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Denver and Bio Grande Eailway .—Mileage of road aud cousumptiou of uative timber. 

 Statement from C. M. Hobbs, purchasing agent. (Length of road, main line, in 

 Colorado, 1,161.8 miles ; New Mexico, 155.2 miles; Utah, 368 miles.) 

 Approximate amount of timber required for annual renewals and repairs : 



Cross-ties number.. 1,023,376 



Sawed timber (B.M.) feet.. 5,625,000 



Kinds of timber preferred for the several puri)0ses: 



For cross-ties, Eed 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 



Feet of dimension lumber (B. M. ) 3, 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 w^ood-preserviug process, at least on the part of railroad companies. 



Colorado Midland Bailway. — 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, and which we expect to finish aud operate before the close of the 

 year, is 250 miles. 



The number of cross-ties required for the above main track and the sidings requi- 

 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 bo said with regard to ties, except that 

 we endeavor to obtain all the Red Spruce that can be had. 



Burlington and Missouri Biver Bailroad. — 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 Bailroad 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. (TiCngth 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- 



