New-York tribune., 1867-09-11
prrt @aro,n's aotits.
THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL RAILS IN AMERICA.

THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL RAILS IN AMERICA.
On all railroads upon which large amount
Of done. OF the chet items OF expense s
found from the rapid wearing out OF the iron rails
Of track neoesstang frequent renewals at heavy
cost both for material and labor At every such renewal
much Of the material is unavodaby lost and the work.
being performed at intervals between the passing OF thy
trains, becomes ncommensuratey expensive: Var'on5
sen this expense by different methods OF preparing
road beds and manufacturng the rails II ass peen % so
would be much more durable than those OF IRON Dpt s
much greater Of the former material over the latter
together with some fanced defects which was feared
the steel rails might possess prevented the exermehu
in 0'n is5s and into the United states few years
later, of the Besseuier process OF making sseel'
seemed more practicable Two or three years sOme
their tracks steel rails first in short sections with
steel ra over IRON point OF durability sufficient TO
compensate for its greater first cost and also whether tha
passing rans In both respects the results were beyond
antiepations The. Ths steel rail .. not only proved @
rSn rssn rail- but under an amount of s uss which
rendered the latter wholly unht for service, ahe
the past year several Of our American railroads have
ordered samples OF steel rails from England Tor ia ON
present between IL and 20 ues Of track laid with tho
English steel rail. and have recently given orders
marked superiority Of the stee rail became 20 svi-
dent, several attempts have been made to pro-
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At scranton Pa at Troy and at Chicago, tho
machinery employed for the purpose broke under ahe ns
of the bad material and the business bao
been, believe, abandoned. Recently the bpuysen
Duyvii Rolling Mill Company OF Spuyten Duyvt con
cded ~ their attention 10 tins business and eeua
far they have achieved complete success They arc
manufacturing from the essemer steel some Of tho
finest, trest most neatly finished rails we have ever
seen The steel Is cast IN iagots or "booms' Of me
proper weight, at the Bessemer steel Works ~
Troy, SewY0rk. The lneots, as they are
received ut the rolling MILL are about four feet lons ane
about nches square, weighing between 40 ana 80
pounds These placed in furnaces andneated
cherry heat and then they are passed between msNS
iron rollers driven by peDderous steam-engne wn'cS s
draw out aud compress and mold the ungainY iumy -
steel into smooth. handsome rail- The ends o. ,ae ss
are OF by driven by seani 80 as " cav
OF the right length. The rail IS laid upon sragnsen3
bed and roughly straightened with hammers ase
Is finally passed 20 the straightenihgA - Sse, ~ rs
where the slightest dehectons from right me ~ ss
poyed aud the rail is ready FOR market In the nIss
turned cat about OF steel ra ana witnb rsis
DAYS lis daily capacity viii be double that amount
mill though not among the largest Is one OF ING
Thoroughly constructed and appointed IN tne sSsys
The rods which proyed successful where m~s ,ss nj
failed manufactured at the ioundry " ,Is steei
Johnson X Co Of Spuyten Duyvl the COS. VI i,.rst,iitv
rail about double that ~ the iron while nr . nS
h estimated from foI 10 eight times ns f tIey
its streugt fully double that of ie ron ~. on
must ultimately be adopted piaer ,1s,e 1 can be ne
all IN rilroads doing any extensive tiamc' '"o'' ~ " ~
doubt, aud the sooner the bcitei- e.
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