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No. 'iS6,156; date, July 17, 1888 ; J. A. Ogde)i. — A cross-tie of cliaunel section L 

 wide at the bottom, with bearing blocks and hook-fasteniugs for the rails. 



Nos. 386,356 and 386,357; date, July 17, 1888; H. Shultzeu. — x4 channel tie 

 with the middle part of the bottom cut away and turned up to prevent lateral uiove- 

 nieut. The rail is fastened to a wooden block by Z-clips and a longitudinal bolt 

 under the rail, or by diagonal bolts. (Now being manufactured by the Standard 

 Steel Tie Company, of New York.) (See Appendix B of the report on metal track. ) 



No. 386,389; date, July 17, 1888; A. Darand. — A cross-tie of inverted trougt» sec- 

 tion, with clips and channels stamped in it. (See description on p. 25.) 



No. "86, 4-20 ; date, July 17, 1888 ; R. T. White.— Hollow box cross-ties of diftercnt 

 sections, made of bent plates. Cross-section intended to give elasticity. (See 

 385,395.) 



No. 388,277; date, August 21, 1888; A. J. Hartford. — A tiat cross-tie, with end 

 turned up, and a bent plate tie bridge, arched in the middle, bent to form a shoulder 

 for inner flange of rail; the rail rests on this plate and the end is turned over the 

 outer flange and secured by a bolt through both plates. 



No. 389,464; date, SejDtember 11,1883; L. Haas. — A cross-tie of rectangular sec- 

 tion ; top cut away at ends and middle. Wooden block under each rail. (See 391,704.) 



No. 390,014 ; date, September 25, 1888; R. P. Faddis.— Wooden stringers, with flat 

 iron tie plates across top aud under rail, with U bolts embracing the stringers. 

 For street and steam railways. 



No. 390,370 ; date, October 2, 1883; I. G. Howell. — A cross-tie of channel section 



I 1, with blocks under the rails. The top is cut away for the rail, and the lail 



clamxjs are fastened by hooks. 



No. 391,492; date, October 23, 1838; W. J. Stifler. — A Hat cross-tie with diagonal 

 grooves on the under side near the ends to receive the heads of the bolts of the two 

 plates, each with a lug, which form one rail seat- 



N'o. 391,704; date, October 23, 1888; L. Haas —A cross-tie of channel section j f, 



higher at the rail seats, with notched flanges for the rails. (See 257,752.) 



No. 391,999 ; date, October 30, 1838 ; A. H. Ames. — A flat cross-tie, with flaring ends 

 of channel section i I, having riveted and bolted clips for rail fastenings. 



No. 392,849; November 13, 1883; J. Cabry and W. H. Kinch (of England). -A 

 rolled steel cross-tie of inverted trough section, with lugs stamped out. Hails 

 secured by keys driven between flange and lug. (In use on the Northeastern Rail- 

 way, in England.) 



No. 393,515; date, November 27, 1383; D. M. McRae.— A wooden or iron tie, with 

 metal sockets at ends forming rail seats. 



No. 394,738; date, December 18, 1833; G. W. Thompson. — A hollow cross-tie of 

 rectangular section, with a metal bearing-block inside under each rail. Bolted clip 

 rail fastenings. 



No. 395,134; date, December 25, 1888;' M. Hagarty. — A cross-tie made of two 

 channels placed back to back HC, iuner lug on one, outer lug on the other. The 

 bolt holes in vertical web are elongated to allow the channels to be shifted to let rail in. 



No. 395,304; date, December 25, 1883; C. F. Yarbrough. — Hollow cross-ties of 

 rectangular section, with open ends and openings at sides. Wood blocks may be 

 used, or the ties may be filled with ballast. 



No. 396,160; date, January 15, 1339; H. Hipkins (of England).— A stamped metal 

 cross-tic of/ — '^ — > section, with lugs and rib stamped out of top table. (Patented 

 in England, 1583.) 



No. 396,473; date, January 22, 1889; C. P. Espiuasse (of France). — A cross-tie of 

 X section, with vertical web cut away for rail chair to which rail is secured by 

 wooden wedge. 



No. 398,004; date, February 19, 1889; S. U. Smith. — A cross-tie of channel section 



I », with closed ends. The rails rest on the ends of a separate cross-plat^., ^itlt 



fixed lugs inside, and bolted phites outside. 



