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Oak, chestnut, circulars in regard to ties of 52 



quality, compared witli tliat of other oaks 53 



correspondence iu regard to 53 



Oak timber, experiments in seasoning 58 



Patents relating to metal railway track, list of 36 



Paulet-Lavalette tie, France 11 



Pennsylvania Railroad, trial of steel ties 8 



' ' Phillips " type of metal tie, Australia 16 



Pine, experiments iu seasoning 59 



''Post" metal tie, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Asia. 12,25 



description of.... - 18 



advantages of 19 



figures of various types of 27 



result of use compared with that of oak ties 29 



cost of maintenance ,. 29, 32 



'' Pots" tried by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad 9 



Preservation of railway ties in England 49 



Queensland, use of metal ties in 16 



Rail, double-headed, English 8 



Railroad, Pennsylvania, trial of steel ties by 8 



Boston and Maine 8 



New York Central 9 



Railroads, international congress of, at Milan, opinions of, in regard to use of 



wood and metal ties 9, 35 



consumption of timber by 72 



and forest fires 72 



Railway, Lancashire and Yorkshire, method of preserving ties 50 



Great Northeru, method of preserving ties 51 



Railway metal track, patents relating to 36 



Railway ties, treatment of, for preservation, in England 49 



Railways, relation of to the timber resources of the United States 68 



how economize the timber supply , 69 



land grant, rights and privileges of. 69 



in foreign countries, metal track for 11 



English, permanent way of, Bogart 49 



Report on experiments in wood-seasoning 57 



Resources, timber, of the United States, relation of railways to 68 



Russia, use of metal ties in 14 



Sap, remedy for evil of cutting trees in the (note) 53 



Seasoning, wood, effect on, of cutting in the sap (note) 53 



experiments iu 57 



diagrams illustrating 63 



Senegal, use of metal ties in , , . . 15 



* ' Severac " tie, Belgium, France „ 12 



in Senegal, Algeria 15 



South America, use of metal ties in 17 



South Australia, use of metal ties in 17 



Spain, use of metal ties in 14 



Specifications for wooden cross-ties 55 



English 49 



"Standard" tie , 9 



description of 20 



Stimpson, J., first suggestion of metal track 23 



Stone ties, Sweden 23 



Sweden, use of metal ties in 14 



