DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



FOKESTKY DIVISION. 



Bulletin No. 3. 



PRELIMINARY REPORT 



ON 



THE USE OF METAL TRACK ON RAILWAYS AS A 

 SUBSTITUTE FOR WOODEN TIES. 



E. E, Russell Tratman. c, E, 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



A REPORT OF EXPERIMENTS IN WOOD SEASONING I^Y THE 



CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD 



COMPANY, AND OTHER NOTES. 



COMPILED BY 



B . E . F E K N O W , 



Chief of Forestry Division. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1889. 

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