Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1895 — Wooden Rails for a Florida Road. [ARTICLE]

Wooden Rails for a Florida Road.

The citizens of Avon Park and Haines City, Fla., forty miles distant, have decided, according to a correspondent of the Manufacturers’ Record, to build a railroad with wood rails, which are large enough to be laid so Chat they will be half-imbedded in the •and, without other ballast. They are to be held in position by wooden pins two Inches in diameter and eighteen Inches long, while the ends are connect ed by plank couplers placed underneath and held by pins. Not a pound of metal will be used In construction of the tracks. Most of the “rails” will be furnished gratis by property owners along the right of way. The company believes that in a few years the fruit, vegetable and passenger business over the route will pay for regular steel rails, when the others will be used for ties. A small steam dummy will furnish power for the road.