. The Street railway journal . rs, Wm. J. Meyers, of Albany, and W. O. Sey-mour, of Connecticut. This committee has been engaged in conference in Wash-ington all this week and its report was not completed intime for publication in this issue of the paper. The com-mittee expects, however, to be able to complete its work andhave its report ready for submissipn at the general confer-ence, which is to be held at the rooms of the InterstateCommerce Commission, in Washington, on Dec. 10. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR ASTORIA, ORE. An article recently appeared in the Street RailwayJournal descriptive of
. The Street railway journal . rs, Wm. J. Meyers, of Albany, and W. O. Sey-mour, of Connecticut. This committee has been engaged in conference in Wash-ington all this week and its report was not completed intime for publication in this issue of the paper. The com-mittee expects, however, to be able to complete its work andhave its report ready for submissipn at the general confer-ence, which is to be held at the rooms of the InterstateCommerce Commission, in Washington, on Dec. 10. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR ASTORIA, ORE. An article recently appeared in the Street RailwayJournal descriptive of the semi-convertible cars for Port-land, Ore., in which mention was made of the fact thatall the important systems in Oregon operated with thistype of car. The last road to receive semi-convertible carswas the Astoria Electric Company, although the builders,the American Car Company, made shipment at practicallythe same time as the cars for Eugene, also in Oregon, wereready to go forward. Astoria is a flourishing seaside resort. CAR FOR ASTORIA, ORE. ■ with a climate that makes the semi-convertible car par-ticularly desirable for service, and especially during the rainyseason. At present the system consists of five miles oftracks, over which nine motor cars and six trail cars areoperated, aside from the three new semi-convertibles justplaced in service. The dimensions of the new cars are asfollows: Length over end panels, 20 ft. 8 ins.; over crownpieces, 30 ft. 8 ins.; width over sills, including panels, 7 ins.; over posts at belt, 8 ft.; height from floor to ceil-ing, 8 ft. 4% ins.: from track to under side of sills, 25^ins.; size of side sills, 3% ins. x 5 ins.; end sills, ns- x6~/s ins.; sills, 6 ins. x % ins. x ins. angle iron. Insidefinish of cars, cherry; ceilings of 3-ply birch. The seats areof Brill make, as are also the numerous specialties usedthroughout, namely, angle iron bumpers, gongs, signal bells,etc. The trucks are the No. 21-E pattern. ACQUITTAL IN SAN
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