. The Street railway journal . SENGER CAR—DARTMOUTH & WESTPORT STREET RAILWAY. interesting among these were the dusting nozzles, which in three in-stances at least—on the West Shore, the Erie and the Chicago, RockIsland & Pacific lines— have been put to use with such good resultsthat they would seem to promise the early relegation to the railroadcurio scrap heap of the conventional rattan beater and brush. Thesecompressed air dusters, as shown by tests made by the committee,effect a decided saving in time in cleaning car cushions, the average They are 22 ft. long inside and 30 ft. over vestibu
. The Street railway journal . SENGER CAR—DARTMOUTH & WESTPORT STREET RAILWAY. interesting among these were the dusting nozzles, which in three in-stances at least—on the West Shore, the Erie and the Chicago, RockIsland & Pacific lines— have been put to use with such good resultsthat they would seem to promise the early relegation to the railroadcurio scrap heap of the conventional rattan beater and brush. Thesecompressed air dusters, as shown by tests made by the committee,effect a decided saving in time in cleaning car cushions, the average They are 22 ft. long inside and 30 ft. over vestibules; the widthover panels is 6ft. 6 ins., and the height of the car from the under sideof the sill to top of trolley board is 9 ft. 1 in. The height from thetop of track to the top of the trolley board is 11 ft. 7 ins. All the sillsare of Georgia long leaf, yellow pine, and cross framing is of oak; thefloor is also of yellow pine. Posts, top rails, ventilator rails and allmaterial used in framing is of white FIG. 2.—CLOSED PASSENGER CAR—DARTMOUTH & WESTPORT STREET RAILWAY. time consumed by two men, one operating one of the nozzles and theother handling the seats, in removing the dust from plush and springs of200 seats, cleaning them perfectly, being from twenty-seven to thirty-three seconds for each seat. The air used in these tests was supplied froma reservoir at a pressure of from sixty to ninety pounds per squareinch. Another test at cleaning by hand in the usual way, with beatersand brushes, showed the time necessary for each seat to vary fromthree to four minutes, the air dusters thus effecting a time saving ofabout 85 The roof is of the dome pattern, extending the whole length of thecar and out over the platforms the same as steam cars with vestibuledplatforms. The roof is covered with the best quality of duck. Theceiling is of three-ply veneer of birch, neatly and tastefully decoratedwith one large bronze candle and electric lamp in the center a
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