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SIALISMVHV. €«»!!.Friday Morning:, Feb, 12f 1875-How theConsumeRailways Wood.The importance of our limber supply, and the aeriouanets of the question u to wbai future generations will do for wood, if the present waaie of our forests goes on without more means of replenishment, are apparent wb u we consider the Hinouni oi wood required for a single purpose—railway use. There are in this country l*-tweeu 85,000 to 90.000 mileB of railway, the 1 »rger proportion of the locomotives i« ow- on which consume wo«id for fuel. Tin demaod for timler by these roads, including fencing, bridges, hulldiugs and oth* i sirueiun-s in great number, is enormous The number of tie* per mile on these ro dr average alniut 2 600, aud the aggnga! numb* rb 212 500 ooo. Assuming the av erage dur •hlllly of a tie to be six yearn, there would hu required annually 34 416 001» lies. A* each lie is eight feel long anu from six to light inches thick, there is required annually for Uds single Item of rail r«»ad lies over 94 004 000 cubic feet of lim ber. Add in the wood consumed fi r fuel and for the other purposes enumerated, and we gain some Idea of the inroads whici each year make* on our ilm'ar supplies.FWe are ject of pci tore Cons the civiliz t- legrmphin is cnonopol %nd confcpii it is notei much for t s paid in tue other graplay is G-nrral Gr have tepea t postal V tar the mo mg off all . he sau e o ••Hers and a ires conn ruin* nt t ue telvgra onw, aud •f ibis wl ;eLCe. W ihen, the s •e fully M •*. st from dispatched earth willTn Irbkpkessibls Woman.—A womanPnrasHn Aside fro mly work Hoosac tu ahafl of ti lt;1 mgeronimd it not
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Salisbury Connecticut Western News
Salisbury, Connecticut, US
Fri, Feb 12, 1875
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