Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — Screwing Railroad Tracks Down. [ARTICLE]

Screwing Railroad Tracks Down.

crease and, timber for ties becoming ever scarcer, the problem of keeping our railroads supplied with suitable ties is one of the biggest that railroad management has to face. Our railroad# wear out upward of 150,000,000 ties a year, and as they cost on an average 50 cents apiece the bill runs up pretty high. Hardwood ties, of course, last much longer than soft wood, but they are also much more e P -