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Excerpt from The Decay of Ties in Storage
Several tie yards at Metropolis and Joppa, Ill., were selected as representative Of this region. Ties are concentrated at these points in large numbers, coming in by rail or water from a wide tributary area. Upon arrival these ties are sorted and air seasoned and the Obviously defective ones culled. These culls, running up into the hundreds Of thousands, Offered a very favorable field for study, as a large propor tion had been culled for decay, much of which had developed before the ties reached the yards.
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