. The Street railway journal . FIG. 22.—INTERIOR FIG. 23.—NEW DETROIT 7-FT. PLATFORM WITH PASSAGEWAY AND STANDING ROOM platform. The railing is a great convenience, and does porting timbers under the rear platform are 12 ft. long,away with practically all the inconvenience of the back There are twelve Scarritt seats uiside, two of which areplatform load. The railings made hereafter will have a placed lengthways on each side at the rear end. The car 10 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIII. No. i. SECTION Street FIG. 24.—MOTOR SUSPENSION OF DOUBLE TRUCK is 87 ins. wide inside; ai
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 22.—INTERIOR FIG. 23.—NEW DETROIT 7-FT. PLATFORM WITH PASSAGEWAY AND STANDING ROOM platform. The railing is a great convenience, and does porting timbers under the rear platform are 12 ft. long,away with practically all the inconvenience of the back There are twelve Scarritt seats uiside, two of which areplatform load. The railings made hereafter will have a placed lengthways on each side at the rear end. The car 10 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIII. No. i. SECTION Street FIG. 24.—MOTOR SUSPENSION OF DOUBLE TRUCK is 87 ins. wide inside; aisle width 21 ins.; seat width 33 are four G. E. 800 motors under the car, with a sus-pension noted later. The overhang from the rear king pmto the rear bumper is 13 ft., 6 ins. In splicing 3i-in. x were run under the entire length. The signs have theletters cut in the wood, and the background is white cellu-loid. A lamp is put behind the front sign in front of thedome of the car, but the side signs are illuminated from theinterior of the dome. The trucks are the companys ownmake, and are very smiilar to a freight car truck. Theplans are given in Fig. 25. Mr. Du Pont believes that byselecting springs of proper stififness it is not necessary tohave many sets of springs to insure easy riding. The pres-ent truck has an outer set of springs for a light load, andas they are compressed the inner springs come into com-pression. The motor suspension which it is intended touse under thes
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