Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06
DESCRIPTION OF BARGIoNs COMPOUND
RAIL.

The advantages claimed in the improve
parts. The upper rail is made of steel, and
in shape is the same as the Trail now in use,
with the exception that it has no base. The
bottom rail is made of iron, with two upright
fanges or walls, with the inside faces angled,
forming a level groove or canal, the upper
rail having its web OF tongue made to corre-
spond with the groove formed by the upright
fanges or wall of the lower rail, so
that when the tongue or web of the upper
rail is placed between the two upright hanges
or walls of the lower rail it is made to fill the
space between them, and extends down to
within half an inch of the bottom, so that
the lower edge of the tongue or web will not
come in contact with the bottom of the
groove in the lower rail. The upper steel
Trail when put in place is supported by
having its bearing upon the upper edges of
the hanges or walls of the lower rail,
preventing the rocking of the same,
and it is made to lap the ends
of the lower rail to any distance that
may be required to break joints, and when
bolted together forms strong, continuous
compound rail, not liable to get out of
place. Another advantage claimed for Bar
gion's compound rail is that the breaking
of the upper rail will not cause a car to be
thrown from the track, as the breaking of the
upper rail only makes another joint. 1t is
impossible to break the lowerrail or for the up
per rail to leave its place, thereby avoiding
many accidents that take place with
the rails now in use. The lower rail
having two hanges or webs it will sustain
twice the horizontal strain of the single
Trail 1t will readily be seen that when this
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tongue of the upper rail and the hanges of
the lower rail form complete truss, giving
it great strength to withstand wear and
tear without being liable to get out of
place. After my compound rail is laid, the
lower or bed rail will not have to be dis
turbed, which saves the drawing of spikes,
and avoids splitting of ties. My rail being
compound, and not having any dead joints,
does away with the great labor of lamp
ing up low joints. The rail being made
in two parts. the upper part only
out. and it is only half the weight of the rail
now in use. Railroads with this compound
rail can be kept i'll good running order with
one-half the number of track men that
are how employed to keep the common Trail
now IN use, making saving of many thou
sand dollars yearly to railroad companies
In renewing worn-out or broken rail all
that has to be done is to take out eight bolts,
the labor being done in half the time that it
would take to draw all the spikes and
re-spike, as required for the rail now in
use. My compound rail being continuous,
and no dead joints to pass over, it will read
lily be seen that trains can run at higher rate
of speed, with much less wear and tear
to rolling stock, and with more safety to the
travelling public, than with the Trail now in
use These great advantages will enable rail-
road companies to meet the great want of the
clamoring public with cheaper rates of fare
and freights. 1t is well-known fact that the
great progress in railroads for the last thirty
years has brought out many valuable i'm
provements, but nothing has been done for
the rail, only from iron to steel, and from
chair to what is called fish bar rails. 1t is
also a we'll known fact that the weight of en-
gines and cars have very much increased and
that the rail now in use is not strong enough
to make railroad travel as safe as it should be.
The space in the bottom rail is utilized for tele-
graph purposes. By laying a cable in the bottom
groove it will be seen that the telegraph cable
is well protected and cannot get out of order,
giving at all times sure communication. 1t
is we'll known fact that most of the
telegraph companies in Europe are now put
ting their telegraph lines under ground Ny
rail being well adapted to meet the require
ments of telegraph companies, and, at the
same time, being a better, stronger,
safer and cheaper rail than the T.
rail now in use, my improved rail
no dead joints to be passed over it, will en-.
able railroad companies that adopt it to run
much faster with safety and at the same time
carry freights at much less per ton than can
be carried on the Trail now in use.
p. BARGIoN, Patentee.