The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-02


 teh Worlds Fair. As was stated at the beginning of the great exposition in St. Louis. the Pullman Car Com pany built a great many cars for tenn porary use as passenger coaches. These cars were not put together in any cheap or uncertain manner, but were substantially and handsomely constructed.
 It Is understood that 1t was the in- ention of sthe Pullman people to dis pose of the cars to different roads at the conclusion of the Worlds Fair, as they probably would not be suited to the requirements of Pullman sleep CTS even after being renovated and newly equipped. It is not impossible that some of the cars will fall into the possession of the roads operating in this territory. It is understood this is desirable equipment and that 1t will very probably be offered at a low price, on account of the Pull man people now having no use for any of 1t.
 T believe that the cultivation of the catalpa for use in making railroad ties car now be called an unqualified suc- cess. Both the Louisville and Nash vile and Illinois Central, which are trying the plan. are perfectly satisfied
 with the progress which has been made, and are making preparations to
 add to their plantations at Harahan, near the city, and al Pensacola"
 This was the statement made last night by John P. Brown, of Corners
 vile, Ind, the editor of Arborculture,
 says a New Orleans paper.
 Mir. Brown is in the city to inspect
 the catalpa plantation of the Illinois
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 trees, covering over 250 acres, are un-
 der cultivation.
 My opinion is," continued MT. Brown,
 that the development of the Louisville
 and Nashville plantation at Pensacola has been much more satisfactory than that of the one at Harahan. A number of mistakes have been made at both
 plantations. They have been mistakes
 which 1t would have been impossible
 to avoid in an experimental venture of this kind. But we are learning more and more of the catalpa and of
 the soil and climatic conditions which 1t needs for it's rapid development. and | from what I can learn a number of | the other railroad systems of the coun- try will take up the plan next season. We now have a large force of men | gathering the seed in the various sec- | tions of the country where the real catalpa speciosa is found. The seed will be distributed to the various rail- | roads that wish 1t, and will be planted | in the spring.
 T consider the development of the l plantation at Pensacola remarkable. They have had six months of drought | in the past year. and yet the young | trees are all in splendid condition, and we have not lost a single one. The great difficulty with which We have
 to contend here is keeping down the 1 tropical vegetation which flinders the growth of the tree. This trouble has made the cultivation of the catalpa in
 Louisiana much more expensive than | in other sections.
 Tt Is not generally known that the start of this whole plan of cultivat- ing timber for railroad ties came from New Orleans. When the Exposition | buildings in Audubon Park were torn l down, Professor Stubbs planted num- Der of trees of the Ncatalpa family. He called my attention to their wonderful growth few years ago, and l took the matter before the Illinois Central off, cials. These catalpas are still stand | ing in the park"
 Twenty of the great railroads have planted quite largely of catalpa trees | in various portions of the United States, and some others in foreign | lands, under MT. Browns direction,
 while several other railway systems
 have similar plantations in contempla- | ton. The trees at Harahan were planted in the spring of 1902 and many are now twenty five feet high. The Illinois Central Railroad has also an other tract of 200 acres near Du Quoin, Ill. in the mining region.
 The Louisville and Nashville Railway