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Report on the Relation of Railroads to Forest Supplies and Forestry: Together With Appendices on the Structure of Some Timber Ties, Their Behavior, ... On Metal Ties; And on the Use of Spark - Softcover
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Excerpt from Report on the Relation of Railroads to Forest Supplies and Forestry: Together With Appendices on the Structure of Some Timber Ties, Their Behavior, and the Cause of Their Decay in the Road-Bed; On Wood Preservation; On Metal Ties; And on the Use of Spark Arresters
While railroads have done much for the growth and development of our country, they are also responsible for much of the hindrance to re form in the use of our forest resources. The rapid extension of our railroad system has brought within reach of markets distant forest areas, where, to make lumbering profitable in the absence of home con sumption for the inferior grades of material and leavings, wasteful and destructive methods of utilization have to be employed.
While, therefore, directly and indirectly, railroad enterprises have contributed largely to a considerable reduction (if not destruction) of forest supplies, it might be presumed that, depending as they do on these supplies and being by their own continuous character most deeply concerned in their continuation, the railway companies would feel a Special interest in forest preservation.
With this view the following reports have been prepared as aids to a proper appreciation of our wood material and its economical use.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1527769771
- ISBN 13 9781527769779
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages1025
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the relationship between American railroads and the timber industry. The author examines the historical impact of railroads on forests, and how the demand for timber drove the development of the railroad system. The author argues that the railroads could have played a more active role in preserving forests, and discusses the various methods of wood preservation that were available at the time. The book also includes a discussion of the potential for using metal ties as a substitute for wooden ties, and the challenges that railroads faced in preventing forest fires. The author concludes by arguing that the railroads could play a more active role in forest conservation, and that by doing so they could help to ensure the future of the American railroad system. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781527769779_0
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