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INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE--CONTINUED, 
3204. U.S. BUR. OF THE CENSUS. Facts for indus- 
try. Ser. M13B. Softwood plywood. Jan.1948-Dec.1952. 
173.409 F11S 
Monthly, with annual summary. ; 
Statistics of production, shipment, consumption, and 
stocks; consumption and stocks of veneer logs; consump- 
tion and stocks of glue. Occasional issues have hardwood 
plywood information, originating on the west coast. 
3205. U. 5. FOREST SERV, DIV. OF FOREST ECO- 
NOMICS. Veneer tog production in the United States, by 
regions, 1947. Washington,1950. Map. 1.962 F4V55 
3206. U.S. OFF. OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, 
Plywood and veneer industry in Canada. U. S. Off. 
Internatl. Trade, World Trade in Commod. Pt. 9, Lumber 
& Allied Prod. 8(5),4 p. Feb.1950. 157.54 W897 
From a report by L. D. Brown. 
RAILWAY TIES AND OTHER COMMODITIES 
FOR RAILWAY USE 
(See also under Wood Seasoning 
and Preservation) 
3207. ART, R. C. Tie ways of the Nation. Wood 
pe pcaEe 3(12):17-19, 48,50,52. Ref. Dec.1948. 
9.82 W859 F 
Methods and problems of the tie industry. Discusses 
the place of hewn ties in production. 
3208. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS. 
PURCHASES AND STORES DIV. The forest products 
situation. Railway Age 125(2):91-92. July 10,1948. 
Pat. Off. Libr. ‘ 
Purchase and supply situation for forest products used 
by railroads. 
3209. BLACKMAN, C, H. 100 years of cross ties on 
the L&N. Cross Tie B. 31(9):18,20,22,24. Sept.1950. 
99.82 C87 
3210. BLAIR, T. A. Two years' experience on the 
Santa Fe in using tie inspectors to determine the cause 
of failure of ties at the time they are removed. Cross 
Tie B. 33(11):40,42,44,46. Nov.1952. 99.32 C87 
.A statistical study by wood species giving causes of 
removal and average age of ties when removed. 
3211. BLOCH, D. The tie hacks' last stand. Amer. 
Forests 54:72-74. Feb.1948. 99.8 F762 ‘ 
River driving hand-hewn ties in Wyoming. 
3212. BRENTLINGER, P. D. The railroads’ problems 
in purchasing cross ties. Cross Tie B. 32(10):57-60. 
Oct.1951. 99.82 C87 
Includes inspecting and grading. 
3213. BROWN, N. C. Wooden cross tie still supreme. 
Cross Tie B. 30(7):34-36, 33. July 1949, 99.82 C87 
History of production and use, species variation and 
geoyvraphical shift in production areas. Factors affecting 
requirements. 
3214, BURT, C. S. The last fifty years and the next in 
the cross tie industry. Cross Tie B. 31(9):45-52. Sept. 
1950. 99.82 C87 
The place of railroads in the tie industry. 
3215. CADE, J. R. Cross ties—Pacific coast and the 
South—a comparison of practices and problems. Cross 
Tie B. 30(9):34,36,38,40. Sept.1949. 99.82 C87 
3216. DYKES, J. F. The importance of the crosstie 
industry in Louisiana. Forests & People 2(4):22-23. 
Fourth Q.1952. 99.8 F7628 
3217. EPPERSON, W. Peaks and valleys in the tie 
industry from viewpoint of a field man. Cross Tie B. 31 
(4):22,24. Apr.i950. 99.82 C87 
Marketing and its affects on production, 
3218. EPPERSON, W. Show thern the right way to cut 
ties; necessary to work with mill owners to get more and 
better production per man day. Cross Tie B. 30(3):7-8, 
22, Mar.1949. 99.82 C87 
Wartime production changes, the scarcity of skilled 
labor, and reduced tie production despite higher invest- 
ment in equipment. 
3219. HARVESON,-C. B. History of cross ties on the 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Cross Tie B. 33(11):46,48- 
52. Nov.1952. 99.82 C87 
3220. HOLLEY, W. B. More use of hickory cross 
ties from standpoint of operation. Cross Tic ©. 32( 
9. Nov.1951. 99.82 C87 
Includes advantages of hickory utilization in forest 
management, 
3221. HOOD, J. M. Short lines also use ties. 
Tie B. 33(11):55-58. Nov.1952. 99.382 C87 
Cross 
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INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE--CONTINUED. 
3222. JEFFORDS, L. S. The nine foot cross tie. J. 
Forestry 46:45-46. Jan.1948. 99.8 F768 
3223. JOHNSON, B. N. Cross tie and lumber prices, 
1946-1951. Cross Tie B, 32(4):9-17. Apr.1951. 
99.82 C87 
Statistical analysis by region or State and by primary 
species, 
3224. JOHNSON, B. N. The problem of peaks and 
valleys in tie production. Cross Tie B. 30(9):14-18,20. 
Sept.1949. 99.82 C87 
3225. JONES, E. W. Ties ies Roting|: Forest 
Farmer 10(2):10-11. Nov.1950. 99.8 F7692 
3226. KEMP, W. E. Experience of the Norfolk & 
Western railroad in the use of hickory ties. Cross Tie 
B. 32(11):14-17. Nov.1951. 99.82 C87 
Statistical analysis of service life and causes of failure. 
3227. KYEHN, A. L. The life of cross ties: What is 
the most economic length of life? Cross Tie B. 33(11): 
30, 32, 34,36,38,40. Nov.1952. 99.82 C87 
The connection of the tie industry with the general 
forest economy, with the general rural economy, with the 
steel industry, with transportation, with the lumber in- 
dustry, and with the wood-preserving industry. Tabulates 
the costs involved in ties used 30.and 40 years. 
3228. LANE, P. H., and FECHNER, G. H. Sawed tie 
roduction in the Tennessee Valley region. Cross Tie B. 
32(12):9-12,14,16,18,20,22. Dec.195i1. 99.82 C87 
U. S. Tennessee Valley Authority Division of Forestry 
Relations, National Hardwood Lumber Association, South- 
ern Pine Inspection Bureau, and U. S. Forest Service, 
cooperating. 
Contents: Railway tie production and industry; Costs of 
production; Sawmill problems; Log sawing time; Lumber 
recovery and grade yield; Log grade and lumber 
recovery; Product values from board logs and tie logs; 
Overrun. 
3229. LORENTZEN, F. 1948 Florida tie production. 
Cross Tie B. 31(4):10,12. Apr.1950. 99.82 C87 
Assembled from Forest Survey statistics compiled by 
U. S. Forest Service Southeastern Forest Experiment 
Station. 
3230. OGDEN, W. H. Crosstie industry facts for the 
Tennessee Valley counties. Norris,U. S. Tenn. Val. 
Authority Dept. Forestry Relat.,1949. 21 p. 173.2 T25Ct 
3231. OGDEN, W. H. 40 per cent of South's sawed 
tie production in Tennessee Valley. Cross Tie B. 31(5): 
7-8,10,28. May 1950. 99.82 C87 
Taken from a 1947 field survey of forest industries in 
the Tennessee Valley by the U. S. Tennessee Valley 
Authority Division of Forestry Relations. Includes the 
place of the valley's crosstie industry in supplying area 
railroads. 
3232. PARMELEE, J. H. Prospective railroad earn- 
ings and expenditures. Cross Tie B. 32(10):17-18,20,22, 
24,26, 28, 30, 32, 34,36, 38,40,42,44. Oct.1951. 99.82 C87 
In discussing market trends for railway ties, reviews 
statistics of crosstie use and costs, 1926-50. 
3233. PARMELEE, J. H. What the railroads need 
from the tie industry. Cross Tie B. 29(9):14-16,47. 
Sept.1948, 99,82 C87 
3234. PERKINS, W. C. History of Union Pacific 
timber treatment. Amer. Wood-Preserv. Assoc. Proc. 
47:221-225. 1951. 300.9 Am3 
Includes history of crosstie use and replacement. 
3235. RAILWAY TIE ASSOCIATION. COMMITTEE ON 
MANUFACTURING PRACTICE. Report. Cross Tie B. 
32(11):26,28, 30,32. Nov.1951. 99.82 C87 
Reviews general economic problems, and mechanization 
efficiency. Considers labor, timber purchase, log 
supplies, sawmills, and markets. 
3236. RAILWAY TIE ASSOCIATION. Reports on cross 
tie production. Cross Tie B. 29-33. May 1948-Dec.1952. 
99.82 C87 
Monthly regional and State reports by corporate 
members of the association, chiefly on factors affecting 
production. Later issues append statistical graphs show- 
ing production and inventories in millions of ties. 
3237, RAILWAY TIE ASSOCIATION, Tie contractor. 
Cross Tie B. 29(1):14-17; (2):12-14,66; (6):10-12. Jan.- 
Feb.,June 1948. 99.82 C87 
Costs and other economic considerations in operating a 
tie yard. 
3238. RAILWAY TIE ASSOCIATION. The use of 
treated tracks. Cross Tie B. 29(3):29-31,34,40. Mar. 
1948. 99.82 C87 
Costs and utilization of treated and untreated ties in 
tracks serving industries, rather than in main-line rail- 
road tracks. 
