. The Street railway journal . ^ ins.;width over the sills and the panels, 6 ft. 11% ins.; width over April 8, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 673 the posts at the beU, 7 ft. 9 ins.; sweep of the posts, 5 ins.; sidesill size, 5>4 ins. x 6 ins.; end sill size, ins. x 6 ins.; sillplates, 6 ins. x in.; thickness of the corner posts, 3^ ins.,and of the side posts, 2H is. The car is mounted on the single truck, with an 8-ft. wheel base and 33-in. DOUBLE-TRUCK CONVERTIBLE CAR FOR SEASIDE SERVICE Angle-iron bumpers, radial draw-bars, etc., are among the Brillpatented specialties in
. The Street railway journal . ^ ins.;width over the sills and the panels, 6 ft. 11% ins.; width over April 8, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 673 the posts at the beU, 7 ft. 9 ins.; sweep of the posts, 5 ins.; sidesill size, 5>4 ins. x 6 ins.; end sill size, ins. x 6 ins.; sillplates, 6 ins. x in.; thickness of the corner posts, 3^ ins.,and of the side posts, 2H is. The car is mounted on the single truck, with an 8-ft. wheel base and 33-in. DOUBLE-TRUCK CONVERTIBLE CAR FOR SEASIDE SERVICE Angle-iron bumpers, radial draw-bars, etc., are among the Brillpatented specialties included in the furnishings of these cars. THE AMESBURY TROLLEY WHEEL The Climax Ignitor Company, of Amesbury, Mass., throughits exclusive selling agents, the Stuart-Howland Company,of Boston, has recently placed on the market a newtype of self-lubricating trolley wheel which possessesa number of valuable features, besides its ability torun without the addition of any oil or grease. In anumber of tests which this wheel has been given, it hasshown remarkable wearing qualities; in fact, in a service ex-tending over thirty-one days on a double-pole car, one end ofwhich was equipped with the Amesbury wheel and the otherwith the ordinary wheel, the former ran with no attention,while on the other pole thirty bushings and several wheels wereworn out. A view of this Amesbury wheel is shown herewith. The wheel itself is made up of new copper, which by a special f
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