Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1915 — HOLDS TRACK RAILS IN PUCE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOLDS TRACK RAILS IN PUCE

New Railroad Tie, It Is Believed, Will Be Eagerly Taken Up By Line Builders. One of the principal objects of the inventor is to provide means adapted to be carried by a cross-tie, for securing the track rails in place on the tie. He provides rail fastening means adapted for use with lengths of wornout rails whereby the latter may be utilized as cross ties. He also provides in combination with a ' rail length means for engaging the base flanges of the track rail, and means -AT.

for adjusting the rail engaging means both longitudinally and vertically whereby to accommodate rails of various dimensions. —Scientific American.

Railroad Tie.