The specification is attached to this report.
In presenting this specification to the Annual Meeting at Chicago in
March last, the Committee said:[C]
"A new specification should not be proposed at this time without
careful consideration. So far as we know, no railroad company has
purchased rails under the specifications approved by the American
Railway Association and referred to us; nor do we know of any
railway company that has succeeded in buying rails during the past
two years according to a specification entirely satisfactory to the
railroad company. We believe that all of the specifications under
which rails have been rolled have been compromises on the part of
both parties, with the general result that neither party is
entirely satisfied. Our experience during the year has brought to
our attention some defects in all of the specifications now before
us, and acting under the impression that there is a distinct
feeling that we should revise our specifications, we offer the
attached specifications for your consideration.
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