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@with .gtst-cs gestuitY @ffice CHARLES W. JONES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO i AND HIRAM W. 'STOUT,OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No'. 6).814, dated October 1 5, 1867.

IMPROVED GROSSINGS POB.' STREET RAILWAYS.

ro ALL WHoM 1T MAY coNcERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES'W. JONES, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Railway-Crossings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

My invention consists of certain plates secured v to the rails of a street railway, at the intersectionotA the same, so as to rmly bind the whole together; und my invention further consists in so hevelling the treads adjacentto the points where the rails are connected as to prevent the' shocks which are imparted to cars when moving over crossings constructed in the 'usual manner.

In order to enable others skilled in the art toinakesand apply my invention I wll no\v proceed to describe the construction et' the same, reference *being had to the'accompamying drawing, which forms a part of this specification,and in whichi Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved railway-crossing.

Figure 2 is a section, onthe line 1-2, iig. 1.

" Figure 3, an'inverted plan view, showing parts'otv the rails.

Figure '4, a. plan view, illustrating a'modication of my invention; and

Figure 5, a section on the line 3-4, iig. 4.A

A A and B-B are rails of one track, and C C and D D are rails of another track which crosses the -rst at right angles in the present instance. The end a of each rail, A B C D, hears againstthe inner edge of the rail, at right angles .to it, at a point directly opposite a recess in theouter edge of the cross-rail, and into this recess tits one end of a second rail which is in a line with that bearing against the opposite edge of the crosst rail,as shown in the drawing. Beneath the rails, at each point where they meet or cross each other, is nl cruciform metal plate, E, each arm of which extends beneath the ond'of one of the rails, the latter being secured to the plate by bolts or screws x. treads ofthe rails are bevelled at their terminations, m, as shown in figs. -2 and 5,' for a purpose described hereafter. By introducing the endsot sozne of the rails into recesses in the' edges of others, any lateral movement of the former rails is prevented, while by bolting the rails to the platesE they are so firmly and steadily connected together that they serve to brace each other, and it will bo impossible for one to become detached or loosenedfrom the others, while one rail may be readilydisconneetedfrom the others, if necessary, by merely removing thebolts, and without the necessity of taking up any other portion of the'track. Inasmuch as the treads ofthe'rails :trebevelled at their ends, m, the flanges of the wheels in traversing. the rails at these points will rest upon the flanges or Ilat portion ofthe rails, and the usual jolting, which results from the Wheels striking the ends of the treads in passing over the recesses between the ends of' the rails, is prevented. In some instances, instendiof recessing the rails, the ends of the latter may all bear against a pro- -iection, c, in' the centre of the plate E, the arms ofthe plate projecting beneath, and being bolted io-the ends of the rails, as shown in figs. 4 and,

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent- 1.v A` c-rnciform plate, E, combined with the rails ot" a street railway, at the intersection of the saine, suh- .stantially as described.

l2. The bevelled ends 'm nioi' the treads, for the purposcspccied.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification in the pres-ence of tivo subscribing witnesses. enne. w. JONES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. Fosrnn, W. J. R. DELANY."

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