CROSSTTES PURCHASED AND TREATED IN" 1915. 



and 8,200 miles respectively. The total mileage of the reporting 

 railroads in these three classes is 201,280 miles, or 78.46 per cent of 

 the total mileage of the steam railroads in the United States. The 

 mileage of the reporting railroads in Class I constitutes over 71 per 

 cent of the entire mileage of the country. It is also over 80 per cent 

 of the mileage of Class I roads. 



Table 4. — Number of crossties reported purchased in 1915 by steam railroads, representing 

 78.46 per cent of total mileage in all regions by classes and kinds of wood. 



Kind of wood. 



Total. 



Class I.— 

 Operating 

 revenues, 



over 

 $1,000,000. 



Class II.— 

 Operating 

 revenues, 

 $100,000- 

 $1,000,000. 



Class III.— 



Operating 



revenues, 



under 

 $100,000. 



All kinds 



White oak 



Red oak 



Southern pine 



Douglas fir 



Cypress 



Cedar 



Chestnut 



Eastern tamarack. . . 



Dodgepole pine 



Western larch 



Western yellow pine 



Beech 



Maple 



Hemlock 



■Gum 



Birch 



Redwood 



Allother 



88,498,655 



30, 160, 



15, 989, 



13, 226, 



6,308, 



4,375, 



4, 121, 



2, 666, 



2, 520, 



1,254, 



1, 196, 



1,183, 



1, 139, 



1, 062, 



839, 



485, 



462, 



270, 



1, 235, 



81,362,505 



3,641,978 



3,494,172 



557, 928 

 495, 614 

 697, 745 

 964,527 

 934, 789 

 672,564 

 323,586 

 390, 333 

 201,347 

 136, 944 

 057, 841 

 096, 095 

 021,603 

 650, 774 

 475, 263 

 455, 881 

 162, 184 

 067,487 



1,321,443 



166, 023 



877, 836 



212, 991 



256, 282 



202, 126 



117, 722 



91, 799 



23,340 



36, 874 



10, 010 



15, 884 



13, 719 



128,475 



904 



6,581 



67, 212 



92, 757 



1,280,945 



327, 968 



651,073 



131, 167 



183,941 



246, 880 



225,094 



38,343 



29,733 



22, 597 



115, 684 



27,478 



26,764 



60, 675 



9,299 



41, 298 

 75,233 



Tables 5, 6, and 7 show the number of crossties purchased by the 

 steam railroads in the western, eastern, and southern regions of the 

 country. They are tabulated according to the three classes of roads 

 and the species are arranged in the order of number of ties purchased. 



Table 5. — Number of crossties reported purchased in 1915 by steam railroads representing 

 86.54 per cent of the mileage in the western region, by classes of railroads and kinds of 

 wood. 



Kind of wood. 



Total. 



Class I. — 

 Operating 

 revenues, 



over 

 $1,000,000. 



Class II.— 

 Operating 

 revenues, 

 $100,000- 

 $1,000,000. 



Class III.— 

 Operating 

 revenues, 



under 

 $100,000. 



All kinds 



White oak 



Red oak 



Douglas fir 



Southern pine 



Cypress 



Eastern tamarack. . . 



Cedar 



Lodgepole pine -• 



Western larch 



Western yellow pine 



Hemlock 



Gum 



Redwood 



Birch.... 



Beech 



Maple 



Chestnut 



Allother. 



40,650,424 



37,425,087 



1,775,397 



1,449,940 



227,462 

 680, 237 

 306, 194 

 692,350 

 467, 158 

 408, 642 

 004, 822 

 254, 420 

 196,415 

 145, 371 

 '811,822 

 275, 741 

 270, 694 

 194, 801 

 118,363 

 111,400 

 96,443 

 388,089 



027, 038 

 516, 065 

 964, 527 

 345, 555 

 303,909 

 334, 141 

 716,987 

 201,347 

 136, 944 

 057, 841 

 633,277 

 267, 563 

 162, 184 

 194, 801 

 112,363 

 103,417 

 92,944 

 354, 184 



602, 737 



62, 178 



210, 500 



176, 836 



148, 352 



46,346 



191, 099 



23,340 



36,874 



10, 010 



121,686 



704 



67,212 



597, 687 

 101,994 

 131, 167 

 169,959 

 14, 897 

 28, 155 

 96,736 

 29, 733 

 22, 597 

 77, 520 

 56,859 

 7,474 

 41,298 



1,137 

 "76,~386 



6,000 



6,846 



3,499 



57, 519 



