Show PAPER BAILS FOR RAILROADS RAIL-ROADS In response to the usual inquiry Is there anything new V of a prominent prom-inent railroad mau yesterday much surprise was expressed at his positive posi-tive answer in the affirmative I Yes he remarked as he carefully laid in the waste basket a dozen or more applications for passes to various points on his line and draw from a pigeon hole in his desk what resembled in appearance a large bar of harness soap We are on the eve of a great revolution in railroad construction I have just been examining a section of paper rail handing the reporter the soap bar for inspection which was examined critically without the least suspicion suspi-cion that it was the article referred to r What is this he was inquired of after a moments hesitation That replied the manager is anew a-new departure in railroad rails When we substituted steel for iron we thought we had attained perfection perfec-tion but there is something that must supersede everything else c What are the advantages claimed for the paper rails Well they are superior almost every point The cost per mile will be less by onethird than that of steel and will last much longer being almost indestructible There is no expansion or contraction from heat and cold consequently no looss or open joints and being so much lighter than steel or iron the rails can be made longer and connections perfectly solid making the road as smooth as a continuous rail The adhesion of the drivers of the engine en-gine to this material will be greater than that of steel consequently the same weight engine will have a larger load There will be a great saving of fuel the smoothness of the rail will lessen the wear and tear of rolling stock and to say nothing of the difference in first cost the reduction in machinery and repairs will be a big item Will it be necessary to face the rails with steel No sir The rails are made just as that piece in your hand wholly and entirely of paper and so solid that the sharpest spike cannot be driven into them The action of the atmosphere has no effect upon it will neither rust nor rot and with paper wheels and rails of the I same material our palatial trains will glide over the prairies at the rate of sixty miles an hour with as little jolt or jar as an ocean steamer The liabilities to accident from broken rails in frosty weather will I be entirely removed making a greater rate of speed safer and with I less damage to rolling stock If these rails are a success it will paralyze the iron manufactory interests of the country wont it Admit that it does It will open up another and greater industry and as to the superiority of these rails there can be no doubt They are an entirely new thing and all practical railroad men who have examined them unanimously agree hat the rails of the future will be of paper From all the Newspapers Newspa-pers |