. The Street railway journal . PARLOR CAR in the car, all made by the Hale & Kilburn ManufacturingCompany, of Philadelphia. The curtains are made by theE. T. Burrowes Company. The car trimmings are of solidbronze, and folding iron gates are used on push buttons summon the conductor. The International double register is the companysstandard, and is believed by the management to be the INTERIOR OF OFFICE CAR On the long-run interurban cars electric arc headlightsare used. These have done much to reduce night acci-dents, and are considered by the management to be one ofthe most
. The Street railway journal . PARLOR CAR in the car, all made by the Hale & Kilburn ManufacturingCompany, of Philadelphia. The curtains are made by theE. T. Burrowes Company. The car trimmings are of solidbronze, and folding iron gates are used on push buttons summon the conductor. The International double register is the companysstandard, and is believed by the management to be the INTERIOR OF OFFICE CAR On the long-run interurban cars electric arc headlightsare used. These have done much to reduce night acci-dents, and are considered by the management to be one ofthe most important equipment features of the modern in-terurban road, in spite of their wastefulness in the use ofcurrent. These headlights take about 5 amps, of current,and over 80 per cent of the power must be used in the deadresistances, but it is believed that power is the cheapestthing found in electric railroading,while accidents are among theclearest from every point of arc headlight is really a search-light, and b
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