Show STEEL RAILS STRONER SO CHANCES OF WRECK WILL BE FEWER NOW NEW NEW- YORK YORt July 12 The The specifications specification tion of an order for Ion tons tone of f steel rails given t to the Bethlehem Steel company com corn pany Eany are interesting In view of ot the cons controversy con con- which has s been e going on for l ang fiu fg s some tin time between e eth th the manufacturers rs of rails ralls-a ralls anu i the railroads The latter have been making a protest against the quality of the rails and the way they have been breaking The specifications in the contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts which were awarded by the Atchison and the Lackawanna are more stringent than they they- have been in the past require th that t 25 per cent of the In Ingot Ingot ingot In- In got be discarded from the top and that the rails contain not more than O 04 per percent percent cent t tf of f sulphur The cutting off of t the to lf t eW i top o of t the Ingot is to eliminate the h st steel which Is is' likely likely- to be impaired by the ris nis- nis In ing I of gas gus and other impurities to the surface In the past the mills have been cutting off from 8 to o 13 per cent and ci rt contracts a t have been calling for o open hearth rails containing not more than 06 per cent sulphur Rails Ralls on these terms terms' will of course cost considerably more o di rc The Atchison order was for tons ns and the Lackawanna for tons |