. The Street railway journal . st 13, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL 233 Fig 2. All side ribs, belt rails and platesare made of long-leaf yellow pine in onepiece. The outside sheathing is j/j-in. x 2-in. poplar, matched and molded. This type of car usually has the steamrailway coach type of roof, with the hoodcovering the vestibules at both ends. It isa monitor deck type, with the monitor roofprojecting over the deck lights. Fig. 3shows the roof and side frame in crosssection. Carlines and roof framing aremade of ash, the former- spaced about 10ins. apart. At every side post is a steel car-line


. The Street railway journal . st 13, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL 233 Fig 2. All side ribs, belt rails and platesare made of long-leaf yellow pine in onepiece. The outside sheathing is j/j-in. x 2-in. poplar, matched and molded. This type of car usually has the steamrailway coach type of roof, with the hoodcovering the vestibules at both ends. It isa monitor deck type, with the monitor roofprojecting over the deck lights. Fig. 3shows the roof and side frame in crosssection. Carlines and roof framing aremade of ash, the former- spaced about 10ins. apart. At every side post is a steel car-line y2 in x ij/2 ins., forged in one contin-uous piece, to conform to shape of car roof,from side plate to side plate, with a foot oneach end securely bolted to plates. Sideplates are yellow pine, 2l/2 ins. x 5 ins., laidflat, strengthened by a letter board of whiteash, 1 J/2 ins. x 7 ins., gained over posts andside plates, and securely screwed to the same. Side posts are2%-in. x 4-in. ash ; corner posts, 4-in. x 4^-in. ash. Deck.


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