Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1911 — Why Ties Are Burned. [ARTICLE]

Why Ties Are Burned.

Tip, once seeing a lot of pretty fair, though used, railroad ties being burned by the orders of pie assistant superintendent, inquired why and was told that if old ties were sold or given away it 4ould cost the railroad a pretty penny, because gfafters would soon find every defect in ties and then when there were no more with defects good ties wopld be thought rotten and taken out and sold or “given away.” The railroad had to order them burned so that any ties found away from the track would be known to be stolen.