. Electric railway journal . Ramapo Pat. Automatic Return Switch Stand No. 37Showing Mechanism Half Thrown Automatically. CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY General Offices—Pittsburgh, Pa. CROSS TIES Steel ties are making steady progress in displacing- wood ties. There are severalreasons for this: 1st.—The life of onesteel tie is about equiva-lent to that of threewood ties. 2nd.—O wing to thelonger life of steel tiesthere is a saving in laborcost equal to the differ-ence in cost of removingand installing one steeltie and three wood ties. 3rd.—At the end of theirserviceability steel tieshave a scrap value
. Electric railway journal . Ramapo Pat. Automatic Return Switch Stand No. 37Showing Mechanism Half Thrown Automatically. CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY General Offices—Pittsburgh, Pa. CROSS TIES Steel ties are making steady progress in displacing- wood ties. There are severalreasons for this: 1st.—The life of onesteel tie is about equiva-lent to that of threewood ties. 2nd.—O wing to thelonger life of steel tiesthere is a saving in laborcost equal to the differ-ence in cost of removingand installing one steeltie and three wood ties. 3rd.—At the end of theirserviceability steel tieshave a scrap value of ap-proximately one-third oftheir original cost. DISTRICT SALES OFFICES: Birmingham Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Boston Cincinnati New Orleans St. Louis Buffalo Cleveland New York St. PaulDenver Philadelphia United States Steel Products Company—Pacific Coast Departments:Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Export Representatives:United States Steel Products Company, New York, N. Y. 122 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNA
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