. The Street railway journal . connecting the sections of this system, intending to run throughcars from Danville to St. Louis, a distance of 200 miles, and alarge part of the new construction has been completed. The new cars measure 51 ft. 6 ins. over all, 49 ft. 10 ins. overcrown pieces, and from the outside of the vestibule at the frontend over the end panels at the rear, 45 ft. 1% ins. The width overthe sills, including the sheathing, is 8 ft. 10 ins.; over the centersof the posts, 2 ft. 6Ts ins. The side sills are 5 ins. x -jVA ins. and2 ins. x 6 ins., with 7-in. x 5s-in. sill plates on t
. The Street railway journal . connecting the sections of this system, intending to run throughcars from Danville to St. Louis, a distance of 200 miles, and alarge part of the new construction has been completed. The new cars measure 51 ft. 6 ins. over all, 49 ft. 10 ins. overcrown pieces, and from the outside of the vestibule at the frontend over the end panels at the rear, 45 ft. 1% ins. The width overthe sills, including the sheathing, is 8 ft. 10 ins.; over the centersof the posts, 2 ft. 6Ts ins. The side sills are 5 ins. x -jVA ins. and2 ins. x 6 ins., with 7-in. x 5s-in. sill plates on the inside. Theend sills are 5 ins. x ins., with 7-in. x J^-in. plates. The thick-ness of the corner posts is 354 ins., and of the corner sub-posts,. SEVEN NEW CARS FOR THE ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM LEAVING SPRINGFIELD, ILL., ON THEIR OWN TRUCKS 668 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 15. 234 ins. The thickness of the side posts is 2J4 ins. Four with yellow pine fillers constitute the center sills. The passenger compartment is seated for forty-six persons, andthe baggage compartment has folding seats for the accommoda-tion of smokers. The motormans cab is located on the left sideof the latter compartment. Incandescent lights are placed singlyon the arched rafters of the deck, four to each rafter. The seatsin the passenger compartment have stationary backs, are uphol-stered in green leather and are 36 ins. long. The toilet room ofstandard steam car character is located at the rear end. Thebronze trim throughout is of a substantial character and includescontinuous parcel racks. ♦ ♦♦ THE PEERLESS SECTIONAL GEAR The Peerless Sectional Gear Company, of New York, has re-cently perfected and is now placing on the mar
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