History of Illinois and Her People, Vol. 6 of 6 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of Illinois and Her People, Vol. 6 of 6By 1903 the tie business was confronted with a radical change, owing to the scarcity of white oak timber. To meet the increased de mands various other woods were made avail able by chemical treatment. The Ayer and Lord Tie Company built its first treating plant at Carbondale, Illinois, in 1903, and since then has established plants at Grenada, Mississippi, North Little Rock, Arkansas, Louisville, Ken tucky, and Montgomery, Alabama. The plant at Louisville is the most complete plant of its kind in the world. The Ayer Lord Company is the largest user of creosote in the United States. The corporation found the greater part Of its timber in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, and it has been expedient for the company to buy the land outright on which the timber grows. As the material is largely along water courses, the company also built and owns its own fleet Of steamers and barges, and at Paducah, Ken tucky, maintains marine ways to repair its boats and furnish a general marine service.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.