47 



No. 376,884 ; date, January 24, 1888; William B. Ilomiiug.— A Hat bar, Lout up at 

 tlie ends to embrace the flange aud web of rail. Loose angleclaraps ou inside of rail. 

 (See 323,809.) 



No. 377,162; date, January 31, 1888; G. Kelton. — A cross tie of channel section 

 J 1, with a separate bottom, having projections on its inner side to give a hold to 

 the pul^) with which the tie is to be tilled. The rails are fastened by hooked bolts, 

 with nuts inside the tie, cavities being left in the pulp filling. 



No. 378,280 ; date, February 21, 1888 ; F. L. Barrows.— A cross-tie of inverted trough 

 section, with clips struck up on the outside of the rail to hold its flange, and clips 

 lengthwise on the inside of the rail to hold a rail fastening. 



No. 378,930; date, March 6, 1888; J. Hill. — Aflat cross-tie, corrugated lengthwise 

 top and bottom. The rail is keyed to a chair. The inventor proposes to use a double- 

 headed rail. 



No. 379,312; date, March 13,1888; S. B. Jerome. — A hollow rectangular cross-tie, 

 made of a bent plate. It is to be tilled with straw, sawdust, etc., and has a narrow 

 bearing-block along the underside of the top, to which the rails are spiked. The 

 ends are closed by wood or cement blocks. 



No. 379,399; date, March 3 3, 1888; J. Jacobs. — A cross-tie of channel section | ( 



with closed ends ; a top plate is bolted on by side clamps to form a rail seat. The 

 tie is to be filled with concrete, etc. 



No. 379,574; date, March 20, 1688; C. P. Hawley. — A cross-tie of J section, with 

 the top flange bent to make a rail brace. A longitudinal bridge is used under the 

 rail at joints. 



No. 379,57.6; date, March 20, 1888; C. P. Ilawley. — A cross-tie of _L section, with 

 slots for the web of a T girder, forming a rail seat, or which can be made a longi- 

 tudinal bearing. 



No. 380,623; date, i^prii 3, 1888; H. L. De Zeng. — Improvements upon Nos. 334,696 

 and 348,550. 



No. 381,125; date, April 17, 1888; F. X. Georget. — Improvements upon No. .365,511. 



No. 381,860 ; date, April 24, 1888 ; E. R. Stiles.— A cross- tie of channel section { |, 



with a wooden block under each rail. 



No. 382,134; date. May 8, 1888; W. H. Brittou.— A cross-tie of T section, with the 

 vertical web corrugated vertically. The rails are secured by lugs and clamps. 



No. 382,394; date, May 1, 1888; J. B. Sutherland. — A cross tie of approximately Y 

 section; curved like the section of a yacht, and with the top edges bent in to form 

 horizontal flanges for the rail chairs. 



No. 382,855; date, May 15, 1888; F. Barhydt.— A hollow box cross-tie, with closed 

 ends. There is a wooden block the full size of the face of the tie at the top, and 

 another at the bottom ; both inside. Coil springs are interposed between the top and 

 bottom sections. 



No. 383,118; date. May 22, 1888; M. Fitzgerald. — A cross-tie of channel section 

 I \, with solid ends. Fixed lugs and hooked spikes are the rail fastenings. 



No. 384,785; date, June 19, 1888; Jacob Eeese. — A cross-tie of fj; section, with a 

 groove along its top table; rail seat bolted on top. The rail is secured by a bolt 

 passing under it and through the chair, having f washers to hold the rail flange. It 

 is to be rolled from a plate of No. 7 steel 24 inches wide ; bedded in ballast. 



No. 335,395; date, July 3, 1888; R. T. White. — A channel cross-tie of U section, 

 with rails secured to saddles by bolts and clips. (See 375,856 and 383,420.) 



No. 385,492; date, July 3, 1888; D. Y. Wilson.— A cross-tie made of two angles 



I i , with a base plate and channel plate for rail seat at each end. Rails bolted 



through top and bottom plates. 



No, 386,1]9; date, July 17, 1883; R. W. Flower, jr., and S. L. Wiegand.— A hollow 

 cross-tie of rectangular section, with part of the bottom cut away and turned down 

 to preypnt lateral movement. The rails are spiked to wood blocks inside the tie. 



