. The street railway review . uited for theservice. The system of this company extends over the southernportion of Chicago and well out into the suburbs in differentdirections, connecting with the elevated and surface systemsat the center of the city. The new cars are 31 ft. 8 in. over the end panels and 44 In. over the crown pieces; width over sills, 8 ft. 3/j in., andover posts at belt. S ft. 6 in. The seats are 37 In. long and theaisle is 24 in. wide. Centers of posts, 2 ft. 8 in.; sweep ofposts, 1% in.; thickness of corner posts, 3% In. with 12x% plates, and the end sills, Six
. The street railway review . uited for theservice. The system of this company extends over the southernportion of Chicago and well out into the suburbs in differentdirections, connecting with the elevated and surface systemsat the center of the city. The new cars are 31 ft. 8 in. over the end panels and 44 In. over the crown pieces; width over sills, 8 ft. 3/j in., andover posts at belt. S ft. 6 in. The seats are 37 In. long and theaisle is 24 in. wide. Centers of posts, 2 ft. 8 in.; sweep ofposts, 1% in.; thickness of corner posts, 3% In. with 12x% plates, and the end sills, SixCi in. The cars are seatedfor 44 passengers, the smoking compartment having accommo-dation for 12. The cars have a large amount of standing space,because of the wide aisle and long platforms. The interiorsare finished in cherry, stained to a mahogany tint and theceilings are of birdseye maple. Between the compartments isa hardwood partition with a single sliding door. The character of the single runways in each post is simple. Sl;.MI-iONVKRTIBT>E C,\R FOR There are about lO.(il)l) Nernst lamps used in the Expositionbuildings, of which 6,000 are in the Fine Arts Museum. TheIllinois Building is lighted by them, as well as several exhibitsof the National Cash Register Co., and the Westinghouse com-panies use 300 Nernst street glowers in their exhibits. The Westinghouse brake coinpanies exhibits will be found inthe Transportation Building, aisle I. posts 111-17. where theWestinghouse Air Brake Co. and the Westinghouse TractionBrake Co., and others, have a combined operating exhibit, which CALUMET ELECTRIC STREET RV and five window lock stops in the runways are provided. Theserunways are entirely of metal from the window sills to theupper ends in the roof pockets. The top of the window sill.^is but 24% in. from the floor and has arm rests bracketed there-to, which are arranged not to interfere with the window sashes in the vestibules drop into pockets in the wains-coati
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