New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
GROWING RAILROAD TIES.
Brazilian Railroads Planting Forests to
Meet Timber Needs.

Consul General George z. Anderson. of
Rio de Janeir0. tells OF ,he planting o.
forests by Brazilian railway companies 10
meet their frewOod and tie requirements
Brazil is far from having the amount oc
forest with which il is generally credited
in the United States and Europe. though
f. has enough 20 supply al needs under
normal conditions The fact that the trees
OF value are So greatly scattered n the
forests. that so many Of them are he3vi-r
than water and cannot % dOated. and tLa-
the cost OF transportation ls very h-sn
combine 20 make il impossible 90 supply
most portions Of the country wi-l i-Moef
aud logs for industrial and rai.Wsy pur-
poses The result is that not only IS
large portion of the building lumber III
ported. but there are imported many JlH-
bers for bridge and other constructor
work which in the ordinary cotTSe '1
affairs should be Brazilian. one ct the
most striking demonstrations OF tiiS S'a,e
of things appears in the immense sums '-
money expended by Brazilian ra-lv. a. : i1'
ties. and the great trouble hal oy S-oH
companies in securing proper s-fI'-s %
such timber at any price
in order To reduce tGe cost or the ueS
and TO insure a proper supply. the pI Iii'-'p@'
railways Of the country are 2ein~ CON"
PEELED 10 give their attention % the P-'l''
ing of forests for supp!yin- Ties. III
manner even more advanced tuan tNal I'--
lowed BY number OF the SreaI ra1.Ns'9
of the United States. which are nearly lde-
TO face with similar con htlous- M o''''--,
OF the situation and OF the means % a''''
further trouble and o. reduce expenses O.
this score appears in the annual report -
the PauIsta Railway company N-'',
operates the largest railway system -
Southern Brazil Of which the fol-o"Ns
a synopsis:
The cost Of wood fuel and s-eeperS fl .-e -e
Paulista line. with a track milesge 'i O.
miles is about S3gO. coo per aunum. t--e =
being used on the snort branch 5'ies- -
this is one OF the largest Items ei Zen
IL was determined to eNperlHl'i.t ,-s.s
affOrestatiOnf n nursery OF 90 "a, eSS,,rs4
established ar Jundiahy in 1874 and l4tl4-o~
with 40. 000 trees. OF which Se.u"p a. ,i-Is
lyptuS and the rest various ot.-c- N-ber
both indigenous and imported n W u,,sS
tracts. of % acres each. were ais, Ing
with eucalyptus. the total h1iiio'SS5,r - ,rsss
2O000. The company now mas oV;yv- h,
OF various kinds. and tfe eNpeilul.t--s- -s-, ~
five wears Including the purchase ~ =
the ground. have been StS.uS', 4 t1'o s,Tre,i
lyptuS was found 20 be thC 80. - rs
weight coyupactnesS and hOldlnS peSSe--,
but also by reason Ot It's cNtla'i''i ,,r--
and rapid growth. some trees I4l -. -, "a
Sery, planted fivr years ago IN poor 49, -
now 81 feet tall. with dlaHetSrS "a
inches each at the bISe- . ..,~~v
The company has determined ~ =. s--
ont lis scheme ON a large scale AND Ht- -
QuiTed 3..5O more acres OF uut iHi'' rLar
tht. city uf Rio t'aVO. On thi~ anu ,,l',,t
avaittb'e lands Ia l. piaunrd ~ T---
.00o. .uGd eucalyptus trees ~ pEtNvHI 81
movements on thr land hast purcha-vJ 80.
produce sulirirut revenue to p~> ".l-' .rI-
@apitsl ,xpruJed in buviuz &C. % iS 80
mated that ths. total cost ct tul@ vNi - IN
IN forestry. which viii be- CONN .,fS
fifteen y~slr- Will be Sl'e.ott. 'f Z" ,i.-n
"A t-r,. while. tn,. returns ott each tree ~
cuU up VIII bc twenty tunes ttS 5s,.,' nero
cost u is also estimated that tHc 4..5+s,,,s
tr.,.s ,,i1I f,r,.v,. an ample and cont tGe 80.
resource for fuel and Sirri'rf~ ~. ...,ss-
cOnpany'S Hines. thereby StNioS t'
paqv approximately S5Je.rvt a car. r-.rt
The sIOv.ing o. trees for ftiIi '..e, ',," ~
I'm BraZu is 90 Ne taken up Scici stt.,s-.
railways serving the dry cones s'.''. 80. "
pOrtiOus ct the country where 'ilC N,sf-s
gettins out native forest trees IS eNoe