. The Street railway journal . ., while the body is 36 ft. long. The floor framingconsists of channels and I-beams with wood fillers. The plat-form framing is made detachable from the body floor framingand is entirely of steel. The vestibule has a folding partition,so as to form a separate space for the motorman, as shown inFig. 1. Each car has a smoking room about 12 ft. long. The car throughout is finished in mahogany, inlaid with neatmarqueterie. The ceiling is of the semi-Empire type, and ispainted cream color, with gold decorations. The seats are ofthe Walkover type, with high roll-top ba
. The Street railway journal . ., while the body is 36 ft. long. The floor framingconsists of channels and I-beams with wood fillers. The plat-form framing is made detachable from the body floor framingand is entirely of steel. The vestibule has a folding partition,so as to form a separate space for the motorman, as shown inFig. 1. Each car has a smoking room about 12 ft. long. The car throughout is finished in mahogany, inlaid with neatmarqueterie. The ceiling is of the semi-Empire type, and ispainted cream color, with gold decorations. The seats are ofthe Walkover type, with high roll-top backs, and are finishedin rattan. They were manufactured by Hale & Kilburn. Thegothics and decks are glazed with green opalescent glass. Alltrimmings are of solid bronze. The curtains are of pantasoteof the Forsyth type. The cars are lighted by incandescentlamps, so placed that they form arches across the ceiling. Four of the cars are mounted on Brill trucks and two onCurtis trucks. The motor equipment consists of four GE 76. FIG. 3, -SEATING ARRANGEMENT OF CHICAGO & MILWAUKEEELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANYS NEW CARS
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