. The Street railway journal . Two closed cars like the one illustrated have lately been de-livered to the Decatur Railway & Light Company by the Amer-ican Car Company. As the cars are to be run in one direction,entrances are provided at only one side of the vestibules, andsemi-accelerator doors of the Brownell type are used. Thecars are transversely seated with a capacity of thirty-two. Atthe forward right-hand corner and the rear left-hand cornerthe transverse seats are arranged to hold three passengers,while in the opposite corners the seats are for one the seating arrangemen
. The Street railway journal . Two closed cars like the one illustrated have lately been de-livered to the Decatur Railway & Light Company by the Amer-ican Car Company. As the cars are to be run in one direction,entrances are provided at only one side of the vestibules, andsemi-accelerator doors of the Brownell type are used. Thecars are transversely seated with a capacity of thirty-two. Atthe forward right-hand corner and the rear left-hand cornerthe transverse seats are arranged to hold three passengers,while in the opposite corners the seats are for one the seating arrangement does not interfere in the slightest. PART SECTIONAL VIEW OF EVEN-FLOW FEED-WATER HEATER DOUBLE-VESTIBULE SINGLE-TRUCK CAR FOR THE DECATURRAILWAY & LIGHT COMPANY made in the amount of heating surface per horse-power in theK schedule, but i-in. tubes are used instead of il/2-. tubes. The tubes are divided into groups and the water sent back andforth several times through the heater, but in dividing thetubes an odd number of divisions has been made, making itpossible to put the feed inlet at the bottom of the heater andthe outlet at the top. This arrangement has also made it pos-sible to arrange the exhaust openings so that the cold enteringwater meets the partially cold outgoing steam, while the heatedwater just as it leaves the heater receives the full benefit of theentering exhaust. Not only are the tubes separated into groupsand the water caused to flow back and forth seven times throughthe heater, but when conditions justify this arrangement parti-tions are put in the steam chamber and the steam made to travelbac
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