| Show 11 RAILWAY TIES OF LEATHER anew invention may solve an important railway problem A company has been incorporated annew en england annd for tho the manufacture of leather railroad ties and paving locks hocks if the invention is what is for it it promises to solve the question of df the future supply of ties which for years has been worry ang ithe sit SIR I 1 is s claimed that the ho leather tie jwill hold a spike better th than n any other material I 1 dial it is impervious to chocks checks nud and decayed chols that all ties are uniform n in s sia 3 and quality that th tha L rail nor fish fiah plates NY will ill cu tinto it that it is as nearly noiseless as a tie tic can be and that it will vill outwear six eix or eight wood ties its elasticity it is further clah claimed ried emkes it far superior to any metal tie ite that could be made vit is s said raid that railroads will savo save from to amile a mile after the 1 ties are once laid in a well made roadbed it is also claimed that the tie lean can cha adjusted as easily as wood and that it will make a firm road cd around a curve the tie Is ic made ade of waste leather combined with chemicals and both can be obtained in almost unlimited quantities the process of 1 turo is a simple one and six alx lx ties will be made to each drop of the press which will be under hydraulic pressure |
