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Pennsylvania Railroad Plants Trees

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 13, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 40.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Plants Trees

More than a million trees have been planted by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company this season, making a total of 3,400,000 trees planted by this corporation in the last three years, to provide for the future demand for timber and cross-ties. Of all the trees planted this year, 983,000 were red oak, and 14,000 pin oak. There were planted 40,000 Scotch pine, 29,000 locust, 14,000 hardy catalpa, 5,000 European larch, 3,000 chestnut, 3,000 yellow poplar, 2,000 black walnut, and 1,000 white pine.