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No. 124,521; date, March 12, 1872; R. M. Upjolin. — Longitudinals under eacli rail, 

 of _L section Avitli very higli vertical web. The i'ail is of J~\, section and rests 

 upou the flanges of channel irons bolted to the vertical web of the longitudinals. 



No. 134,418; date, December 31, 1872; James Calkins. — The continuous longitudi- 

 nals of channel sections have lugs to hold the outer flange of rails ; transverse plates 

 project over the inner flange and are bolted to the longitudinals. 



No. 136,067 ; date, February 18, 1873 ; J. W. Kern. — A continuous roadbed of y\^ sec- 

 tion, with the rails laid on the horizontal flanges. Transverse base plates at inter- 

 vals. The bed to be of J-inch boiler-iron. 



No. 133,518; date, June 3, 1873; W. Peck and H. C. liichman.— Two chairs con- 

 nected by a horizontal flat tie-plate. Wooden bearing- blocks in the chairs. 



No. 140,411 ; date, July 1, 1873; C. W. Guiick. — A flat wrought-iron cross-tie with- 

 ribs to form a channel for the flange of the rail. Fastenings of iron -/u" i"ch diam- 

 eter nuder tie, passing up through holes in the same, with ends bent over rail flange. 

 Ties about 5 inches wide and ^ inch thick. 



No. 143,407; date, October 7, 1873; P. S. Devlan. — A cross-tie made of two iron 

 plates on edge, fastened together at the middle and widening out to hold a wooden 

 block at each end. 



No. 144,207; date, November 4, 1873; George Keech. — Longitudinal plates under 

 each rail, with lugs to hold outside of rail flange. Trauverse tie-plates project over 

 the inner flange and are secured by horizontal bolts passing through lugs on the base 

 plate. 



No. 145,991 ; date, December .30, 1873 ; II. L. Do Zeug. — Wrought-iron cross-tie of 

 p~j, ~\J"\J~' , or other section. A clip stamped out of the metal holds outer flange 

 of rail ; loose clip secured by vertical key or cotter holds inner flange. (See 155,369.) 



No. 146,376; date, January 13, 1874; G. 11. Blaisdcll. — A cast-iron cross-tie of y\ sec- 

 tion with wide, flat, deep ends, Laving sockets for wooden blocks. A bolt passes 

 through both blocks and tbe whole length of the tie. 



No. 147,563; date, February 17, 1874; P. Kendrick and J. Stokes. — A cross-tie made 

 of two old rails laid parallel, with a wooden block between them at each end, aud 

 base plates if desired. 



No. 148,242; date, March 3, 1874; George Potts. —Continuous bearing of wood held 

 between two continuous iron stringers of _L section, the top of the web being bent 

 over to hold the rail flange. Bolts pass through the three pieces. 



No. 155,369 ; date, September 29, 1874 ; H. L. De Zeng. — A cross-tie of inverted 

 trough section, with open ends, but with projecting wings at ends to prevent lateral 

 displacement. See No. 334,696. 



No. 163,187 ; date, May 11, 1875; S. H. Hamilton. — An iron or steel cross-tie of s(xuare 

 hollow section throughout, or only at ends. Fixed lugs hold the inner flange of rail, 

 and bolted plates hold tbe outer flange. 



No. 163,254 ; date, May 11, 1875 ; H. Reese. — A rolled iron cross-tie of T section ; 

 lugs stamped out while hot from the rolls. Bent clip and horizontal wedge fastening 

 for outer flange of rail. (See 214,192.) 



No. 164,793; date, June 22, 1S75; Ramon Baholas. — Cross-ties of J section, carrying 

 longitudinal stringers of X section, to which flaugeless rails of "| section are bolted. 



No. 166,625; date, August 10, 1875; R. E. Nichols. — A continuous hollow bearing, 

 section similar to lower half of letter /\ ; bottom closed ; top open, with horizontal 

 flanges to carry the rail flange ; cross-ties of [ | section. Longitudinals and cross- 

 ties filled with broken stone. 



No. 171,422; date, December 21, 1875; John Quigley.— A cast-iron cross-tic with 

 chair combined, for street railway track. 



No. 172,041; date, January 11, 1876; E. E. Lewis. — A cross-tie of -|- section, with 

 the top vertical flange cut away for the rails, which are secured by wedges. (See 

 18.3,766.) 



No. 176,213; date, April 18, 1876; George D. Blaisdell.— A cast-iron cross-tie, with 



