. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2. PHILADELPHIA, PA. The Philadelphia Traction Company isoperating looo Laclede cars, for which twelve FIG. I. delphia. It is i8 ft. 7 ins. in body length, and20 ft. 7 ins. over all. The width of sills overpanels is 0 ft. o^s ins., and the width at beltrails is 7 ft. h ins., while theheight of the car from the un-der side of the sills to the topof the roof is 8 ft. 0 -^4 ins. Thisis a perfectly proportioned car,as will be seen from the illus-trations. The car is linished in cherrythroughout, with birdseyemaple ceiling, spring seats andbacks covered in plush,
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2. PHILADELPHIA, PA. The Philadelphia Traction Company isoperating looo Laclede cars, for which twelve FIG. I. delphia. It is i8 ft. 7 ins. in body length, and20 ft. 7 ins. over all. The width of sills overpanels is 0 ft. o^s ins., and the width at beltrails is 7 ft. h ins., while theheight of the car from the un-der side of the sills to the topof the roof is 8 ft. 0 -^4 ins. Thisis a perfectly proportioned car,as will be seen from the illus-trations. The car is linished in cherrythroughout, with birdseyemaple ceiling, spring seats andbacks covered in plush, auto-matic twin doors, tinted mu-,hts and solid bronze main panel and dashes of these carsare painted with Spooners yellow and the con-cave panels and other parts in white. ranese deck 14 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. The Philadelphia Traction Company hasalso purchased loo Laclede closed cars, as shownin Fig. 2. These cars have 20 ft. bodylengthand are 29 ft. over all. They are finished. FIG. 3- in solid mahogany highly polished, with birdseyemaple headlinings, spring seats and backs cov-ered with crimson plush. Side and end sashare glazed with VV in. French plate glass andventilator sash with handsomely embossedlights. The cars are equipped with automatictwin doors of mahogany, and beautiful bronzeelectroliers wired for ten lights to each car. Several hundred L:iclede eightbench, open motor cars have alsobeen sent to Philadelphia. CINCINNATI, O. The street railway compa-nies of Cincinnati have placedwith this company since July i,i8c)i, twenty-nine orders aggre-gating 4q6 cars—both open andclosed. Fig. ^7 represents a closedmotor car recently designed forthe Cincinnati Street RailwayCompany, and one which has become thecompanys present standard. This car is 18ft. 7 ins. in body length, and 26 ft. 7 ins. overall. The front platform is enclosed at one side, and a removable vestibule extends from top ofdash to hood with a sliding sash in the center. The car is finishe
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