. The Street railway journal . and avoiding drafts. There are noexposed steam pipes, all being enclosed in the ducts, and thesystem is always effective, except with a standing train in sum-mer, when the spring balanced windows can be easily entering would drip out at A. It may be doubtedwhether this system would furnish enough air with electriccars, except where the latter are run at high speeds with fewstops. Car air is usually the worst at rush hours, when thespeeds are the lowest and when the direction of the wind mightprevent all ventilation if it was the same as the car. E
. The Street railway journal . and avoiding drafts. There are noexposed steam pipes, all being enclosed in the ducts, and thesystem is always effective, except with a standing train in sum-mer, when the spring balanced windows can be easily entering would drip out at A. It may be doubtedwhether this system would furnish enough air with electriccars, except where the latter are run at high speeds with fewstops. Car air is usually the worst at rush hours, when thespeeds are the lowest and when the direction of the wind mightprevent all ventilation if it was the same as the car. Electricfans seem the only sure device, especially if downward ventila-tion is desired, andthe addition of oneor two fans wouldhardly seem to addmuch to the neces-sary complication ofa modern car. Ac- made in the roof of the car marked CC, which is just abovethe hinged window referred to. The circulation of the foulhot air through this recess to the outside is shown by thearrows marked DD. Some double-deck cars, as in Manches-.
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