The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-27

Washington. May 2s.-(special.)-
From time to time the Bureau of For
estry issues interesting and valuable
statements calculated to put money In
the pockets of the people IL they will
only heed the advice given by this i'm
portant branch of the Department of
Agriculture
Clifford Pinchot is the head of this
bureau. He is a gentleman OF inde-
pendent means, and devotes his time
to the work on account of the interest
ne feels In forestry. He is close
friends OF President Roosevelt. The
salary Mr.. Pinchot receives from the
Government--$3.500 a year--would not
meet one-third of his expenses when
ne is here in Washington at his beau
tiful residence on Rhode island Avenue
not far from the statutes of Daniel
Webster and General Winfield Scott.
Vie following statement has been
issued by the Bureau which will doubt
less prove OF interest to many owners
OF timber lands In Alabama and other
Southern States.
Timber for Railroad Ties.
TT IL not generally known that trees
killed by forest fires are used to any
extent, the popular opinion being that
timber of this character Is unfit for
use. Dead timber IL usually associated
this reason 1t Is hard for the average
person to believe that 1t Ia capable OF
much use. In the west, however, there
are many large tracts OF fre-killed
timber which. owing to dry climate and
high elevations. are Just as sound
thirty years after as the day they were
burned.
'one of the important uses made of
dead timber Is for railroad ties. It
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the timber has not been impaired by
the flre-killing while the durability
has been often increased. Where these
ties have been used along with green
timber ties, they have shown up re-
markably we'll in some cases they
have lasted much longer than ties of
green timber.
Dead timber 10 used for this purpose
in wholesale quantities in the Pixies
Peak National Forest. in Colorado, and
In more limited way In some other
places. That ties made of this mate
rial are of known value Is proven by
the fact that the price is the same as
for green timber ties. In quite q few
places these ties have been made as
long ago as fifteen years
Where the ties are known there Is
a strong demand for them. One tie
contractor had a contract for $4,000,
dhO GOuid- od6klg nave uOupicQ IL ndo
he been able to get out the ties.
THE Government, through the For
est Service, is acting for the greatest
economy by disposing of this dead tie
material before II becomes useless, as
every dead tie that is sold saves that
much green timber to keep up the fi-
ture tie supply.
Timber I'm south.
A statement complied not long since
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Of the Southern Railway showed that
at present little over SO per cent of
the valuable timber in the United
States Is to be found in the States
through which the lines OF company
are operated
Senator Morgan for years has been
o most enthusiastic believer In the
proper improvement of the Tennessee
River in particular. and of some of the
other streams in the South along which
are to be found the finest specimens of
timber. 1t will be recalled that dur
ing the last Congress. Senator Nor
gan submitted an elaborate report on
the needs of the Tennessee River. 1t
was impossible. however. for him or
for any of the other Southern Sena-
tors to secure what they think Is the
proper amount of money to be expend-
ed on the Tennessee during the next
few years. General Morgan has re-