. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . Fig. 3 is a perspective view of Joint Rail. Fig. 1 is aview of outside plaie C, which is applied on the outer sideof the .joint. It is intended to stand up flush with the faceof the rails, so that it may form an unbroken hearing for thewheels, as they pass the square extremeties of the plate may be of such form .is to] fill up the recess inthe side of the rail, between the head and base, or only tobear against the head and upon the base, leaving an openspace between it and the neck of the rail. The hi
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . Fig. 3 is a perspective view of Joint Rail. Fig. 1 is aview of outside plaie C, which is applied on the outer sideof the .joint. It is intended to stand up flush with the faceof the rails, so that it may form an unbroken hearing for thewheels, as they pass the square extremeties of the plate may be of such form .is to] fill up the recess inthe side of the rail, between the head and base, or only tobear against the head and upon the base, leaving an openspace between it and the neck of the rail. The hist men-tioned form is the one shown in the drawing. In either casethe lower part of said plate rests partly upon the base of therails, and partly upon the outside lip of the chair, as the ig. 2 is a view of inside plate D, which is applied on•thinner side of the joint Tins plate must fit into the re-late t*ie s^e nfr lie r:li a3 ta upper part can not project . rt— ybeyend the head of the rails, or it would interferewith e shegeflanof the wheels. its lower part, like thelower part of plate C, rests partly upon the base of the rails,and partly upon the inside lip of the chair, as shown in themodel. From the inner side of this plate, projects twostrong horizontal tongues C C, which pass through slots inthe ends of the rails, and corresponding ones in the outsideplate C. These tongues rest upon projections, which areprovided on the chair to stand up outside of the plate C, toact as bearings for the tongues C C, and serving, also, inpart, to cenfine the plate C. The ends of the tongues arefurnished with vertical slots to receive keys, which aredriven through them, and corresponding vertical slotsin thechair. The rails and chair are secured to the joint tie bysp
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