. Electric railway journal . rtation engineer of the commission, at a hearing held on Sept. 20 and reported on page 503 of the ElectricRailway Journal for Sept. 23. Mr. Connette said that itwas his belief that accidents with cars weighing as muchas 38,000 lb. and not equipped with air brakes would bediminished materially if such cars were furnished with ahand brake as efficient as the one used by the Third AvenueRailroad. These braking experiments were conducted forrepresentatives of the commission under the direction ofThomas F. Mullaney, chief engineer, and J. S. McWhirter,superintendent car
. Electric railway journal . rtation engineer of the commission, at a hearing held on Sept. 20 and reported on page 503 of the ElectricRailway Journal for Sept. 23. Mr. Connette said that itwas his belief that accidents with cars weighing as muchas 38,000 lb. and not equipped with air brakes would bediminished materially if such cars were furnished with ahand brake as efficient as the one used by the Third AvenueRailroad. These braking experiments were conducted forrepresentatives of the commission under the direction ofThomas F. Mullaney, chief engineer, and J. S. McWhirter,superintendent car equipment, Third Avenue Railroad. SINGLE-END PAY-WITHIN CARS FOR CITY RAILWAYCOMPANY, DAYTON The City Railway Company, Dayton, Ohio, has recentlyplaced in service ten double-truck, single-end, pay-withincars of the design shown in the accompanying exterior andinterior views. The cars were built by the Cincinnati CarCompany. Their principal dimensions are as follows:Length over the corner posts, 32 ft. % in.; length over the. Arch-Roof Car for Dayton, Ohio bumpers, 43 ft. 3 in.; length of the platforms, inside ofvestibule, 5 ft.; width over the posts, 8 ft.; height frombottom of sill to top of roof, 8 ft. 6 in.; height from railto underside of sill, 2 ft. 7% in.; truck centers, 23 ft. d%in.; wheel base of trucks, 4 ft. 9 in.; diameter of driverwheels, 34 in. and of pony wheels, 24 in. The thirteen windows in each side of the car body aredivided into two parts. The upper part is stationary andthe lower part is arranged to rise straight up 25^ in. be-
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