New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
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TRIPLER TIE AND WOOD PRESERVING COMPANY
Office No. 1852 Common Street.

The Tripler Tie and Wood Preserving COMPANY
has been duly organized under the State law for
the purpose OF purchasing and working two valu.
One being for new mode of preserving wood from
decay, applicable to crosstics for railroads bridge
timber and all lumber exposed to atmospheric in.
tuences; and the other for a new and improved
form or railroad crossties, by which it ia believed
superior ne can be furnished at about the first
cost or the tie now in use.
For cross-tes to which for the present the atten
ton OF the company will be mainly directed the
patents cover two forms: first a solid tie which ia
thoroughly 1mpregnated with the antiseptjc com.
pound and then coated with vulcanized prepara.
ZION second, the sectional tie, composed of three
piece is impregnated with the antiseptic then coy
cred with the vulcanized preparation and while
not put together and wei fastened making tbe t;e
stronger than if solid and from all present exner;
ence it is believed practically indestructibie.
me purchase OF these patents has been effected
celVlng portion of the capital stock of the com
pany IN full payment and compensation for the as-
states. Already negotiations have been initiated
by more than one OF the leading railroad comnsn;o
the two patents on their lines. and orders for the
patent crossties are in this city for more than
an ordinary mill could furnish in wear.
The company, desiring that the manufacture
should be carefully conducted under the immeI;
ate supervision of the patentee are about to mr.
0i , Sc, ~ tease conveniently situated MILL and
pull up the requisite tanks and machinery befora
tnuel saSlhg any contracts parting with any nor
ton OF their rights. any f'A
To meet the expense ATTENDING .hi H.. -
decided on opening books of subscrintion To the
capital stock of the company to the eTtent of on
hundred Thousand dollars in shares of one HIM
~ ~ oIltl edch Ten per cent PAYABLE at the date
Oh SUBSCRIPTION, and the balance at cali of the
board OF Directors in installments of not more
thirty DAYS ' VI hot iesS lhau
- should It be deemed desirable to retain
tne exclusive manufacture of the flies
~ ~, tne hands of the company. the capi-
Il STOCK may be increased to three hun
vii thousand dollars. The original subscribers
WIN nave the privilege of pro rata Increasing their
''0gh pelore II IS again offered to the public.
al stockholderS are an equal cash basis
none vi the stock having been given away or
parted "lth except the amount paid to the
pentee, VINO receives one-thrd of the capital
st9cK as the price of the patents
taxing INTO consideration the number of miles
Oh railroad in the United States and the number in
progress, and that the ties in require renewal
every HNe or SIX years, an estimate be made of
the probable demand for the Ties this comDany
proposes to furnish for we have every reason to
oeneve from the experience of European roads of
the durability of ties treated in a similar but NOT
IN so effective a manner) that under our patents
Ties I'll last from twenty to twenty-fiv wears
Books of subscription will be found at the, ~.
of Messrs. Wingfield Il Bridges 1872 Common near
CarOndelet street, and with either of the foIou;n
named directors: ms
W. Alexander Gordon.
+. Newman, firm f. Newman Co
2. =. Wilt firm Wiltz l. Co.
j. }. Warren firm Warren Crawford 4 70
george A Fosdck, firm George Fosdicl- {. ~
\ II. Ably, firm y. III. Ably l. Co - w.
Benjamin Newgass, firm Lehman Newgass e. ~
fra.o couono, S, T. s. WILLIAMS
'hate "ens enc al superintendent New Orleans Jack
'"A anu "ied' northern Railr0ad) President
L. B. CAIN
my1l we&su wi treasurer.