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Show jl A Wiintlcrtul Keformittioii. FjIlLADiarsiiA, Aug. S A thorough test of the practicability of using steel railroad lies instead of wooden ones is I be ng made by the Heading Railroad company. A section of track constructed construct-ed of steel rails and ties on a stone ballast bal-last has been laid on Ninth street, in the vicinity of i'erks, and another section sec-tion has been introouced a little further fur-ther out on t he line. ll these exper enccs prove satisfactory satisfac-tory it will, in all probability, be the beginning of a general use of sice! ties on"all the lines operated by the com-tiiiny. com-tiiiny. The tie is about the usual length. It is Hat on top and hollowed out like I an inverted trough, which permits the i stone ballast M work up solidly under ! it, and it i4 claimed that Ihe loiigerand ! harder the ware the more solid and I e table lie and roadbed become, ft - I |