. Electric railway journal . ILLINOIS TRACTON SYSTEM /it! • in] - MS KIN LEY LINES mj THE ONLY ROAD WITH SLEEPERS TO SPRINGFIELD AND PEORIA— -•■4ji NO NOISE - NO DIRT-LONGER BERTHS-WINDOWS IN UPPERS ■K«BI EVERY NIGHT FROM TERMINAL STATION TWELFTH AND LUCAS. Illinois Traction System—Large Signboards at St. Louis June 20, 1914.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1397 IMPROVEMENTS IN CAR DESIGN An extended paper on this subject was read by C. , mechanical engineer of The Milwaukee ElectricRailway & Light Company, at a meeting of that com-panys company section on June 11. Mr. Cross said that ten yea
. Electric railway journal . ILLINOIS TRACTON SYSTEM /it! • in] - MS KIN LEY LINES mj THE ONLY ROAD WITH SLEEPERS TO SPRINGFIELD AND PEORIA— -•■4ji NO NOISE - NO DIRT-LONGER BERTHS-WINDOWS IN UPPERS ■K«BI EVERY NIGHT FROM TERMINAL STATION TWELFTH AND LUCAS. Illinois Traction System—Large Signboards at St. Louis June 20, 1914.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1397 IMPROVEMENTS IN CAR DESIGN An extended paper on this subject was read by C. , mechanical engineer of The Milwaukee ElectricRailway & Light Company, at a meeting of that com-panys company section on June 11. Mr. Cross said that ten years ago the standard carsfor city service were the convertible and semi-convertibletypes of cars with drop platforms. Both types ar-ranged for single and double-end operation were to befound. Such local types as the California, with openand closed compartment, and the Denver side-center en-trance cars were at a standstill. The imported double-deck car had ceased to be the center of attraction, andthe discussion of car design was confined almost whollyto the long versus the short car. This discussion wasconducted not from the engineers standpoint but wasrather limited to the subject of the amount of walkingthe conductor would have to do and the
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