. The street railway review . xteeen boilers30 by 8 ft., working at a pressure of 160 lb. per sq. in. Vicarsmechanical stokers will be used, and there will be storage roomfor 300 tons of coal. The engine house is to be 206 by 40 ft., andwill contain twelve 700-h. p. units. The rails are of the girdertype, 7 in. deep and weigh 107 lb. per yd. They are rolled in60 ft. lengths. The joints are designed to give great fish plates weigh ^^y2 lb. per pair, are 2 ft. 7 in. long andcarry eight bolts, i in. in diameter. The sole plate weighs 52 lb.,is 2 ft. 6 in. long and 8 in. wide. It is 5
. The street railway review . xteeen boilers30 by 8 ft., working at a pressure of 160 lb. per sq. in. Vicarsmechanical stokers will be used, and there will be storage roomfor 300 tons of coal. The engine house is to be 206 by 40 ft., andwill contain twelve 700-h. p. units. The rails are of the girdertype, 7 in. deep and weigh 107 lb. per yd. They are rolled in60 ft. lengths. The joints are designed to give great fish plates weigh ^^y2 lb. per pair, are 2 ft. 7 in. long andcarry eight bolts, i in. in diameter. The sole plate weighs 52 lb.,is 2 ft. 6 in. long and 8 in. wide. It is 54 in. thick and is secured tothe bottom flange of the rail by four bolts Ys, in. in diam. All nutsare of the nutlock type. The bonding is double and of the crown-bond type, and is placed between the fish plates and the rails, beingprotected by the former. There is a concrete foundation laid for the rails, 6 inches thick,of Portland cement concrete, 6 to i, and the greater portion of theline now complete is paved with TYPE OF CAR-J. G. URILI, CO. by the J. G. Brill Company and is of interest on account of thefact that the size is much larger than those usually employed. The length over end panels is 30 ft. 5 in. The platforms are 4ft. long, making the total length over the dashers 38 ft. 5 in. Thereare two truss rods under the body carried by castings on needlebeams. The trolley board extends the whole length of the end of the car is fitted with two drop sash and the inside sashis fitted with brass wire for summer use. On each post is a pushbutton for signaling the conductor. The gongs are used with theleft foot. The car is mounted on Eureka maximum traction trucks;the scats arc of spring cane; the inside finish, including sash anddoors, is of cherry, and the ceiling of decorated 3-ply birch cross seats center aisle car has one advantage over open carswith cross seats without an aisle, which is that there is standingroom available withou
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