. The street railway review . ELECTRIC MAIL CAR, CHICACO. Michael OBrien, and we show herewith exterior and interior viewsof one of llicni. A side door has been cut in each side and it will be noted thatthe sill is not at the floor level of the car but higher, so that it iseven with the bed of a standard mail wagon. The interior fittingscomprise a sorting table, pigeon holes and a sack rack. One of the novel features is the location of the electric car having too low a hood to permit of the light being placedunderenath without interfering with the motormans view, the hoodwas cut
. The street railway review . ELECTRIC MAIL CAR, CHICACO. Michael OBrien, and we show herewith exterior and interior viewsof one of llicni. A side door has been cut in each side and it will be noted thatthe sill is not at the floor level of the car but higher, so that it iseven with the bed of a standard mail wagon. The interior fittingscomprise a sorting table, pigeon holes and a sack rack. One of the novel features is the location of the electric car having too low a hood to permit of the light being placedunderenath without interfering with the motormans view, the hoodwas cut out and a sheet metal arch set in, as appears in the ex-. IXTERIOR CHICAGO CITY MAIL CAR. terior view of the car. Placing the light in this position permits/he men to have access to it from the platform, which is an im-portant consideration. One of the cars is to have lights with the >tnltiplex reflectors,for which the W. R. Garton Co. is agent. The car shown is mounted on a McGuire truck equipped withtwo 12A Westinghouse motors. It has Prices brake and G. controllers. We are indebted to Mr. K. \V. McCormick, manager of theKanawha Traction & Electric Co., of Montgomery, W. Va., forthe following information. The company was incorporated inWest Virginia by Geo. W. Champ, M. J. Simms, B. H. Early, C. , and E. W. .McCormick, and has secured a perpetual rightof way from the county courts of Fayette and Kanawha Counties,over so nnich of the county road as may be necessary, and also suchprivate right of way as may be needed fnr the construction of anelectric trolley line, between Mt. Carbon and llandley, a distance ofseven miles
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