DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



FORl::STRY DIVISION. 



Bulletin No. 3. 



PRELIMINARY REPORT 



ON 



THE USE OF METAL TRACK ON RAILWAYS AS A 

 SUBSTITUTE FOR WOODEN TIES. 



BY 



E, E. Russell Tratman. C. E. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



A REPORT OF EXPERIxMENTS IN WOOD SEASONING BY THE 



CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD 



COMPANY. AND OTHER NOTES. 



COMPILED UY 



B. E. FEKNOW, 



Chief of Forestry Division. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 



1889. 



