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No. 280,110; date, June 26, 1833; S. B. Wriglit— A cross-tie of inverted-trougli 

 section, with tlio insido of the top arched. (Seo 298,539.) 



No. 280,200 ; date, June 26, 1883 ; J. Malioney and D. W. Shockley.— A cross-tie 

 ofitlUL section, with wooden beariug-bloclis. (See No. 370,634.) 



No. 281,806; date, July 24, 1883 ; A. R. Spaulding.— A cross-tie of channel section 

 } j to which the rail is fastened by a series of flat horizontal keys or wedges in 

 dove-tailed grooves. 



No. 283,076; date, August 14, 1833; J. L. Chapman.— Cross-ties of shallow channel 



j_ I, or of two flat plates, one above the other, separated by distance-blocks. Each 



rail is secured by bolted clips to a bed-plate. 



No. 283,230; date, August 14, 1883 ; H. F. Flickiuger.— A cross-tie of I section, to 

 which the rails are secured by n holts with the nuts on the under side of the top 

 flange of the tie. 



No. 284,157; date, August 28, 1883; J. W. Young.— A hollow, open-sided, elastic 

 cross-tie of 3 section ; to be filled with ballast or earth on surface lines. Two 



or more of these plates to be placed insido one another, with one side open, or to form 

 a closed tie. It is claimed to be adapted to elevated roads. 



No. 285,833; date, October 2, 1883; John Newton.- Channel-iron stringers f — -] 

 with flat cross-ties fastened to the top. 



No. 285,842; date October 2, 1883; George L. Putnam. — A cross-tie of T section, 

 depressed in the middle to hold a water-trough for supplying locomotives. The rails 

 are secured by bolted clips. See No. 267,930. 



No. 285,986; date, October 2, 1883; Clark Fisher. —A bent-plate cross-tie, of f] sec- 

 tion in the middle, with flat ends. A U bolt passes under the rail, and washers are 

 screwed down on the rail flange by the nuts. 



No. 287,418; date, October 30, 1883; J. J. Clarke (of Peru).— A flat plate tie for 

 portable railway track, with special joint fastenings. (Assigned to A. W. Colwell, 

 NcAvYork.) 



No. 289,806; date, December 11, 1883 ; T. J. Brouson and A. Armstrong. — An iron or 

 steel cross-tie of approximately semi-cylindrical section f|? with lugs struck up by 

 means of dies. 



No. 290,793; date, December 25, 1883; L. O. Orton. — Aflat inverted trough cross- 

 tie, with wedge-shaped boxes projecting above and below to hold the bearing blocks 

 and fastenings. 



No. 291,514 ; date, Januarys, 1884; H. R. Holbrook. — A hollow cross-tie of oval 

 section, with thickened portions under the rails; rails secured by bolted clips. 



No. 292,421; date, January 22, 1884; J. .T. Du Bois.— A cross tie, with dove-tailed 

 groove for rail and a wedge fastening. 



No. 293,194; date, February 5, 1884; J. Reven. — A flat tie-bar to keep rails from 

 spreading; one end bent up to hold rail, the other end having thread and nut, with 

 movable clamp. 



No. 293,302; date, February 12, 1834; George W. Bloodgood.— Bolted clips for fast- 

 ening rails to ties of inverted-trough section. 



No. 294,191; date, February 26, 1884; T. Breeu. — A crois-tie made in two pieces, 

 lengthwise; placed side by side, holding the rail-chairs and fastenings between 

 them. (See 272,850.) 



No. 296,725; date, April 15, 1884; W. T. Carter.— A hollow cross-tie, with flat top 

 and bottom and concave sides. 



No. 298,539; date. May 13, 1884; S. B. Wright.— Fastening rails to inverted-trough 

 cross-ties by clips and T-headed bolts. (See No. 280,110. ) 



No. 299,.557; date, June 3, 1884; J. Lockhart. — A clamp or tie-rod, to^be used in 

 connection with wooden ties. A tie-rod, running across the track, has clamps to 

 hold the rail flanges, the inner clamps being held by set-screws. It is claimed that 

 soft-wood ties can be used, as there will bo no tendency for the rails to spread. (See 

 327,285. ) 



