Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1910 — Screw Spike for Railroad Ties. [ARTICLE]

Screw Spike for Railroad Ties.

One of the most Important innova tions in the construction of track in the United States is the substitution of the screw spike for the old and altogether inefficient straight railroad spike. Many miles of experimental track have been laid, and it is to be hoped that they have been so put down and will be so maintained that reliable results will be forthcoming. Line to Open Up Tin Fields The British government has sui veyed a ralldoad line into the grer Bauchi tin fields of northern Nigeria