels practical- ly all other timbers for tlo purposes. It is said that the government lands alone will bo able to yield a supply of this timber ample to meet the demand de-mand of American railroads for the uoxt fifty years. The Oregon Short Line, It is stated, is expected to bo tho next large company com-pany to utilize tho creosote treatment of lodge pole pine for ties. At present, that company is using tho coast fir. which could bo purchased a few years ago for $7 and ?S per 1000 feet, but now commands a prico ranging from 17 to $19 per 1000 feet. Tho coast fir does not require creosote treatment treat-ment to produce tho proper durability, but the supply Is becoming scarce while tho lodgepolo pino is practically practical-ly untouched. |