. American engineer and railroad journal . ctionwas ballasted with gravel and the other with broken stone,the stone being a hard limestone. The results of this trial have proved altogether favorableto the metal ties. The rails have been kept in good align-ment and level, and during the whole period there wa3 nonecessity for correcting the gauge. A careful account keptof all labor and material shows that the section on metal tiescost 14 per cent, less for maintenance than the correspond-ing section on wooden ties. The expense of the latter in-creased toward the end of the eight years, because s
. American engineer and railroad journal . ctionwas ballasted with gravel and the other with broken stone,the stone being a hard limestone. The results of this trial have proved altogether favorableto the metal ties. The rails have been kept in good align-ment and level, and during the whole period there wa3 nonecessity for correcting the gauge. A careful account keptof all labor and material shows that the section on metal tiescost 14 per cent, less for maintenance than the correspond-ing section on wooden ties. The expense of the latter in-creased toward the end of the eight years, because some ofthe ties had to be replaced ; and this expense, it is expect-ed, will continue to increase for several years, as more newties are needed. After a service of nine years the metallic ties are, to all 26 THE AMERICAN ENGINEER [January, iSg3. .ippearances,any time atiittacliments Fig perfect, and the cnninccr in charge cannot fixwliicli tlicy will probalily reipiire renewal. Theof the rail arc also in good condition, and the Tt/tfte^ M!. not due to the form or material of the tics, for the materialwas the same, and tli(^ form does not inreatly differ ; nor tothe strains thrown \ipon tlicm, which do not ])ass the limitof elasticity, and which were really less onthe Beljiian lines than on the Kaiser Ferdi-nand Uailroad. The dilference in rcsidtslie attributes entirely to the method offasteninj; the rails to the tics, which lieconsiders imperfect in the Post and ISractsystems, while in the Ileindl tic the fast-eninjjjs are so arranged as to properly snp-jiort the rail, hold it in place and preventtoo great strains on the bolts or unduewear and deformation of the holes in theties. These results seem to be the most favor-able yet obtained in Europe with metallicties ; and the test seems to have been madewith entire fairness and freedom from preju-dice. A JAPANESE CANAL. INCLINED PLANE ON THE BIW.^ CANAL IN JAPAN. only material required for renewals has been a few boltsand nuts ; e
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