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Appendix No. 15. Creosoting on Houston and Texas Central Railway
In answer to your communication of March 29th, on the subject of preserving timber, I would say that the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company has treated about 150 000 cross-ties and a small quantity of bridge and tank-frame timber with creosote, or “dead oil,” in the last two years. Sufficient time has not elapsed for the results to be ascertained on this special work, but enough is known of the effects of “creosote” in preserving similar timber in this climate for a period of eight years to give a good guaranty of success. The timber used thus far for ties is the short-leaf “Texas pine,” a porous and perishable wood, that, untreated, will not last more than two years on or in the ground, or exposed to the weather.
Appendix No. 15. Creosoting on Houston and Texas Central Railway
In answer to your communication of March 29th, on the subject of preserving timber, I would say that the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company has treated about 150 000 cross-ties and a small quantity of bridge and tank-frame timber with creosote, or “dead oil,” in the last two years. Sufficient time has not elapsed for the results to be ascertained on this special work, but enough is known of the effects of “creosote” in preserving similar timber in this climate for a period of eight years to give a good guaranty of success. The timber used thus far for ties is the short-leaf “Texas pine,” a porous and perishable wood, that, untreated, will not last more than two years on or in the ground, or exposed to the weather.
Appendix No. 15. Creosoting on Houston and Texas Central Railway
Howe, M. G. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 14 ; 346-347
2021-01-01
21885-01-01 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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Appendix No. 14. Remarks on Creosoting
| ASCE | 2021
Creosoting timber on the Santa Fe railway system
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1922
Creosoting timber preservation
Engineering Index Backfile | 1890
The west paseagoula creosoting works
Engineering Index Backfile | 1903