Show MANY BROKEN RAILS REMOVED over three thousand breakages Break ages on principal steam lines of new york in three months albany N Y april 35 25 broken brolien raila removed from railroad tracks jn n this state during january february and march marich of this year were much more numerous than in corresponding three months of either of the past two years according to a bulletin issued tonight by the state railroad commission the unusual number of broken rat rails Is reported during the pat winter the bulletin says caused the investigation Invest ig a at this time the board finds that during the three months ending march there was wu a total of breakages break ages on principal steam lines of the state during the corresponding three months of 1906 there was a total of and during the corresponding three months of 1905 a total of 1331 the matter in detail has been presented to the american railway association so which is now holding its convention V in chicago and it has requested that the matter be taken up for discussion and action by the various railroad managers magers it Is probable that the convention will go into the causes cause of the greatly increased number of breakages break ages and that ute the matter will wil 1 be discussed as to causes and a conference arranged with rail manufacturer era with a view few v to discovering discover frig it the alarming number of breakages break ages is due to method of manufacture faure and metal composition |