. The Street railway journal . January 17, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 127 NEW CARS FOR COLUMBUS, OHIO The Columbus Railway Company has just put in servicetwenty closed cars of the type illustrated herewith. They werebuilt by the J. G. Brill Company, of Philadelphia, and are justlike ten other cars which the same company built for Columbustwo years ago, and which have proved very popular. The length over end panels is 28 ft. 83^ ins.; over vestibules,38 ft. 7 ins.; width over sill plates, 6 ft. 11 ins.; over belt-rails, hopper and closed weight-box are entirely free from the guidesor stay-r
. The Street railway journal . January 17, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 127 NEW CARS FOR COLUMBUS, OHIO The Columbus Railway Company has just put in servicetwenty closed cars of the type illustrated herewith. They werebuilt by the J. G. Brill Company, of Philadelphia, and are justlike ten other cars which the same company built for Columbustwo years ago, and which have proved very popular. The length over end panels is 28 ft. 83^ ins.; over vestibules,38 ft. 7 ins.; width over sill plates, 6 ft. 11 ins.; over belt-rails, hopper and closed weight-box are entirely free from the guidesor stay-rods, and consequently no rocking of the hopper takesplace during the discharge of the machine to cause frictionand unnecessary wear on the knife edges and invalidate theaccuracy of the weighings. The scales occupy less room in height than any other ma-chines of similar capacities. The machines are adapted to theweighing of many different materials and are made in manysizes, with hopper capacities running as high as 6 tons, and. ONE OF THE NEW CARS FOR COLUMBUS 7 ft. 11^ ins. The platforms are 4 ft. 6 ins. from end-panelsto wainscoting of vestibules. The vestibules are sheathed withsheet steel, and are protected with patented angle-ironbumpers. Patented folding gates are provided at the slide sills have ^2-in. x 7-in. steel plates, and the platformsupports are reinforced with heavy plates. The seats are longi-tudinal. The interiors are finished in cherry, with ceilings ofbirds-eye maple. The cars are mounted on Eureka maxi-mum-traction trucks. The car carries a novelty on its roof in the form of a bracedtrolley board. The usual plank is trussed by two straight steelrods, which bring all the weight and strain of the pole at theends of the car instead of on the entire deck, as is the usualpractice. AUTOMATIC SCALES FOR POWER PLANTS The accompanying cut illustrates an automatic scale in usein a large power station at Bristol, England, where it servesto check the coal as
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