. The Street railway journal . GASOLINE EMERGENCY AND IN-DOUBLE-VESTIBULE SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR FOR NEWPORT NEWS, VA. SPECTION CAR News and for suburban service between Newport News andOld Point. The railway company has seventy-five, cars in com-mission and about 30 miles of track. The cars measure 33 ft. 4 ins. over the end panels and are8 ft. }4 in. wide over the sills. They are seated for forty-fourpassengers and have a smoking compartment 8 ft. 9 ins. longat one end. The cane-covered seats, 24 ins. high, are of thedouble-roll back type and have grab handles attached. Theinteriors are handso
. The Street railway journal . GASOLINE EMERGENCY AND IN-DOUBLE-VESTIBULE SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR FOR NEWPORT NEWS, VA. SPECTION CAR News and for suburban service between Newport News andOld Point. The railway company has seventy-five, cars in com-mission and about 30 miles of track. The cars measure 33 ft. 4 ins. over the end panels and are8 ft. }4 in. wide over the sills. They are seated for forty-fourpassengers and have a smoking compartment 8 ft. 9 ins. longat one end. The cane-covered seats, 24 ins. high, are of thedouble-roll back type and have grab handles attached. Theinteriors are handsomely finished in cherry, with ceilings ofdecorated birch. The semi-convertible window system particu-larly adapts the cars to the mild climate of Hampton Roads,as the sashes may be changed at will and held at any height, orraised entirely into pockets in the side roofs, thus admittingan} amount of air desired. The advantages claimed for the roof pockets are that there is a gain of several inches in the4 speed of about 10
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