. The Street railway journal . ticaca, which is the largestlake in South America—155 miles long—and whose surface is12,200 ft. above sea level, making, it the highest lake in theworld upon which there is steam navigation, and at Chililayathe cars are again put aboard steam cars, and from there godirect to La Paz. The cars are shipped in sections, but sosimple is their construction that they can easily be put to-gether at Bolivia without the builders assistance. No. 21-E trucks are used, the company already having in usetrucks of this type which are giving excellent seats are o
. The Street railway journal . ticaca, which is the largestlake in South America—155 miles long—and whose surface is12,200 ft. above sea level, making, it the highest lake in theworld upon which there is steam navigation, and at Chililayathe cars are again put aboard steam cars, and from there godirect to La Paz. The cars are shipped in sections, but sosimple is their construction that they can easily be put to-gether at Bolivia without the builders assistance. No. 21-E trucks are used, the company already having in usetrucks of this type which are giving excellent seats are of spring cane, and are longitudinally pockets are provided, into which the sashes may bodropped. The cars are 20 ft. long over the end panels, and overthe crown pieces, 28 ft.; panel over the crown piece, 4 ft.;width over the sills, 6 ft. 2 ins., and over the posts at the belt,7 ft. 6 ins.; sweep of the posts, 8 ins.; side sill size, 3^4 ms- x5^4 ins.; end sill size, 4^ ins. x 5^ ins.; thickness of the cor- gn1. FIG. 2.—CUSHIONED NON-RETURN VALVE accident to the latter, such as the bursting of a tube, and theywill also act as a safety stop to prevent the turning on of steaminto a cold boiler. Fig. 3 shows the Anderson cushioned com-bination non-return valve, which has the same vital points asthe one shown in Fig. 2, except with the additional feature thatthe valve can be opened and held in that position if desiredsimply by operating the auxiliary hand wheel. FIG. 3.—CUSHIONED NON-RETURN VALVE WITH AUXILIARYHAND WHEEL ner post, 3^ ins.; thickness of side post, 1% ins. The 21-Etrucks have 4-in. axles and 33-in. wheels. The cars are fin-ished in cherry, with bronze trimmings, and the ceilings arealternately poplar and linwood, stained. Among the buildersspecialties with which the cars are equipped are angle-ironbumpers, radial draw-bars, Dedenda gongs and foldinggates. February 25, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 379 FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE Wall Street, February
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