. The street railway review . ment to Gciit-va, Switzt-rlaiul; it isquite similar to a number built at the same time for the UcdlandsElectric Light & Power Co., Kedlands, Cal. The Geneva car is amodification of the California type; among the changes may benoted the single reversible seat on each plallorm and the omissionof the bulkhead. The car is 1$ ft. 5A in. long in the body, .^S in. long over the dashes, a trifle over 5 ft. wide at the sills. Thetruck is the Hrill No. 21 E, with a wheel base of 6 ft., and .; the gage is I m. ( in.). Tliere .ire two motors, andibe w
. The street railway review . ment to Gciit-va, Switzt-rlaiul; it isquite similar to a number built at the same time for the UcdlandsElectric Light & Power Co., Kedlands, Cal. The Geneva car is amodification of the California type; among the changes may benoted the single reversible seat on each plallorm and the omissionof the bulkhead. The car is 1$ ft. 5A in. long in the body, .^S in. long over the dashes, a trifle over 5 ft. wide at the sills. Thetruck is the Hrill No. 21 E, with a wheel base of 6 ft., and .; the gage is I m. ( in.). Tliere .ire two motors, andibe weight complete is 8,450 lb. The seats inside arc longitudinal, of spring cane, and the plat-form seats cherry and maple slats. The inside finish is of white ashwilli birch veneer headlinings; the blinds are cherry and The platforms of ihcsc cars are protected at the sides bycurtains in the usual way! In front of the seat, however, a curtainof llie old type not mounted on a roller is fitted to come. CALirORNl.\ 1 1 11. i-AK llJK SWITZERLAND. down to the dasher. This leaves the whole front of the car openso that in bad weather the forward seat will be practically changes seem to be ill-advised. The Redlands car is 13 ft. 6 in. long in the body and 28 ft. 7 the dashers. Though considerably shorter than the Genevacars, this car having bulkheads and two seats on each platfonnaccommodates 10 more persons on the platform seats, while theinterior seating capacity is only two less. The wheel base of thiscar is 7 ft. 6 in. The introduction of the bulkhead with sash drop-ping between the backs of the platfonn seats enables one seat oneach platform to be completely enclosed in case of stormy weather,and from an American standpoint, therefore, this car is much bettersuited for an all round winter and summer service than the other. There is little reason to doubt that when the California typeonce gains a foothold in Europe it will become quite as
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