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Show An Economical Italb Chief Engineer W. T. Manning; of tha Ualtlmoro and Ohio Ilnllroad has Invented a new rail that experts say hag many points of interest to rail road owners, the principal ono bclnR Us economical feature. It Is well known that rails weal rapidly on curves nnd where- these are short and traffic heavy, the cost of renowat is very lnreo. Manning has evolved a section, which, he asserts, will reduce tho cost 37 per cent per ton per year, lie adds materially to tho life of the rati by placing additional metal In the head and on the sldo upon which the wear comes. Tho new rail will b given a thorough test on tho Haiti more and Ohio Hallrond, the receivers having ordered 1.000 tons from the Carnegie Steel Co. Tho Pittsburg & Western has also ordered COO tons. |