The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-16
Watching MAKING RAILS MS
Pennsylvania Railroad Taking Spec.
... la Precautions. ~. -. :;

Pittsburg, MayllS.--An expart, on
open.hearth steel work is at present
watching the workings of tho Car.
neSis Steel Company and the ,Gdgar-|
Thompson people In building new
rail mills for openheSrthr rails. Not
content with serving official notice
on the railmakers that they will
not accept any more, Quick-Qtder
rails and the appointing of ten spe-
clal inspectors to watch the rails asl
they come irons the rolls here, the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Company has
paid experts-supSrinten the con-
struction Of the new rail mills Of the
local concerns from which tho open
hearth steel rail. OF the future. will
come. 'tt,F5.t;,.,r. wv
The rigid inspection ordered by
the railroad people has led to the
rumor that: there was a bitter. bat,
tie between the Jsteeli Corporation
and the 'Pennsyivania Railroad zand
that threat to: make its own steel
rails was met by proposition from
the corporation to allow inspection
or Its new plants as they, are built,
IN order that the:railroad would be
assured tnat there was l.: nothing
"ANh euO COu6tIuCllOu OIL
plants from which the, ,open-hearth
rails Of the future will come.
The Pennsylvania Road is also ex-
perimenting with new style of rail,
the Edgar-Thomsen people having
granted their works for this. Ex-
periments on the new rail and watch
Ing. the new 0penhearth mills have
been going on for six weeks, but
the fact OF surveillance leaked, xaut:
only/today. -. Pc. -,-..,,., = '%T,E:# :
The railroad people do not. agree.
with Chairman Gary Of ,lth9 Steel
Corporation--at least not :yekAT4as' to
the rail Of the futura,ts beinH 40
pounds. instead Of lighter, a'is the
case now. 1t is the contention here
also, the idea being worked HsQut by
the Pennsylvania, that with ~ supe-
,rior material. and more Seareful
work, better results can be obtained
without the additional Weights
sylvan1a railroad officials here con-
tend, and somewhat bitterly, that
Chairman Gary did not make any
suggestions. as to new style Of rails
until he learned, beyond doMbt That
which the United States Steal Cor
poratton experts must have known,
that a large percentage of thu rails
being furnished to the railroads we're.
at fault, and his company was In
danger Of, losing much business One
large corporation has alreadW turn
ed away It's business from the, trust
to the extent Of 10000. TONS tSA rails
it Is said. -.- rs (
In any event, the pennsylvania
railroad is working out its oWa Mea
in steel rails, and on the 80 and 100
pound basis. e
The sole idea is to put q sSreater:
portion of the material now used into
the stem" of the rail. This fNsll ne.
cessitate complete, changea$h the
rolls and workings OF the raI;mak-
ers, but the railroad has come to the
conclusion, apparently, that since 1t
is paying $28 a ton for it's Ersih& it
can afford to demand that soinS Sx-
ira care shall be taken in heir max
ing. Up to date several expetsAfaA tss
have been made, but the rail experts
have nor'yet reached that degree OF
perfection that it would like to have
in the new rail. Once the model is
completed 1t will be turned over to
the big rail-making interests here to
turn out others exactly like it. At the
SAME time experts will be on shand
to see that orders are followed to
the letter.
Additional expense Will be placed
on the Steel Corporation by the new
orders from the Pennsylvania that
sve:!y rail Of It's lao, zoo tonnage just
placed shall be watched from first
to last in the making, The cutting
off OF rs per cent. Of the top OF the
steel ignots before they are turned
into the blooming mill will cause a.
heavy loss to the trust, as the mill
owners have been In the habit. Of
cutting of but tiny portion Of the
tgnots. In addition to this every rail
must be rolled more; slowly than has
been the case before. The orders to
each Of the ten Pennsylvania Road
experts are to reject all rails which
do not come from the rolls almost
straight. =
1t has been the custo ON to slap the
rails through in a hurry, no matter
IL they come out in the shape OF a
letter S., anything. to get the rails
out, the rule seemed to be, and
then trust. to the. Strengthening ma
chine to fix them up. 20
There have been many rails ruin
ed in the Strengthening machine,
and this Is what the. Pennsylvania
has decided must stop. There will
not be so great a tonnage out weekly
as before, but the railroad, people
say they will get better rails.
EAGLE KIDNAPS BOY.