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Stop! Look! Listen! 



TO THE RAILWAY MANAGER. 



You are a busy man ; very much de- 

 pends upon your judgment in the man- 

 ag^ement of your company's affairs. De- 

 tails multiply ! Correspondence pours in 

 as rapidly as you can clear your table. 

 The piles of letters disix)sed of to-day 

 are followed by others to-morrow. 



If, when you are crossing the tracks of 

 some railway, and are on dangerous 

 ground, you hear the tinkling of an elec- 

 tric bell which gives the warning sound 

 of an approaching train, and see before 

 you the notice, perhaps erected by your 

 orders : 



STOP ! LOOK ! LISTEN ! 



There is no doubt but you will at oncfe 

 heed the warning of the safety signal 

 and move with caution until you are 

 clear of impending danger. 



The stockholders of your company 

 have placed you in this responsible posi- 

 tion. You are expected to look to their 

 interests in all that pertains to the man- 

 agement of the road, to secure its safety 

 and eventually return to them the great- 

 est fx)ssible income for their investment. 



STOP 



long enough from the dictation of let- 

 ters and routine affairs of your office 

 to consider what your road is going to 

 do for cross-ties a very few years hence ; 

 of what they will be made ; where they 

 will be obtained ; what will be their cost; 

 how long will they last, and what will be 



the expense to your company for re- 

 newals. 



LOOK 



far ahead, and see the forests disappear- 

 ing from every portion of the land, and 

 no adequate effort being made to per- 

 petuate the supply of timber for general 

 consumption as well as for your com- 

 pany's use. 



See the vast export of all kinds of 

 lumber and timber, and the demands 

 made upon American forests by Euro- 

 pean and African railways for cross-ties 

 and lumber. Estimate, if you will, the 

 vastness of the requirements for electric 

 lines as well as for steam railways. 



LISTEN 



to the warning given in time and prepare 

 for the inevitable result which must come 

 within a few years. 



Arboriculture will point out practical 

 remedies from time to time, and as every 

 railway official should be informed of the 

 actual condition of the forest supply, 

 and the means for making it perpetual, 

 will continue to encourage the planting 

 of economic trees and a better protec- 

 tion to our native forests. What will 

 you do tow^ard the encouragement of Ar- 

 boriculture? The nifigazine comes to 

 you monthly and gives the gentle warn- 

 ing. Will you heed its signals? The 

 train is rapidly approaching — it is nearer 

 than you suppose — which brings the last 

 timbers of .American forests. 



