07-04-2014, 03:27 AM
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from kjlpahoa:
Also, check your history. The golden spike driven into the last tie in Utah connecting the intercontinental railroad was an Ohia tie from Pahoa. You are mistaking the eucalyptus trees that did not work as ties.
From Pahoa Yesterday by Hiro Sato (I have an autographed copy of Sato's book.)
"The railroad ties processed at the Pahoa Lumber Mill (1907-1918) were transported on rail flat cars to Hilo wharf and then transshipped on steamships to the mainland USA."
A contract for 90 million board feet of Ohia railroad ties was made in 1907 with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. (2,800,000 ties.)
That famous golden spike in Utah was in 1869, about forty years before the contract was signed.
From Wikipedia:
"A special tie of polished California laurel was chosen to complete the line where the spike would be driven."
Assume the best and ask questions.
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