Show IT is now claimed that paper can be utilized for the manufacture of rails in place of steel which has almost displaced iron It is said in favor cf the new material that the cost per mile will be less by one thud than that of steel and it will last much longer being almost indestructible There is no expansion or contraction from heat and cold consequently no loose or open joints and being so much lighter than steel or iron the rails can Le made longer and connections perfectly solid making the road as smooth as one 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 haul a larger load There will be a great saving of fuel and the smoothness of the rail will lessen the wear and and tear of rollingstock The rails are made wholly and entirely of paper and so solid that the sharpest sharp-est spike can not be driven into them The action of the atmosphere atmos-phere has no effect on it will neither rust nor rot andwith paper Wheels and rails of the same material ma-terial our palatial trains will glide over the prairies at the rate of sixty miles an hour with as little jolt and jar as on an ocean steamer |