Cross Ties Purchased in 1912 



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total number of ties used, was, neverthe- 

 less, an indication of the increase in this 

 particular form of conservation. In 1912 

 1,818,189 ties were chemically treated. This 

 number forms 8.5 per cent, of the total 

 number of ties purchased. Steam railways 

 used 1,798,189 of these treated ties and 

 electric roads used 20,000. 



The treated ties were mostly hardwoods, 

 as it has been fouml more economical to 

 treat the heavier, stronger woods than 

 those which are liable to fail from me- 

 chanical wear before they have time to 

 decay. The greatest actual saving by pre- 

 servative treatment is found in the use of 

 the so-called * inferior woods, ' provided 

 that these are properly protected from me- 

 chanical wear. Until the price of the dur- 

 able woods become excessive the railway 

 companies will not resort to expensive 

 treatment of inferior woods on account of 

 this cost of protecting them from mechan- 

 ical wear. 



TIMBER CRUISES \ 

 FORESTRY SURVEYS j 



ForCotry Dept. 



Montreal Engineering Company, Limited 



Consulting' & Operating Engineers 



I McGILL STREET, MONTREAL 

 R. O. Sweezey, General Manager 



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ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA. 



The extent to which the work of the Al- 

 pine Club of Canada has grown is shown 

 in the issue of a hundred page special issue 

 of the Canadian Alpine Journal, the organ 

 of the Club. The Club, of which Mr. 

 Arthur O. Wheeler, F.R.G.S., is the ener- 

 getic director, has its headquarters at 

 Banff, Alberta, and the permanent address 

 of the Secretary, Mr. S. H. Mitchell, from 

 whom further information may be obtain- 

 ed, is Sidney, B.C. This issue contains the 

 reports of the party from the Smithsonian 

 Institute of Washington, D.C., which col- 

 laborated with the Club in its 1911 ex- 

 pedition to the Mt. Robson region of Brit- 

 ish Columbia and Alberta in the vicinity 

 of the transcontinental line of the Grand 

 Trunk Pacific Railway. Those who repre- 

 sented the Smithsonian Institute were Mr. 

 N. Hollister, who studied the mammals; 

 Mr. J. H. Riley, who reported on the birds; 

 and Mr. Paul C. Standley, who was the 

 botanist of the expedition. The issue con- 

 tains a large number of half tone engrav- 

 ings of photographs of scenes and speci- 

 mens and a map by Mr. Wheeler of the 

 region traversed. Every year the work 

 of the Alpine Club extends and Canadians 

 are thus being made better acquainted 

 with their great mountain heritage. 



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