. The street railway review . ent, has completed a belt line connecting the Monta Sanoline with the Summerville line, making another pleasant routeon which considerable purely pleasure traffic will undoubtedly bedeveloped in the summer. Views in the park served by this com-pany were published in the Review for May 1899. page 329. By the completion of a street railway bridge across the Youghiog-heny River there will be formed a continuous electric line fromPittsburg to Buena Vista. Pa., a distance of 26 miles, with but onechange of cars. 236 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. 4. NEW MAIL CARS
. The street railway review . ent, has completed a belt line connecting the Monta Sanoline with the Summerville line, making another pleasant routeon which considerable purely pleasure traffic will undoubtedly bedeveloped in the summer. Views in the park served by this com-pany were published in the Review for May 1899. page 329. By the completion of a street railway bridge across the Youghiog-heny River there will be formed a continuous electric line fromPittsburg to Buena Vista. Pa., a distance of 26 miles, with but onechange of cars. 236 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. 4. NEW MAIL CARS ON CHICAGO CITY. NEW WEST VIRGINIA COMPANY. For several years the Chicago Postoftice has desired to extendthe street railway mail surface to the electric lines of the ChicagoCity Ry., but it is only quite recently that arrangeinents for thishave been concluded with the company. Four single truck carswith 20-il. bodies and 30 ft. over all, have been rebuilt in the com-panys shops under the direction of the master nuchanic. 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-
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