. The Street railway journal . ^is spent on the interiorornamentation of thecars. While to some this expenditure in the line ^* - of what may be regard-ed purely a luxury mayappear extravagance,ex-perience has shown that it is an important factor as atraffic producer and the yield is a large percentage onthe money invested. Outside of decoration pure andsimple, the tendency during the past year has been con-stantly toward added comfort and luxury. Spring carseats and backs are becoming more common. Tasteful elec- troliers and car fittings are being more generally used, anda larger number than
. The Street railway journal . ^is spent on the interiorornamentation of thecars. While to some this expenditure in the line ^* - of what may be regard-ed purely a luxury mayappear extravagance,ex-perience has shown that it is an important factor as atraffic producer and the yield is a large percentage onthe money invested. Outside of decoration pure andsimple, the tendency during the past year has been con-stantly toward added comfort and luxury. Spring carseats and backs are becoming more common. Tasteful elec- troliers and car fittings are being more generally used, anda larger number than ever before of the electric cars be-ing built are now designed to use ten lamps of five. The proper length of a car for different conditions oftraffic and service is still an open question, although a carbody of less than twenty feet is less popular than FIG. 1. For interurban service the long center aisle, double truckcar, similar in general design to those used in steam rail-road service, is generally regarded as the proper decked cars, although in use on a few roads, havenever reached the popularity in this country that they haveabroad and it is doubtful whether they will ever come intogeneral use here.
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