The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-07-28
-rrrysryE FORESTRY WORK.

x,,;on Trees Have Been Set
fI @ut BY pennsylvania Railroad Com
paDy. ..o.oa
sd economy has been effected
W. nc Pennsylvania Railroad COM
y 49, through it's tree planting oper-
PHI a,s and nursery, according 70 me
alUns for the year 1910 issued today
Ispt ~ forester Of the company. Inls
by - a1so shows that since the COM
repci undertook forestry work on
pay rehansiye scale more than four
cG IIinn trees have been set out. Last
lli a1one 6l7,33S trees were set in
!ea L locations on tracts OF land
ps siacant to the company's right Of
way. ro+ions of +ha con-
..nT extend to all points ON the lines
E ga IF Pittsburg and Erie. During
~ var go acres Of idle land were
To- AMI In hard wood and evergreen
oadIing trees supplied by the com
s.nr,s own nursery at Morrisville,
gga-rsvIvania. There were 100000
IL lero nianted Oh several of the com
~ Us properties at Altoona, 49,1S9
Z the vicinity of Mount Union, 93, 700
naar Martic Forge, $500 at Newton
TomiIton, 62,249 at Petersburg, &c.
i0o near MiddletoWn, $4,000 at Vine
rsrd, 10000 at Ryde, 27,75O at Rambo,
:0NO at Conewago, $500 at Kinzer,
" 10 at New Brunswick, N. J., and
4 10O at Parkton, Maryland.
There are thirty-two and one-half
acres OF land at Morrisville, AIDE
voted to nursery purposes, which af-
ford a capacity of one million trees
nor year. To replace the Seeding
trees transferred last year to their
nermanent locations required the
nIanting of 269 bushels Of acorns and
ia pounds Of seeds from coniferous
trees, The total output of the COM
nany's nursery during the year was
T66. 924 trees. The stock on hand at
rbe nursery at the close of the year
was nearly one and one-half million
forest trees varying in age from s
months to four and 137,200 or
namental plants.
With view to identifying the
lawns around station and unoccupied
places along the roadway, much at
tention has been paid to the growing
Of ornamental plants and trees at the
company's nursery. TO save much
Of the time required to grow these
from seed, there were imported from
France during the year Al ,699 decidu-
GUS ornamental plants, $3.50 conf
ferrous ornamental trees and 107,935
coniferous forest seedlings. These
we're placed in beds at the nursery
and will be ready for transplanting
this year.
In addition to growing ornamental
shrubbery and trees for its future re
luirements Of ties and lumber, the
Railroad Company has
established two large tie and timber
treating plants, both using the pres
sure treatment, one at Mt. Union and
he other at Greenwich Point, Phila-
lelphia These plants have combin-
ID capacity per year of million and
,ne-half cross ties or their equivalent.
The Mt Union plant was in operation
he entire year while the one at Green
7ich Point was placed in service July
!. In 1910 there were treated 671,-
So ties, as we'll as four and one-half
million feet Of lumber and switch
imber, ,432 fence posts, 1882 cross
rms, 90, PIP lineal feet Of poles, and
O,306 paving blocks. To 10 this re
uired the use Of 2,356.3l3 gallons of
oil,all of whicli was import
d rom Europe.
Il is beliesa1 oy th5 management
hat the conservative numbering ard
be forest planting which the com
any is conducting in its wood lots
Id farm lands will serve rs object
essons for farmers, and provide an
lcentive to intelligent forest develop
lent on the part Of the public gen.
rally. TO this END, the company fur
ishes to private corporations and in
ividuals trees and plants not requir-
d for its own uses. Last year over
5000 plants we're disposed of to out
ide individuals.