Show in some of the th e cities ot ol fc sirop drope e the plan has been tried of laying stel steel rails along the streets for the wheels of heavy beavy trucks and hauling wagons the ma model del rail is broad and flats flat bein being a foot wide and three fourths of an inch thick shallow grooves run along its length these rails save the terrible wear of street paving that is caused by heavy laden wagons they are a great relief to horses by them a team which draws only eight tons is enabled to convey thirty two tons the rails are flat with the street and can be easily crossed with avith such a track as this the roar and thunder of lumbering s treet street wagons would subside the estimated cost for this country is ten thousand dollars a mile for two to tracks only districts in which the heaviest hauling is done would require the rails |