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No. 320,231 ; date, Juno 16, 1885; E. D. Dougherty and George B. Bryant.— A cross- 

 tie of rectangular section, witli an opening in the top table to receive a smaller cross- 

 tie to which the rails are fastened, and which rests on springs placed in the larger 

 box. 



No. 323,356: date, July 28, 1885 5 Gr. Murray.— A flat cross-tie thickened under the 

 rail, and having a rib at the bottom under each rail, and in the middle ; the rails se- 

 cured by bolted plates. 



No. 323,430 ; date, August 4, 1885 ; J. K. Lake.— A combined metal stringer and chair 

 for street railways. 



No. 323,809; date, August 4, 1885; William B. Heuuing.— A longitudinal plate lies 

 under each rail ; with cross-ties having deep ends with ]_ slots to receiv^ethe web and 

 flange of the rails. (See 376,884.) 



No. 325,020; date, August 25, 18:^5; R. R. Shepard. — A cross-tie of channel section 

 I i with one outer and one inner lug for each rail, and two | ' slots for clips of 

 i -shape with eccentric heads. 



No. 326,874; date, September 22, 1885 ; P. Kirk (of England). — A cross-tie with in- 

 creased thickness at the rail seats, and with two lugs or clips i)unchedup to hold the 

 flange of each rail ; the rail being secured by a wedge driven between the flange 

 and one of the lugs (patented in England, France, Belgium, and Spain, in 1885). 



No. 327,285; date, September 29,1885; J. Lockhart. — An improvement npon N(y. 

 299,557. 



Nos. 327,745 and 327,843; date, October 6, 1885 ; L. E. Whipple. — A cross-tie of X 

 section, made of two curved plates placed back to back and having flat plate across 

 top and bottom. 



No. 328,632 ; date, October 20, 1885 ; J. S. Ammon. — A cross-tie of ^ section with rail 

 chairs secured to the top ridge. 



No. 329,429 ', date, November 3, 1885 ; G. E. Baldwin. — A pair of rail chairs of _f\_ 

 shape, resting on wooden blocks and tied together by a rod. The top table has a 

 groove to receive the web of a rail of T section, having no bottom flange. Intended 

 especially for city railways. 



No. 329,821 ; date, November 3, 1885 ; P. Davey. — A cross-tie of channel section, to 

 which the rails are secured by keys and Z-shaped clamps, the lower part of the latter 

 lying inside the tie. 



No. 332,384 ; date, December 15, 1885 ; J. Conley.— A fastening for attaching rails 

 to metal ties, which have lugs to hold the outer flange of rail. The fastening is a bar 

 inside the tie, with a hook at one end projecting through a hole and holding the rail 

 flange, while the other end is bent up against the end of the tie. (See 254,802.) 



No. 333,015 5 date, December 22, 1885 ; J. Howard and E. T. Bousfield (of England).— 

 A. cross tie of y'"""™^ section, with a U-shaped depression for each rail, the rail being 

 secured with a Avooden wedge. (These ties have been used with the English double- 

 headed rail ; patented in England.) (See 335,523.) 



No. 333,480; date, December 29, 1885 ; L. B. Prindle. — A steel cross-tie three-eighths 

 to one inch thick ; channel section i ] ; at each end is a slot to receive a tenon at 

 the bottom of a rail chair. 



No. 334,228; date, January 12, 1886; E. N. Higley. — An improvement on No. 

 312,717. (See 353,028.) 



No. 334,696 ; date, January 19, 1886 ; H. L. De Zeng. — An improvement in fasten- 

 ings. (See Nos. 145,991 and 155,369; also 380,623.) 



No. 335,523; date, February 2, 1886; J. Howard and E. T. Bousfield (of England).— 

 A cross-tie made of a metal sheet or plate, with one or more corrugations lengthwise, 

 the rails being held in chairs made by cutting away the corrugations. (See No. 

 333,015.) 



Nos. 335,804 and 335,805; date, February 9, 1886; E. P. J. Freeman.— A cross-tie 

 made of a sheet of metal bent to form a rectangular bos. A wooden block is placed 

 inside, under each rail, and a apike is driven into the wood through a hole in the 



