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No. 354,433; date, December 14, 1885; R. Morrell.— A cross-tie made of a plate bent 

 to form aliollow rectangular box, with the to^) and bottom cut away at the middle. 

 The rails are fastened to wooden bearing-blocks placed inside the tie. (See 365, 932.) 



No. 356,002; date, January 11, 1887; S. D. Locke.— An improvement on No. 353,691. 



No. 358,144 ; date, February 22, 1887 ; J. Clark.— A cross-tie of channel section, with 

 chaiis for the rails. ''See No. 249,503, etc.) 



No. 358,981; date, March 8, 1887; J. C. Lane.— An iron bridle-rod, made in two 

 pieces, bolted together at the middle, to prevent rails from spreading at the curves. 



No. 359,115 and No. 359,117 ; date, March 8, 1887; W. Wharton, jr.—A cross-tie of 

 J[ or L section, with the bottom flange bent np (o make a chair for the rails. To be 

 used on street railways Vvith girder rails. 



No. 359,440; date, March 15, 1837; T. Gleason. — A cross-tie of trough section L__J' 

 with interior cross-pieces or webs to which the rail clamps are fastened. 



No. 360,397 ; date, March 29, 1687 ; M. Y. Thompson.— A flat cross-tie, with a (j 

 shaped depression at each end to receive a wooden bearing- block. The rails are fast- 

 ened by keys. 



No. 361,199; date, April 12, 1837; H. P. Adams. — A cross-tie of T section, with 

 chairs keyed to it. 



No. 361,330; date, April 19, 1887; P. J. Severac, of Paris. — A cross-tie of I section, 

 with the horizontal flanges bent at the ends. In some cases a broad plate is riveted 

 to the bottom flange. The rails are fastened by clips or keyed to chairs. (This system 

 is in use in Europe.) Patented in France, Belgium, England, Italy, and Spain, in 

 1884-'85. 



Nos. 362,786 and 362,787; date, May 10, 1887; J. Riley (of Scotland).— A cross-tie 

 of inverted trough section, with the rail chairs stami^ed or pressed by dies^ the rails 

 being secured by wedges. (Patented inEngland and Belgium; 1885-'86). 



No. 363,020; date, May 17, 188?'; L.Taylor. — A hollow-box cross-tie, with outward- 

 flaring sides and concave bottom. The rails are fastened by hook bolts with the 

 nuts inside the tie. 



No. 36', 350; date, Juno 21, 1887; A. Roelofs. — A crosi-tie of channel | I or in- 

 verted trough section. The rails are fastened by fixed lugs on the outside, and a tie- 

 bar which is sprung into x^ace on the inside. Also a flat tie with a rib under each 

 rail and a slot along the middle for. the bent tie-bar. 



No. 365,511 ; date, Juno 28, 1887; F, X. Georget. — A cross-tie or longitudinal, of chan- 

 nel section I I , built up of a base plate and two concave side plates with the tops 

 flanged outward horizontally. The ties or longitudinals are connected by tie rods. 

 (See 331,125.) 



Nos. 365,932 and 365,933 ; date, July 5, 1887; R. Morrell. — A hollow cross-tie, made 

 of a plate bent to an oblong section, with straps around it at the rail fastenings. The 

 metal is cut away to let the rails rest on a wood block inside the tie ; the metal straps 

 keep the spikes from working loose and allowing the rails to spread. Also a tie for 

 elevated roads, made of two plates on edge, fastened together at the middle, and 

 flaring apart to admit wooden bearing-blocks between them. See No. 354,433. 



No. 365,546; date, July 12, 1887: N.S.White.— A cross-tie of channel p — I or in- 

 verted trough section, with a base plate at each end, with a bearing-block of wo; d 

 or other material inside under each rail. The rails are fastened by locking clamps. 



No. 367,325; date, July 26, 1887; John Splane. — A cross-tie of | [ channel section, 



with the bottom of the sides flanged outwards. The rails are let into apertures in 

 the top and rest on the hooked ends of two tie-bolts, the inner ends of which are 

 connected by a turnbuckle which is tightened by a wrench, there being a hole in the 

 middle of the top table of the tie. 



No. 367,383; date, August 2, 1887 ; J. Fitzgerald.— The rails are fastened to a cast- 

 iron cross-tie by hook-headed spikes^ which are secured by horizoatal keys fitting 

 into corresponding notches in the tie and spike. 



No. 369,591; date, September 6, 1837; J, PL Ooffmau, — A solid tie with a grooye 



