. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . Pig. 3 is a perspective view of Joint Rail. Fig. 1 is aview of outside plaie 0, \vhi( h is applied on the outer sideof the joint. It is intended to stand up flush with the faceoT the rails, si> that it may fcirm an uiibrolien bearinir for thewheels, as they pass the squ^n-e extremeties of the plate may be of such form as to fill up the rece-s inthe side of the rail, between the head and base, ni only tobear apainst the head and upon the base, leaving un openspace between it and the neck of the rail
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . Pig. 3 is a perspective view of Joint Rail. Fig. 1 is aview of outside plaie 0, \vhi( h is applied on the outer sideof the joint. It is intended to stand up flush with the faceoT the rails, si> that it may fcirm an uiibrolien bearinir for thewheels, as they pass the squ^n-e extremeties of the plate may be of such form as to fill up the rece-s inthe side of the rail, between the head and base, ni only tobear apainst the head and upon the base, leaving un openspace between it and the neck of the rail. The hist men-ioned form is tli« one shown in the drawintc- In either caselie lower part of saiil phite rests ]tartly upon the base of tlieails, and partly upon the outside lip of thechaii, as shownn Pig. Pig. a view of inside plate D, which is applied onthe inner side of the joint must fit into the re-cess in the sid« of the rail, as its upper part can not beyond the liead of the rails, or it would interferewith the flanges of the wheels. And its lower part, like theluwer part of plnte C, rests pai-tly upon the base of the rails,and partly upon the inside lip of the chair, as shown in themodil. Prom thg inner side of this plate, projects twofitroiig horizontal tongues C C. which pass slots inthe enli of the r;iil3, and corresponding ones in the outsideplataC. These tongues rest Ujion projections, which areprovided on the chair to stiind up outside of the plate C, toact as h&aiingg for the tongues C C, and serving, also, in part, to confine the plate C. The ends of the tonsues Hrefurnished with vertical slots to leceive keys, which ;irddriven through t? aud corresponding veriical hIoIs in thechair. The rails and chair are secured to
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