. The Street railway journal . ed on inside with 12-in. steel; the end sills are 5^4 ins. x 6% ins.; corner posts,3^4 ins. thick, and side posts, 3% ins. Interiors are finished innatural color cherry, and ceilings are of birch. The Narragansett type of cars are 40 ft. \Y% ins. overcrown pieces, and from center of corner posts over crownpieces, 4ft.; width over sills, 8 ft. 1 in., and over posts at belt,8 ft. ins.; sweep of posts, 2^4 ins. Cars are mounted on Brill 27-G trucks, with 4-ft. wheel base,33-in. wheels and 4-ft. axles. Four 30-hp motors per car areused. — SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CA
. The Street railway journal . ed on inside with 12-in. steel; the end sills are 5^4 ins. x 6% ins.; corner posts,3^4 ins. thick, and side posts, 3% ins. Interiors are finished innatural color cherry, and ceilings are of birch. The Narragansett type of cars are 40 ft. \Y% ins. overcrown pieces, and from center of corner posts over crownpieces, 4ft.; width over sills, 8 ft. 1 in., and over posts at belt,8 ft. ins.; sweep of posts, 2^4 ins. Cars are mounted on Brill 27-G trucks, with 4-ft. wheel base,33-in. wheels and 4-ft. axles. Four 30-hp motors per car areused. — SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR TEXAS The accompanying illustration shows one of a lot of semi-convertible cars built by the G. C. Kuhlman Car Company, ofCollinwood, Ohio, for the Northern Texas Traction car is 42 ft. long over all, finished in cherry, with birds-eye maple ceiling, and has highly finished bronze windows are in two sections, and by lowering them in thesides, the car is made an open one. The windows are com-. ♦ ♦♦ By arrangement with the Boston Elevated Railway the Bos-ton & Worcester Street Railway Company is now operatingcars from Worcester through to Park Square, in the Worcester cars have run only as far as theterminus of the Elevated line at Chestnut Hill, Brookline,where it has been necessary for passengers to change cars. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR FOR TEXAS pletely concealed in the side of the car by a window stool togive it the effect of an open car. The car has swinginggates on both ends, so as to be run on double track, and canbe equipped with side or Hale & Kilburn walk-over seats. Theconstruction throughout is the Kuhlman standard. A company is being organized by Dayton (Ohio) interurbaninterests to erect a terminal station there. Dr. J. E. Lowes, ofDayton, is the principal promoter. 862 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 19. LEGAL DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED BY WILBUR LARREMORE OF THE NEW YORK BAR. CONTRACTUAL POWERS OF CITIES AN
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