Jackson County IA Archives News.....Railroad Cross-ties Hewn In Jackson County December 12, 1885
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Jackson Sentinel December 12, 1885
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, December 12, 1885

CANTON NEWS

Railroad cross-ties hewn in Jackson County

Capt. James Gilmore has contracted with Henry Smith and Jno Sinkey, Jr. to get
out one thousand railroad cross-ties. Several other parties in the neighborhood
will each get out a thousand or more ties.  This winter promises to be larger
than usual.

In this connection it may be of interest to the readers of the Sentinel outside
the county to know that Jackson is by far the best timbered county in the state,
and also the most important source of railroad cross-ties. The annual output of
the valley of the Maquoketa and her tributaries is over fifty thousand ties,
which are mostly delivered on the northwestern road at the following stations:
Onslow, Monmouth, Baldwin, and  Nashville. White oak at present are almost the
only ties received and these are mostly hewn. The “tie” making craft, it is
said, make all their clear money on hewn ties.


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