. The Street railway journal . STANDARD CLOSED CAR 6i6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 27. rectly connected with the car by a bamboo pole properlywired. The cars are not dispatched by telephone, but incase a car is delayed and obliged to wait at a turnout, theconductor can call up the main office and receive orders asto whether to wait or go ahead, thereby avoiding any lia-bility of accident by trying to steal switches. The road is also furnished with a large construction car mahogany with artistic carvings, bevel plate glass and artglass, mirrors and windows, and has a seating capacity
. The Street railway journal . STANDARD CLOSED CAR 6i6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 27. rectly connected with the car by a bamboo pole properlywired. The cars are not dispatched by telephone, but incase a car is delayed and obliged to wait at a turnout, theconductor can call up the main office and receive orders asto whether to wait or go ahead, thereby avoiding any lia-bility of accident by trying to steal switches. The road is also furnished with a large construction car mahogany with artistic carvings, bevel plate glass and artglass, mirrors and windows, and has a seating capacity oftwenty-four luxurious parlor chairs, both cane and uphol-stery. These, with electric push-buttons, call bells andtelephone system,.make this palatial car one of the finestof its kind in the country. Although the line has been in operation but a few. VIEWS ON LAKE CHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUG equipped with motors and all electrical appliances for re-pair work or in case of accident; also two Taunton snowplows. A parlor car is now building from special designs whichis to be one of the finest of its kind ever built. It is 45 , with parlor, smoking room and toilet compartmentswith buffet and refrigerator appointments. The finish is months, it already has a large through and local patronageand is destined to be the popular route for quiet pleasureseekers as the season advances. As stated, the total costof construction and equipment of this line, which is about17 miles long with turnouts, was about $400,000. Of thisamount the roadbed and track cost about $110,000; thespecial work, grading, switches, frogs, new streets, fenc- July 7, 1900.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 617 ing, etc., about $6o,ooo; the overhead materials, includingpoles, brackets, feed-wire, trolley wire, etc., about $48,000;the rolling stock, about $47,000; the car house, compl
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