. Electric railway journal . fig. 7—Suburban Car Built in 1911 Fig. 8—Built in 1913-1914. Fig. 9—Built in 1914 December 2, 1916J ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1165 Immediately after this, fifty more cars of the typeshown in Fig. 3 were also remodeled, and the followingyear all of our single-truck cars of latest type wentthrough the mill. Since then they have been replaced bydouble-truck cars. In a very short period after the firstcar had made its appearance there were none cars to be seen in Montreal. But Montrealwas expanding rapidly and the demand for cars was in-creasing in proportio
. Electric railway journal . fig. 7—Suburban Car Built in 1911 Fig. 8—Built in 1913-1914. Fig. 9—Built in 1914 December 2, 1916J ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1165 Immediately after this, fifty more cars of the typeshown in Fig. 3 were also remodeled, and the followingyear all of our single-truck cars of latest type wentthrough the mill. Since then they have been replaced bydouble-truck cars. In a very short period after the firstcar had made its appearance there were none cars to be seen in Montreal. But Montrealwas expanding rapidly and the demand for cars was in-creasing in proportion, so that the 701-801-901 classesof cars were built and purchased, the latter two typesbeing of steel construction. A car of the 901 class isshown as Fig. 6. The large platform of the car, as comparedwith that of the small cars, was conducive to smokers among our patrons preferred to stand onthe platform and smoke rather than be seated in com-fort inside. We were confronted with a serious prob-lem for this reason, but the city authorities came to ourassistan
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