. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . eight inches wide, or wider, at thenarrowest place inside the bark, and the faces to be straight,truly lined and parallel with each other. Ties sawed sixinches by ten inches wide, or wider, and free from wane,shakes or unsoundness of any kind will be accepted as No. 1. No. 2 ties must be the same as No. 1, except that each faceside of hewed or sawed pole ties may be not less than six *Used by the Chicago 6l Northwestern Railway Co. APPENDI
. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . eight inches wide, or wider, at thenarrowest place inside the bark, and the faces to be straight,truly lined and parallel with each other. Ties sawed sixinches by ten inches wide, or wider, and free from wane,shakes or unsoundness of any kind will be accepted as No. 1. No. 2 ties must be the same as No. 1, except that each faceside of hewed or sawed pole ties may be not less than six *Used by the Chicago 6l Northwestern Railway Co. APPENDIX J. 673 inches, and of manufactured split ties, and of sawed ties notless than eight inches. No. 1 and No. 2 ties must be piledseparately. Inspections monthly. All Ties to be delivered on ground at or above the grade ofrailway track, within thirty feet of same, subject to the in-spection and count of the Purchasing Agent, or any authorizedAgent of the Company, whose action in counting and receiv-ing or rejecting the ties offered shall be final and conclusive. Table and Figure giving dimensions of rails of the Ameri-can Society of Engineers Standard;. Fig. 379. RAIL Vol. 13 674 APPENDIX J. Percentage of Metal: In the Head In the Web In the Flange., Base, inches Height * RadofWeb, * Head, * Angle A, Degrees Angle B, Dimension C, inches D, E, * g, ;.... *• H. - I, ♦• J, K. L, too 90 80 75 70 65 60 lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. per per per per per per per yd. yd. yd. yd. yd. yd. yd. 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 f>% 5% 5 4fg- 4% 4/b 4H 5M 5% 5 m 4% 4/« 4K 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 2% 2^ 2V4 2^ 2/« 2^? 2^8 n% U^ \V^ Ml 1-^ 1^% U^ 3«\ 2^f 2% 2^t 2-^1 2% 2hl 5.«, % U u U ^ T*. ^ 1% ^ l. ^% Vr tb T^ tb T^S T^« ib ^ M M H ^ ^/i H M K H K M M H A T^e %i -11 il U U 1^6 1^6 1^6 ib ib Ie r\ yd. 422137 4x^6 12 121313 2H m
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