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Denver and Kio Grande Railway.—Mileage of road and consumption of native timber. 
Statement from C. M. Hobbs, purchasing agent. (Length of road, main line, 10 
Colorado, 1,161.8 miles; New Mexico, 155.2 miles; Utah, 368 miles. ) 
Approximate amount of timber required for annual renewals and repairs : 
WTOSS=U1eR puss Mestad eases e sa ee number... 1, 023,376 
sawed stimibem(. Ma) reese meeees eect eee feet.. 5,625, 000 
Kinds of timber preferred for the several purposes : 
For cross-ties, Red Spruce (local name for White Spruce) and Yellow Pine—the 
former very much preferred ; for bridge timbers and cars, Yellow Pine ; for buildings, 
Yellow Pine or Red Spruce. 
Native timber used in Colorado and New Mexico in the year 1886: 
Number of broad-gauge cross-ties ..---..........---- 60, 000 
Number of narrow-gauge cross-ties ........---. ..---- 740, 000 
Heet.of dimension lumber 3.°M: 22222 = 32. -ee see 2 a-0 000.000 
In my opinion there is an ample supply of timber in our State for a hundred years 
to come; but the increasing cost of securing it will soon make necessary the use of 
some wood-preserving process, at least on the part of railroad companies. 
Colorado Midland Railway.—Mileage of road and consumption of native timber. State- 
ment of H. D. Fisher, president of Colorado Midland Construction Company. 
January 27,1887. The present mileage of the Colorado Midland Railway, now 
under construction, aud which we expect to finish and operate before the close of the 
year, is 250 miles. 
The number of cross-ties required for the above main track and the sidings Teqms 
site for the same will be about 900,000. 
The amount of timber to be used in bridges and other construction work is esti- 
mated at between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 feet. 
The timber generally used for bridge purposes is Yellow Pine or Red Spruce (local 
name for White Spruce); and the same may be said with regard to ties, except that 
we endeavor to obtain all the Red Spruce that can be had. 
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad.—Statement from G. W. Holdrege, general 
manager, of date January 22, 1887. (Length of road in Colorado, 175 miles. ) 
No Rocky Mountain timber used in 1886. 
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company.—Consumption of native timber during the year 
1885. Statement from D. B. Robinson, general manager. 
During the year 1885 we consumed in New Mexico 937,240 feet, and in Arizona 
2,028,959 feet (B. M.) of native pine. Our principal source of supply is from the Ayer 
Lumber Company, at Flagstaff, Ariz. Pine lumber is about the only kind of lumber 
we use, and is the only kind that grows either in Arizona or New Mexico to any ex- 
tent. 
Mileage of road in New Mexico and consumption of native timber during the year 
1886. Statement from T. R. Gabel, general superintendent. (J.ength of road in 
New Mexico, 191 miles.) 
Number of cross-ties (native pine) used in New Mexico in the year 1886, 47,456. 
Number of feet of dimension lumber (native pine) used in New Mexico in the year 
1886, 298,755 
On the western division of this road extensive use has been made of Redwood for 
cross-ties and telegraph poles; these ties last about twelve years. 
TELEGRAPH POLES, ETC. 
The consumption of native timber, especially the White Sprace, for 
telegraph and telephone poles, amounts in the aggregate to consider- 
