. The Street railway journal . FIG. 5.—PRISM GLOBE, CLOSED ter (Fig. 1), and also on the Continent, have monitor roofsunder the upper floor. The forward sashes of the Liverpoolcars are pivoted vertically in the middle, so as to open outand force air in, the rear ones drawing air out, besides whichthere is a sliding panel in the top of the doors. Many of theBerlin cars have ventilators in the ends of the monitor roofs,as in Fig. 6, controlled by a long handle to allow easy adjust-. FIG. 6.—INTERIOR OF BERLIN ELE-VATED AND UNDERGROUND CAR,WITH VENTILATING DUCTS INEND MONITOR PANEL FIG. 7.—COMPAR
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 5.—PRISM GLOBE, CLOSED ter (Fig. 1), and also on the Continent, have monitor roofsunder the upper floor. The forward sashes of the Liverpoolcars are pivoted vertically in the middle, so as to open outand force air in, the rear ones drawing air out, besides whichthere is a sliding panel in the top of the doors. Many of theBerlin cars have ventilators in the ends of the monitor roofs,as in Fig. 6, controlled by a long handle to allow easy adjust-. FIG. 6.—INTERIOR OF BERLIN ELE-VATED AND UNDERGROUND CAR,WITH VENTILATING DUCTS INEND MONITOR PANEL FIG. 7.—COMPARTMENT IN ROYALPRIVATE CAR, LONDON & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, SHOWINGEFFECT OF ELLIPTICAL CEILINGAND FROSTED GLOBES FIG. 8 — SECTIONS SHOWING METHODOF VENTILATION ON PENNSYL-VANIA RAILROAD CARS cording to a test made by a street railway company severalyears ago, it took 35 per cent less current to heat a carif some of the current were diverted to a fan blowing outsideair through the heaters; and further experiments along thisline would be very interesting. Even with present arrange-ments, the most crowded city cars can be kept satisfactory tomost passengers if a little trouble is taken, as is the case inBoston, where various deck ventilators have been tried in theelevated trains, and tests for carbon dioxide in both surface andelevated cars have shown good and improving conditions, dueto the care of the management. As to foreign ventilating methods, the latest Engli
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