. Electric railway journal . ors 9,600 lb. Control 1,300 lb. Total weight completely equipped 45,616 1b. The car was designed especially for crosstown-lineservice, and if the experiment proves successful othercars of this type will be built in the near future. Thenecessity for it is found in the fact that, in Cleveland,some of the crosstown lines intersect as many as twelvemain trunk lines within a distance of less than 3 miles,and this makes transferring passengers the principalbusiness of the crosstown lines. The character of thisservice involves the movement of a large number of pas-sengers
. Electric railway journal . ors 9,600 lb. Control 1,300 lb. Total weight completely equipped 45,616 1b. The car was designed especially for crosstown-lineservice, and if the experiment proves successful othercars of this type will be built in the near future. Thenecessity for it is found in the fact that, in Cleveland,some of the crosstown lines intersect as many as twelvemain trunk lines within a distance of less than 3 miles,and this makes transferring passengers the principalbusiness of the crosstown lines. The character of thisservice involves the movement of a large number of pas-sengers at each transfer point, and it is important thatthey should be encouraged to move quickly. that is applied to the front half of the new car, it isbelieved that this delay will be obviated. Features op Design The new car, like most cars in Cleveland, is equippedfor single-end operation. Its construction is semi-steel,and it is practically similar to that of the Clevelandcenter-entrance motor cars, which were described in the. CLEVELAND CROSSTOWN CAR—VIEW OF CENTER EXIT February 20, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 365
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