. Electric railway journal . Titanium Treatmentcosts relatively less asRAILS GROW DEARER T-Rail is being quoted now at $60 a ton and girder rail at$70 a ton. This means that at $2 a ton Titanium insurance for longer,safer life and more reliable transportation is less than 3 percent of the cost of the rail, whereas it was 5 to 7 per cent ofthe rail cost in 1913. If Titanium was worth a premium ofthen its surely worth 3% now Considering- also, that steelrails, because of present war andfuture rehabilitation demands,are very unlikely to drop inprice— The inescapable conclusion isthat every hard-w
. Electric railway journal . Titanium Treatmentcosts relatively less asRAILS GROW DEARER T-Rail is being quoted now at $60 a ton and girder rail at$70 a ton. This means that at $2 a ton Titanium insurance for longer,safer life and more reliable transportation is less than 3 percent of the cost of the rail, whereas it was 5 to 7 per cent ofthe rail cost in 1913. If Titanium was worth a premium ofthen its surely worth 3% now Considering- also, that steelrails, because of present war andfuture rehabilitation demands,are very unlikely to drop inprice— The inescapable conclusion isthat every hard-wear rail orderedtoday should be Titanium-treatedto avoid paying further excessprices before normal conditionsare restored.
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