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Show Engineering end Maintenance of Way associations which will be held hore March 16, 17 and 18, a committee of experts will recommend radical changes in the specifications for the manufacture of steel rails. ' The committee was given the subject sub-ject for investigation months ago. It le understood that it will recommend what is known as the drop test and will present specifications Tor adrop testing machine. The members have made an exhaustive research Into the causes of broken rails and It Is understood un-derstood to be their opinion that tho manufacturers should bo mado to furnish fur-nish a iall that will stand scientific tests. 1 NEW TEST OF STEEL RAILS TO BE MADE Chicago, Feb, 23, At the imnual jnccllug of the American Hallway |