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Engineer's Report on Sherman Gas and Electric Company, Cleburne Gas and Electric Company, Waxahachie Gas and Electric Company, Hillsboro Gas and Electric Company, Bonham Gas and Electric Company, Dublin Gas and Electric Company: Volume 2, Statistics and Photographs

Description: Book discussing statistics for the finances and infrastructure of Sherman, Cleburne, Waxahachie, Hillsboro, Bonham, and Dublin Texas. There are photographs of the discussed cities and surrounding areas. The statistics include city taxes, crop reports, public buildings, and local industries.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jones, Fred A.
Partner: Interurban Railway Museum

Public sale of town lots, at Hubbard City : on the Texas and St. Louis Railway, Thursday, August 11, 1881.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Hubbard, Texas street names, block and lot numbers, lot and street dimensions, parks, courthouse, schools, and railroads. Includes text describing advantages of Hubbard City, the terms of sale, and railroad transportation to the sale. Scale [1:4,800].
Date: 1881
Creator: M. Strickland & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Railway-Switch.

Description: Patent for an improved railway switch that "may be operated by a passing car or train, and one which will be most effectual and certain in its operation and which will at the same time automatically adjust a signal at one side of the track which will indicate to the next approaching train the position of the switch" (lines 18-24).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Johnson, Samuel Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway Tie.

Description: Patent for a hollow metallic railway tie that is braced horizontally and vertically, with a new type and arrangement of tie-plates. This railway tie prevents rails from slipping, and allows for spreading of the track, which is useful on curves.
Date: August 7, 1906
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway Gate.

Description: Patent for improvements to "cattle-guard gate for railroads in particulars of construction (lines 8-10). Includes illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1890
Creator: Grisham, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for rail joints that will remove the need for bolts to secure the chairs. The joints will also allow the chair to be removed from the rail without using tools.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Ernest, Albert C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Making Ballast.

Description: Patent for "improvements in methods of making ballast adapted for railway and other uses" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Butler, Henry G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Report on Proposed Southern Traction Company (Waco - Dallas - Corsicana Interurban): Statistics and Photographs

Description: Book discussing statistics for the finances and infrastructure of the Dallas, Ellis, Hill, McLennan, and Navarro counties Texas. There are photographs of the discussed counties and cities within. The city statistics include finances, population, schools, and local industries.
Date: unknown
Creator: Fred A. Jones Company
Partner: Interurban Railway Museum
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