| Show IV 4 A WEIGHTY PROBLEM tl I 1 4 the engineers society ol 01 pennsylvania i e vania has been investigating the railway il tie question m with ith a view to determining the practicability of metal ties F instead ol 01 wood of the result it is r enough ugh to fay ay the standard metal tie V company has published the proceedings ell z in pamphlet form and is circulating 1 1 it broadcast Z reasons iron for or 4 for a great many k ties ought to supersede wood according to the report oi of the engineers I 1 in the long run the iron IS the cheapest V but there is another reason which is quite as important as present IV there is no use for C a 0 fit t cf of material I 1 which timber is employed that is so it I 1 extravagant and wiste wasteful ful agibe aa the one in question in general nothing but ov I 1 young trees and the very best t to 0 be 1 available tile found are considered N result is that our out mountains have been robbed indiscriminately of the y choicest timber the cutting of which at fuch an age in its growth should have long ago been made a penal I 1 offe of fence ace there is no estimating the I 1 damage which the country is suffering through th the e tie cutting in I 1 deatry while men of fore forethought thou but unfortunately not ial influence are making 11 I 1 every possible effort to stop the plunder of the forests and to institute measures and public customs which will restore to their original condition 7 I 1 timber lands which have been I 1 stripped in this and similar ways another class is pushing on z their destructive work this is a I 1 matter that cannot be trifled with 9 I 1 much longer there Is coming a time when tha the law will be compelled to take vigorous bold hold of it the safety of 1 the country demands it ft Every el cry year I 1 makes it more apparent that the forests must be protected or the tile floods V I 1 which are a direct result of stripping i t the mountains of their timber will take absolute possession of largo large 4 portions of 0 the lower country II 11 the millions that are just now I 1 being destroyed along the lower I 1 mississippi emphasize the gravity of I 1 the question and foretell what is going X to happen if the devastation continues unchecked in consideration odthe of the vast amount ol 01 timber now consil consumed md 1 ed in railway constructor on it is a fitting I 1 time for those institutions to be W working up an adequate substituted 1 and that the iron tie is going to come V into use speedily is almost certain 1 1 Is not this a significant subject for ogden to consider 5 we speak about our activity in real estate and point out as one of the I 1 reasons for the tile increase in values that L at our backs ate mountains of iron yet the actual value ol 01 ogden property I 1 is not worth one iota more because 11 ot of the mere proximity of tho the moun 0 bains of splendid iron ore whereas the successful manufacture of une us I 1 railway lie tie in ogden City from ogden ore will ill or shirld increase the value of realty fifty or a hundred per cent As Asil a railroad lail road center md and interested in I 1 all that concerns the building and improvement 1 pro of railroads as well as in 41 the preservation of the timber and az the development of the mineral resources 1 1 of the section this one question 51 of 0 ties is worthy of our most serious seri r long ious reflection |
