. The Street railway journal . New York soon after arriving and will prob-ably visit other cities in the United States be-fore returning to London. which is 20 ft. 7 ins. over end panels, and 30 ins. over crown pieces; width over side sills7 ft. 9 ins., and over posts at belt 8 ft. 5 ins.,thickness of corner posts 3% ins-> of side posts2,Yi ins. From center to first side post overcorner post 15 ins. These posts are connectedwith solid panels, from center to center of sideposts 2 ft. 7 ins., sweep of posts 4 ins. Panelsand sashes are stored in roof pockets whennot in use by the well-kno
. The Street railway journal . New York soon after arriving and will prob-ably visit other cities in the United States be-fore returning to London. which is 20 ft. 7 ins. over end panels, and 30 ins. over crown pieces; width over side sills7 ft. 9 ins., and over posts at belt 8 ft. 5 ins.,thickness of corner posts 3% ins-> of side posts2,Yi ins. From center to first side post overcorner post 15 ins. These posts are connectedwith solid panels, from center to center of sideposts 2 ft. 7 ins., sweep of posts 4 ins. Panelsand sashes are stored in roof pockets whennot in use by the well-known method used inthis type of car. The inside finish is ash, withceilings of decorated birch. The seats are re-versible, made of spring cane, and afford seat-ing capacity for thirty-two. The length ofseats is 34% ins. Cars are vestibuled at eitherend, with dashers wainscoted and arrangedwith pockets for vestibule windows. Sizes ofside sills 5^ ins. x 6 ins., plated on the outsidewith y%-m. x 6-in. steel; end sills 4^ ins. x 6. CONVERTIBLE CAR CLOSED September 19, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 587 A NEW ELECTRIC BRAKE For the past two months an electric brake, made by Price,Darling & Company, of New York, has been in operation onthe system of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn,N. Y. As this brake possesses some novel features a descriptionof its parts and operation may be of interest. Car No. 601, on which this brake is now in service, is used onthe Southern Division of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit route traversed is an exceptionally good one for testingbraking apparatus, as the cars on this line run not only throughcrowded city streets, which necessitate slow running and fre-quent stops, but also travel at high speeds over miles of some-what hilly country on the way to Coney Island. As many as2000 stops per day are sometimes made under the varied con-ditions on this line. The car is of the twelve-bench open type and is mounted onBrill Eureka maximum traction
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