[CBQ] Re: Merry Christmas(an odd request....)

[jonathanharris@earthlink.net]

Just out of curiosity, was there a standard, preferred wood for railroad ties 
in the US?
jonathan

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, kenneth chapin <kenneth_chapin@...> wrote:
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> HI;they made better railroad ties,and were fast growing too.    ken chapin
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> --- On Thu, 12/24/09, qutlx1@... <qutlx1@...> wrote:
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> From: qutlx1@... <qutlx1@...>
> Subject: [CBQ] Merry Christmas(an odd request....)
> To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 8:20 PM
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> If my memory is correct Catalpa trees were marketed to farmers as a  steady 
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