. The Street railway journal . THE FIRST CABLE CAR in the event of accidents. The car is mounted on the St. LouisCar Companys Interborough Special M. C. B. trucks. A distinctive type for elevated railways is the car constructedfor the Northwestern Elevated Railroad of Chicago. It is 46ft. 9 ins. long, having a width over all of 8 ft. 8 ins. The bot-tom framing is of wood composite construction, being thor-oughly reinforced with steel. A car closely resembling a steam railroad coach is the closedtrail car for the Key Route in Oakland, Cal. It is enteredfrom the street by a flight of steps, but
. The Street railway journal . THE FIRST CABLE CAR in the event of accidents. The car is mounted on the St. LouisCar Companys Interborough Special M. C. B. trucks. A distinctive type for elevated railways is the car constructedfor the Northwestern Elevated Railroad of Chicago. It is 46ft. 9 ins. long, having a width over all of 8 ft. 8 ins. The bot-tom framing is of wood composite construction, being thor-oughly reinforced with steel. A car closely resembling a steam railroad coach is the closedtrail car for the Key Route in Oakland, Cal. It is enteredfrom the street by a flight of steps, but the extreme width of the vestibule steps permits rapid loading and unloading. Theinterior of the car is supplied with three St. Louis interior arclights. In addition, incandescent lamps with opalescent globesare placed at frequent intervals on the molding just under-neath the upper deck sill, there being used for this purposemore than sixty lamps. The rich mahogany finish harmonizeswell with the green tint of the head THE GLOBE SHOWING FOREIGN PORTS WHERE THE ST. LOUISCAR COMPANYS PRODUCTS ARE USED Another car for service in the West is that constructed forthe Pacific Electric Railway Company. This is a combinationcar, the open forward compartment seating twenty passengers,while the closed rear section seats thirty-six passengers. One of the most interesting of the exhibits is the partly fin-ished car of the kind employed on the Intramural numbers of this design are being built for city one end the siding of the car is completed. The other endshows merely the posts and trusses. Between are the inter-
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