. The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances . at-car 34 16,000 to 19,000 $380 Box-car 3430 to 34 22,000 to 27,00028,000 to 34,000 $550 $800 to $1,100 Refrigerator-car Passenger-car 50 to 5250 to 65 45,000 to 60,00070,000 to 80,000 $4,400 to $5,000 Drawing-room car $10,000 to $20,000 Sleeping-car 50 to 7016 60,000 to 90,0005,000 to 6,000 $12,000 to $20,000 Street-car $Soo to $1,200 Some years ago the master car-builders of the different rail-roads experienced great difficulty in the transaction of their busi-ness from the fact that there were no common name
. The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances . at-car 34 16,000 to 19,000 $380 Box-car 3430 to 34 22,000 to 27,00028,000 to 34,000 $550 $800 to $1,100 Refrigerator-car Passenger-car 50 to 5250 to 65 45,000 to 60,00070,000 to 80,000 $4,400 to $5,000 Drawing-room car $10,000 to $20,000 Sleeping-car 50 to 7016 60,000 to 90,0005,000 to 6,000 $12,000 to $20,000 Street-car $Soo to $1,200 Some years ago the master car-builders of the different rail-roads experienced great difficulty in the transaction of their busi-ness from the fact that there were no common names to designatethe parts of cars in different places in the country. What wasknown by one name in Chicago had quite a different name inPittsburg or Boston. A committee was therefore appointed bythe Master Car-Builders Association to make a dictionary of terms THE CAR-BUILDERS DICTIONARY. 147 used in car-construction and repairs. Such a dictionary has beenprepared, and is a book of 560 pages, and has over two thousandilkistrations. It has some pecuHar features, one of which is de-.
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