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PRACTICAL ARBORICULTURE 



TO THE RAILWAY MANAGER. 



You are a busy man; very much depends upon your judgment in the man- 

 agement of your company's affairs. Details multiply ! Correspondence pours 

 in as rapidly as you can clear your table. The piles of letters disposed of to- 

 day are followed by others to-morrow. 



If, when you are crossing the tracks of some railway, and are on danger- 

 ous ground, you hear the tinkling of an electric bell which gives the warning 

 sound of an approaching train, and see before you the notice, 



STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! 



There is no doubt but you will at once 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 possible income for their investment. 



STOP 



long enough from the dictation of letters 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 disappearing from every portion of the land, and 

 no adequate effort being made to perpetuate the supply of timber for general con- 

 sumption as well as for your company's use. 



See the vast export of all kinds of lumber and timber, and the demands 

 made upon American forests by European 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. The train is rapidly approaching it is nearer than 

 you suppose which brings the last timbers of American forests. Will you heed 

 the signal? 



We are pointing out a remedy which will make a perpetual supply of timber 

 and ties possible. 



