. The Street railway journal . so ithas happened that the principles of coach building havebeen generally followed. Concavo-convex sides are inalmost universal use, instead of the straight sided boxescharacteristic of railroad cars. The maximum length of the old horse cars was sixteen feet, though a great many twelve and fourteen footcars were used. To-day, however, even sixteen foot carsare too short and are rarely built for electric or cableservice, although a great many can yet be found, builtthree or four years ago or more. Both single and double truck cars are in general usethroughout the
. The Street railway journal . so ithas happened that the principles of coach building havebeen generally followed. Concavo-convex sides are inalmost universal use, instead of the straight sided boxescharacteristic of railroad cars. The maximum length of the old horse cars was sixteen feet, though a great many twelve and fourteen footcars were used. To-day, however, even sixteen foot carsare too short and are rarely built for electric or cableservice, although a great many can yet be found, builtthree or four years ago or more. Both single and double truck cars are in general usethroughout the United States, single trucks, however,largely preponderating in numbers. Double truck cars arewell adapted for high speed interurban service. There is,of course, no oscillation of the car body, as is almostinevitably the case with long single truck cars runningat high speeds; the cars take curves and switches withgreater ease; the carrying capacity is greater for the sameamount of car labor, and in interurban or suburban work. FIG. 39.—AN 18 FOOT CLOSED CAR, FOR CITY SERVICE. York to Philadelphia should ever be operated by elec-tricity, as by no means seems impossible in this rapidlydeveloping electric age. ROLLING STOCK. From time immemorial (in street railway history)American street cars have been the worlds standard forexcellence of workmanship [.and correct principles of the stops are infrequent as compared with the numberrequired for service in the crowded city cities, however, it is coming to be believed that doubletruck cars are not on the whole as profitable as single truckcars, though the former still have a few warm principal difficulty is a commercial one arising fromthe loss of time required in frequent stops and in lettingpassengers off, the distance through which the latter January, STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 35 have to crowd their way making longer average stopsinevitable. It is partly for this reason that the differencebetwe
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