. Electric railway journal . ted by levers actuated by an airvalve over the door entrance. The air valve will bemechanically controlled by the throwing of a handle onthe conductors stand which will be located in the centerof the well. The closing of the doors will be automat-ically announced to the motorman by means of a signallight. A white-enameled stanchion is located at the cen-ter of the door opening for the assistance of boardingpassengers, and a row of three vertical stanchions,joined together overhead by a transverse pipe, bordereach side of the well, as shown in the accompanying in-te
. Electric railway journal . ted by levers actuated by an airvalve over the door entrance. The air valve will bemechanically controlled by the throwing of a handle onthe conductors stand which will be located in the centerof the well. The closing of the doors will be automat-ically announced to the motorman by means of a signallight. A white-enameled stanchion is located at the cen-ter of the door opening for the assistance of boardingpassengers, and a row of three vertical stanchions,joined together overhead by a transverse pipe, bordereach side of the well, as shown in the accompanying in-terior view. White-enameled grab handles are bracketedon each side of the door entrance. The entrance wellwill be arranged for prepayment operation. Interior Equipment The seating capacity of the car provides for sixty-two persons. The end space used ordinarily for doorentrances and exits or for the motormans compartmentis in this case utilized entirely for seating accommoda-tions at both ends by means of a semicircular seven-. passenger seat. In addition there are ten transverseand two longitudinal Brill Winner cherry slat seats oneach side of the car. The cross-seats are 35Vs in. longand are separated by an ample aisle space of 28^ the seats will be installed Consolidated heatersequipped with tilting heat deflectors for preventing theoverheating of seats by deflecting the heated air to therear of the seat. The upper deck has no headlining butthe lower deck is lined with Agasote. The interior hasa mahogany finish. Trimmings are of Aero metal. Thecurtains are of double-faced Pantasote material withCurtain Supply Companys curtain fixtures. The handbrakes are operated by a Pittsburgh drop handle in-stalled close to one of the middle stanchions. The car isequipped with the Consolidated buzzer system. Exterior Equipment The double-truck equipment is known as the Brill53-F, which has a wheelbase of 5 ft. and 24-in. size of the journal boxes is SVo in. x 6V2 in. Oth
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