. The street railway review . .This feature does away with the requirement of a doubleequipment of closed and open cars, and thereby savesone-half the space required for storage or housing thesame. The doors are double, operated by a singlehandle peculiarly fitted so as to permit doors to open towithin one inch of the edge, gaining thereby an openingfour inches wider than the ordinary door allows and facil-itating the egress of passengers. The register—New Haven pattern—is operated by asquare bar within the strap handle rod by means ofwheels working through the brackets supporting the rod,whic
. The street railway review . .This feature does away with the requirement of a doubleequipment of closed and open cars, and thereby savesone-half the space required for storage or housing thesame. The doors are double, operated by a singlehandle peculiarly fitted so as to permit doors to open towithin one inch of the edge, gaining thereby an openingfour inches wider than the ordinary door allows and facil-itating the egress of passengers. The register—New Haven pattern—is operated by asquare bar within the strap handle rod by means ofwheels working through the brackets supporting the rod,which are conveniently located. On the opposite sidethe bells are worked by a similar device, turning thewheel one way ringing the bell at one end and turningthe other way ringing the bell at the opposite end. The upper or monitor deck runs the entire length ofthe car, and the sides are sloped inward at the top givingit a neat and graceful appearance. A new style of wheelguard has been provided, which though light and UNIVERSAL STREET CAR—INTERIOR. is considered to be the most desirable thing of the kindyet applied for that purpose. It is mounted from so as to be stationary, of spring steel, having anoblong plate fastened diagonally so that meeting anobstruction on the track the plate is pressed downward (^;lA^lJ\aUw^lf^ylc\/ 32U to tlie rail, effectually preventing the object from passingunder the wheel. These guards are on both sides ofeach wheel, thus protecting anything falling in front ofeither wheel. The handles—both dash and body—areof new design and adapted to the convenience andsafety of the passenger using them, he being able toretain his hold on the body handle from the time hetakes hold of it from the street until be passes withinthe door. Much thought and care has been bestowed on sanitar3-features in the construction of this car, and many favor-able comments have been expressed on the successobtained in this respect. The entire floor of the
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