| Show SECURES PATENt PATEN r I ION ON RAILROAD TIE TIEl ill I Edward Covington Pioneer of Utah Has Many Propositions Propositions Propositions to Sell MADE FROM CORN STALK Old Pony Express Driver Says It Beats Wood or Steel Edward Covington an nn aged I rr resident of oC this city hC has scoured a n patent on Oil hl his Invention of oC a n railroad llo do which promises to eclipse steel I or ot wood ties tC's In cheapness of or construction amid and nHI dur ability Tho The tie tp I Is a n composition of corn stalks talc hound bound to together with wih water waterproof proof cement or 01 binding the stalks h being ln arranged ell In Jn layers erl anti and interspersed inter inter- with a n binding of oC cornstalk pulp coal conJ tar lar slack lime and othor other materials of an a hool nature tho time whole tie to to bo 10 10 treated In a a. proper pre preservative the Mr 11 Covington Co i is enthusiastic over the tile reception which his Ils Invention has hasmet hasmet met mN among men who have 1 examined It I. I Th The chief feature In Ill Its ls favor is isIs Its Is cheapness of construction and th the fuel fact that the tho need be supply never nc a limited one With lh wood tc ties there mu must t bo be always a wait of years for a n tre tree to grow groV row before It I can Cn bo ho 0 utilized I for fur practical cal railroad purposes whereas where where- a as in tIme the ease case of or Mr 11 CO product product pro pro- duct tho the corn stalks can he be grown rown in iii ono one year A As to the tho durability of or tho tb the to ties tics when treated with wih proper cements and antI preservatives th there seems to h be a unanimous opinion that It I will wi outlast a wood ti tie In comparison with wih stool ties which have havo o hn lately been tried owing ow ow- If ing to tin Io the tho rapid ncI of cheap woo wood th the lie corn stalk tie tc is remarkably Tie Tio Tit Proves Prove Elastic Tho Tue t tie is II designed to ho bo made munde In Ina Ina Ina a mold which is IR put PUl under hydraulic pr pressure sUl When hen 1 finished ed It I possesses remarkable properties of oC elasticity which glue give I it I an aim advantage c over o the thetIes theties ties tICs used at t tho lime present time Mr Mm 1 Colf lon the time inventor ih has Imas lived 11 1 in in Utah moro than f 50 10 0 years yearn During lie tho years carR I 57 i h ho rod rodo the pony poll express anti and has long been bren Identified idea Iden tilled with wih tho LImO history of ot tho tile state stair He lie le Heas was urns born in 1826 so that the tho in invention In- In venton which was patented Juno lr 1 Is th the product of his old ole ag age He lie 10 has hns received some fluttering flittering assurances of the success s of the tie te timid and is most sanguine as ns to J Its future tons havo been heen received within the thelast last few days dars from fromn capitalists in tn New NewYork NewYork w York anti and Pittsburg but hut Mr Covington Coving- Coving ton says ays he lie will trill wi hol hold off or for 10 ome some time before disposing of the patent patent I |
