. Report on the use of metal railroad ties and on preservative processes and metal tie-plates for wooden ties . ; and t he til- pound T-i a il on ot her 1 >r,i ueh i im s w liere 1 lie t ra Ilie is 1 i ulil. Willi halhast, on the urealer pcution ol our lines liroken slone is iis( (l. the nioi-(^ iiiip(Utaiit lines, liottoin hallast of 1 ,i;auasall. limestone, ([uartz, or other liard stone luokeii to2.^ iiiclies .uauixo, spread and under the ., The hetweeii th<5sleepers are also filled in and the surface lightly covered with l)allast. On l
. Report on the use of metal railroad ties and on preservative processes and metal tie-plates for wooden ties . ; and t he til- pound T-i a il on ot her 1 >r,i ueh i im s w liere 1 lie t ra Ilie is 1 i ulil. Willi halhast, on the urealer pcution ol our lines liroken slone is iis( (l. the nioi-(^ iiiip(Utaiit lines, liottoin hallast of 1 ,i;auasall. limestone, ([uartz, or other liard stone luokeii to2.^ iiiclies .uauixo, spread and under the ., The hetweeii th<5sleepers are also filled in and the surface lightly covered with l)allast. On lineswhere the trallic is not he,i\ \ the liallast is ;th of line now open (May 11, 18!)4) is aslolh)Nvs: Equivalentin .single lino. Miles. Feci ;le line I 8 2, 788i Double lino 149 2,772 Single line ..: 2,304 1,831^ Total lenglh ol track. 2, 637 2, G89i SOUTH AUSTRATjIA. Sol ril ArsJRAIdAN (loVERNMENT lvAlLWAA>S* (gaui;(, feet W \\\c\\v> .) feet (i inches).—As noted in Diy orii;inal repoit, 1^7 steeltics ii;i\c l)C(!i laid as an experiment oil the broad gan^^e line in the sta-tion \ aril al Adelaide, wiiere tliey have been subjected tolieavy A. r>. MoiKtricff, eiiiiincer-in-chief, Avritiiii^ in Inly, 1894, statesthat the lies were first hiid on April 11), 1880; taken np for examinationon Sc])tciiibcr 1887, after 75 weeks service. They \vere relaid on()ct 1,141 tons on the down line (12 ties), Several siiowed slightcracks 01 Haws at the rail se;its, and the majority were slightly rusted. Tliey were e\ ideiitly iiisiillicieiit ly stilT longit iidiiiall\, areportonuseofmet09trat
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