. The Street railway journal . is taken up equally on both brake-rods. The device has been installed on some 600 cars of the Liverpoolelectric tramway, and is being handled in this country by GeorgeH, Angerer, of Wilmington, Del. 294 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 9. Cars for the Union Traction Company, of Philadelphia An order for fifty cars from the J. G. Brill Company, Philadel-phia, for the Union Traction Company, of Philadelphia, is near-ing completion. For several years this type of car, the features ofwhich originated with President Tno. B. Parsons, of the Union for instantly ch
. The Street railway journal . is taken up equally on both brake-rods. The device has been installed on some 600 cars of the Liverpoolelectric tramway, and is being handled in this country by GeorgeH, Angerer, of Wilmington, Del. 294 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 9. Cars for the Union Traction Company, of Philadelphia An order for fifty cars from the J. G. Brill Company, Philadel-phia, for the Union Traction Company, of Philadelphia, is near-ing completion. For several years this type of car, the features ofwhich originated with President Tno. B. Parsons, of the Union for instantly changing the depth of mortise, and a novel clampingarrangement for locking the chisel carriage into position whenlocated. This chisel carriage is provided with a cross or trans-verse movement having adjustable stops for regulating the travel,and an automatic belt tightener is used in connection with thespindle belt. The machine in this respect differs radically fromthe ordinary type of medium-sized mortises, and the advantage of. STANDARD DOUBLE TRUCK CAR, PHILADELPHIA Traction Company, has been very popular in Philadelphia. Thenew cars differ slightly in dimensions from those alreadyin use, and have lower window rails; otherwise they are the same. The cars are 37 ft. long over the crown pieces and 7 ft. Syi at the sills. They are provided with ten single-sash win-dows on each side and the monitor decks are wide and high. Thecar is extra well protected against the severest weather by thefact that the windows, being stationary, are weather-stripped. Asimple locking device operated with a key controls the windowsand permits them to be easily removed. Two bronze guard barsare placed across the lower portion of each window as the railis very low and roller curtains shield the passengers from sunand rain when the window sashes are removed. Thus in summera car is provided which is unusually open and cool, and hasthe advantage over an open car with side entrance of greatersafet
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