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Ties were driven down the river every year thereafter until along 

 in the nineties. (Fig. 28.) There were four or five different con- 

 tractors at work at various times, but all combined in driving their 

 ties, which were landed near the railroad bridges on Provo River, 



Figure 27. — Western yellow pine injured by porcupine 



west of Provo. The ties were used by the Utah Southern, later 

 called the Utah Central, which was using standard-gage ties at that 

 time, and by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, which 

 took narrow-gage ties. The largest drive was made about 1886, 



Figure 28. — Railroad ties are still largely made by Land. Note the ax used for 



hewing 



when approximately 350,000 ties were driven down the river. 

 (Fig. 29.) 



Charcoal kilns were located about 4 miles above the Mill Fork 

 station of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, About 20 



