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The tie around post is much the same as the single tie, except 
that the tie wire passes around the post instead of through the hole. 
(See cut.) Neither the single tie or the tie around post are very 
strong unless the tips of the tie wire are hooked over the body of 
the tie wire after the wraps have been made. This is known as the 
“special tie.” 
The strongest and perhaps the most satisfactory system of tie- 
Figure 6. 
Different Types of Cement Posts and Wire Fasteners.—1. Triangular 
post with single staple and ring wire fastener. 2. A sqiuar© post with dou¬ 
ble staple fastener. 3. A seven-foot post with cast staple holders. 4. A 
seven-foot post with tie around post. 5. A 7-inch eight-foot corner post, 
6. An 8-inch eight-foot corner post with staples cast in post. 7. A 5-inch 
tamped post with single tie wire fastener. 8. A 5-inch poured post with 
double tie wire fastener. 
ing in the wire is the “Double tie.” The tie wire is bent into the 
form of a long staple, straddled over the line wire and both ends 
passed through a hole in the post. One end is brought to either side 
and wrapped about the line wire at the face of the post. This sys¬ 
tem insures a solid fastening and is equal in strength ten any or¬ 
dinary wood post fastening. 
