| Show T HYDRO HYDRO- HYDROCARBONS CARBONS FOR USE IN TIES Investigation ion is being made of th the claims made by the timber department department department depart depart- Eastern Illi Illi- Illinois Illinois ment of ot the Chicago nois ral railroad road that the hydro hydro-c hydro carbons of the Uintah basin will solve the wood tie problem of ot the railroads o othe or of orthe the United States Thomas J. J Ryan timber expert for the C. C E. E E I. I has lias been in the Uintah basin for the past week gathering samples of the hydro-carbons hydro and will take the samples samples samples sam sam- where he will ples to Danville Ill conduct experiments in the tile making mai of ot concrete ties which will be treated treat treat- treated ed with the hydro It is claimed by Mr Ryan that the tile will addition of the hydro-carbons hydro to give to concrete that resistance heat and cold that the railroads need not fear the weather will affect the theties thEties theties Heretofore Heretofore Here Her Herto ties after they are in place had su suffiCient sufficient suf suf- concrete has not the to ore life or give to make good roadbed for fast tast running Mr tr Ryan Rya hopes that by the add of ot the hydro-carbon hydro that the concrete will have that spring which is necessary ne necessary essary to railroad ties Interested Through Paving laving His attention was attracted to the hydro-carbon hydro deposits deposits' through ar arnn ar nn con cun- Onn tides published in lIla a magazine IU 06 which ills haJ been ince in ce the paving use in the Uintah basin for twenty years without t resurfacing An inventor inventor inventor in in- who passed through Danville interested Mr Ryan in the tho proposition proposition tion of making railroad ties from concrete and hydro-carbons hydro and offered offered offered of of- invention to ibe tha to sell his I railroad Mr 1 Ryan will leave leavo for Chicago today to begin further experiments experiments ex ex- on the new tie tic Experiments have been conducted conduct conduct- on tin the ties ti s ed he lie said yesterday had left with which the inventor they the road and it was found round that was v desired and it 1 It t were as rigid as same time had give The ties tie subjected to all sorts o of f hent heat were put through other other other oth oth- and cold and were testing track Titi Th The er tests tess on a conducted the experiments experiments ex ex- road masters who wile better Jetter said the lie ties were than the best wood ties to make malc several We Ve are going will put hundred of these ties and them under a str stretch t h of track to t t determine their value If they c come me expectations and withstand to up be bo that the tie tieI the winter it may of he lie railroads will have I problem for made be can been solved They third one-third the cost cott 25 26 cents each or of good chestnut ut tics tica |
