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1. A railway cattle-guard comprising a fixed horizontal portion provided with rigid ob- structions, and a smooth depressible platform or portion hinged at its inner end to the fixed 5 portion and forming a continuation of the same, said depressible portion being adapted to drop between the cross-ties when trodden upon by stock, substantially as and for the purpose described. 10 3. In a device of the class described, the combination with supporting-ties or the like, of a fixed horizontal portion mounted thereon, provided with suitable rigid obstructions and projecting from one of the cross-ties, the rigid 15 longitudinal supporting-bars extending from
the projecting edge of the fixed portion to the adjacent cross-tie, and the spring-supported platform hinged at its inner end to the fixed portion, forming a continuation of the same and abutting against the lower faces of the 2o supporting-bars, said platform being adapted to be depressed by stock treading upon it, sub- stantially as described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 25 the presence of two witnesses. ZEPH WIGGS. Witnesses: R. L. BASS, CHASE. CAMERON.