Excerpt from Cross Tie Forms and Rail Fastenings With Special Reference to Treated Timbers Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report entitled "Cross-Tie Forms and Rail Fastenings, with Special Reference to Treated Timbers," by Hermann von Schrenk, in charge of Forest Products in the Bureau of Forestry, and to recommend its publication as Bulletin No. 50 of the Bureau of Forestry. The five plates and seventy-one text figures accompanying this report are necessary for its proper illustration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.