Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1914 — Paper Shows Broken Rails. [ARTICLE]

Paper Shows Broken Rails.

Joseph H. Gardslde of Philadelphia has patented a device which attaches strips of paper to railroad rails throughout their lengths. These strips will be broken by a passing train if the rail be defective and thus plainly indicate to the trackrwalker the defects in the rail