The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-20
UIARNS IN EAST
INTRODUCING TIE
Salt Lakers Win Promise From
Railroad Officials to Test
Invention.
SC0WcR0FTS GO ABROAD
WILL MAKE AUTOMOBILE TOUR
OF CONTINENT THIS SUMMER.

New York, March 19.-Jesse w. john
son and Burton S. Rupp of Provo and
Salt Lake, respectively, were here re-
Gently in the interest of the Universal
Metallic Tie company, a Utah corpora
ton. The company is capitalized at
s. 900, 900, and its officers and directors
include some OF Utah's Inost prominent
men, Governor William Spry. c. Sharp
and James I. Hammond being among
the number.
Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Rupp are ne
gOtiating with railroad people for the
sale of the new steel tie to be manu-
featured by the company. This tie, il
is claimed, will revolutionize railroad
building in that il will replace the
wooden sties now in use The Objec-
tionabea features of metallic ties have
apparently been eliminated in this in
ventfOn by Utah men.
The tie is made OF steel and is made
rust proof by preservatiYes, thus more
than doubling its life. To prevent
slipping, hanges project into the road
bed. The rails rest on a block of wood
clamped in the tie; this feature over
comes the big objection to metallic
tles-the lack of resiiiency. If the use
of this tie becomes universal-and the
probabilities are that it will-Uncle
ooAA VIII nave itSS cause 10 WOfTy over
the preserving of his forests, as the
supplying of railroad ties is one of the
big drains
Armed with credentials and endorse
ments, Messrs. Johnson and Rupp des-
cended upon railroad row and got assur-
ances that some of the big companies
Will give the new invention a try-out.
The gentlemen have gone to Chicago,
going via Washington, where they at
tended maintenance and way" con-
Venuon, which met on March Is. The
convention was Tor the purpose of con-
sidering inventions and improvements
in rOadbed making and laying of rails.
While in New York Messrs. Johnson
and Rupp made the Waldorf Astoria
their headquarters.
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George T. Odell, general manager of
the Consolidated Wagon Z Machine
company, paid a hurried visit to New
York, the early part of the week Mr..
Odell came east TO testify before the
interstate commerce commission at
Washington. Being so near. he came
10 New York to visit his daughter
Marie, who is attending a private
school for girls at Briar Cliff Manor.
Miss Odell is making splendid progress
IN her studies and stands high in her
class While in the city Mr. Odell
stopped at the Gregorian.
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The many New York friends of Artist
J. b. Fairbanks of Salt Lake were
pleasantly surprised to find him among
them again. Mr.. Fairbanks was a
prominent member Of the Utah colony.
as he had been other years while here
studying are. The object Of his stay
IN New York this time is TO paint a
number of copies of famous masters
Tor Utah people. By means of an art
club which he has organized in which
so much money is contributed monthly
by members, Mr.. Fairbanks is enabled
TO make extended stays in art centers.
where he can make copies Of famous
paintings. The members supporting
the club choose the painting they want
copy of. and Mr.. Fairbanks does the
work. While here he will COPY The
Cleaners" by Millet, for the Utah
Agricultural college; "rhe GossiDs"
and Cattle in Holland" by Troyne for
a prominent Salt Laker While in Chi
cago Mr.. Fairbanks made a copy Of
The Song of the Lark" by BrittOn
for George NJ. Cannon of Salt Lake.
Some time in June Mr. Fairbanks will
sail for Paris. where he will continue
his work. He also intends to visit
Italy, where he will have the oppor-
tunity of copying some Of the old mas
tiers before returning home.
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An interested spectator at the CO.
1umbia university games held at Madi-
son Square Garden was Eugene Rob-
erts of Provo, Utah. Mr. Roberts is
an instructor at the Yale gymnasium
at New Haven, and in addition to this
work he is pursuing a course in ply
steal culture at the New Haven institu-
ton. Mr.. Roberts has several fiatter-
ing offers Of positions as physical d.
rector in schools in the west and south.
He is now considering an offer from a
leading Utah school. and in all proba-
bility will go back to his native state.
Mr.. Roberts accompanies the Yale ath-
letic teams on most of their TRIPS.
While here he also attended the A. A.
L. games and the big Marathon race
given at Madison Square Garden. Mr..
Roberts has returned to New Haven.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph ScOwcroft, their
daughter Mae and son Joseph. of Og-
den, We're registered at the Imperial
this week. Mr.. Scowcroft and family
are on their way to Europe. They viii
tour the continent i'll a new Peerless
automobile purchased by Mr.. Scowcroft
while in New York. The party will
sail from New York on the Latonia,
and land at Naples, Italy. Switzer-
land, France, Germany and England
will be visited before the homeward
Journey begins some time in June. At
the same hotel Mr. and Mrs. Albert