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Show HYDRO-CARBONS FOR USE IN TIES liASTIIHN MAX KXIM'lUMr.VIISd with i.ofAi, I'ltomcr. Addition III A.plllllllllll, Silt ll A la I'oiiiiiI Throughout Itn-tcrn I'liili, tihe ItlnMlcll) lo Concrete Tie IiiH'rlmciil Ho I'nr Snlil lo Ik of llu Most Kiitl.rmlor) Kind. Investigation lo being made uf llir claim made ly the tlmlwr depart-incnt depart-incnt of the Chicago ninl Itimtfirn II-llnolN II-llnolN rnllrihiil tlml 111 !i)rtlni-rnrlii of tliP Ulntnh lkmlii wilt wtlvr (li wimmI tin prnlilctn of the rallriMiln of tho United Htnton. ThiimiiH J. ltn timber export for the Chlrngii nd I'JnutiTii IIIIiioIh, linn leen In the t'ln-tnh t'ln-tnh Ilnitln for the Hit week KHther-Inu KHther-Inu tuimpleii of the liyilro-rnrlHinii Hiid will tnke the milex to Dtnivlllf. 111, where he wilt cotidllrt exporlniciil" In the making of concrete tie wlilrli will lie irenleil wltli the hjilro-enrlMinn. It In claimed lV Hyan that the ml-dltlon ml-dltlon of the liydro-eiirlionii will glvr to concrete the renUtanre to lient mid cold that the rnllrimd need not fer the weather will affect the tlen after they nre In place. Heretofore the con-cret.tle con-cret.tle had not had nufflclent "life" or "give" to make n good roadbed for fat running Ityan hopoii that ty the addition of the hydro. mrlxin that the concrete will have that miring which In neceMHiry to railroad tic. 1 1 In attention wiin attraitcd to the liydro-carhon depolt through artl-den artl-den pulillnhed In n magailne concerning concern-ing tho paving which hit tieen In line In the Uintah ltiiln for twenty yearn without resurfacing. An Inventor who panned through Dnnvllla Inter-emed Inter-emed Ityan In tho proponltlon of making mak-ing railroad lien from c.oncre.n and hydro-carbon and offered to noil III Invention to tho railroad. nxperlmentH have been conducted," conduct-ed," he nald, "on the tie which tho Inventor In-ventor had left wllh the rod nnd It wai found that they wero n rigid a wuh denlrml and at tho ame time had give. Tho tie were mihjcctcd to all Horl of heat and cold and wero put through other tet on n tenting track. Tho roadmiiMerN who conducted the experiment raid tho tie wero better than the bent wood tie. "Wo nre going to make neveral hundred hun-dred of thee lie and will put them under n Htrotoh of track to determine their value. If they como up to ex-pcctatlon ex-pcctatlon nnd wltlmtund tho winter It may bo that the problem of tho railroad will havo been nolved. Thoy inn bo made for twenty-five rent each, or one-thlrd tho cont of good ohcatnut tie." |