. The street railway review . ose within the body of the car, are made reversible. Theaisle extends from end to end, and is 19 in. wide on the platformsand 18 in. within the body of the car. The sills are plated with iron,thus giving ample strength to carry the long car, which measures3i ft. 8 in. outside the vestibules. Another feature is found inthe panels, which are of metal, held in place by round headedbrass screws. This introduction of metal for panels is signifi-cant in a car which is going into a well wooded country and into aclimate where wood endures in a satisfactory manner. On thep
. The street railway review . ose within the body of the car, are made reversible. Theaisle extends from end to end, and is 19 in. wide on the platformsand 18 in. within the body of the car. The sills are plated with iron,thus giving ample strength to carry the long car, which measures3i ft. 8 in. outside the vestibules. Another feature is found inthe panels, which are of metal, held in place by round headedbrass screws. This introduction of metal for panels is signifi-cant in a car which is going into a well wooded country and into aclimate where wood endures in a satisfactory manner. On theplatforms the seats are fitted with round-end seat panels, andthe curtains, of which there are three on each side of each plat-form, are arranged to conve all the way to the floor, giving acomplete enclosure. The dimensions are: Length dashers, 33 ft. 8 in.; width at the sills, 6 ft. 10 in.;width over all, 7 ft. S/i in.; length of closed portion over thecorner posts. 16 ft. 8 in.; extreme width of closed portion, 8 ft. 2. IMPROVED CALIFOKNI.\-TVPE CAR—J. G. CO. the stream of melted metal furnish enough to bring about acertain amount of combustion, forming a gas between the metal andthe mold. This gas effectually prevents any adhesion of the metalto the sand. A proper facing must burn to give the desired results,but it must not burn too fast as is the case with the cheaper gradesof facing; also the facing must adhere to the sand and not run beforethe metal. To meet conditions that vary because of the differentsands used and the degree of moisture, the Dixon company makeseight different kinds of graphite lacings. KW. H. PER CAR-MILE. Mr. A. H. Binyon in a paper before the Society of Engineers(England) gives the following figures on power consumption ofelectric cars weighing about 12 tons for speeds of from 6 to 12miles per hour, and with stops of 8 to 10 seconds. Miles per No. of stops KW. H. per hour. per mile. car-mile. 6 6 to 14 .7 to 7 6 to 13 .65
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