. The Street railway journal . e, 5 ft. The width over the sills is 7 ft. tot/, ins. The sweep of the posts is \ V\ ins.; the distance between the centersof the posts is 2 ft. 8 ins. The side sills are 4 ins. x ins->and the end sills are 5% ins. x 6J4 ins. The sill plates are 12ins. x y% in. The thickness of the corner posts is 3^ ins., andof the side posts, 3% ins. The furnishings include angle-ironbumpers, Dedenda gongs, Dumpit sand boxes, etc. SUMMER EQUIPMENT FOR MADISON, WIS. The Madison (Wis.) Traction Company has recently addedto its equipment the nine-bench type of open car illustra
. The Street railway journal . e, 5 ft. The width over the sills is 7 ft. tot/, ins. The sweep of the posts is \ V\ ins.; the distance between the centersof the posts is 2 ft. 8 ins. The side sills are 4 ins. x ins->and the end sills are 5% ins. x 6J4 ins. The sill plates are 12ins. x y% in. The thickness of the corner posts is 3^ ins., andof the side posts, 3% ins. The furnishings include angle-ironbumpers, Dedenda gongs, Dumpit sand boxes, etc. SUMMER EQUIPMENT FOR MADISON, WIS. The Madison (Wis.) Traction Company has recently addedto its equipment the nine-bench type of open car illustrated,intended for service in the city and suburbs of Madison, wherethe company operates about thirty-five cars. The length overthe bulkheads is 18 ft. 10 ins., and the width over the seat endsis 7 ft. y2 in. The seats are reversible, with the exception ofthe two seats at each end of car, and are of ash slats, with adouble row of spindles in the backs. The seat, arms are ofbronze. The sashes in the bulkheads are arranged to drop. NINE-BENCH, SINGLE-TRUCK CAR FOR THE MADISONTRACTION COMPANY into pockets between the seats. The curtains may be drawnto the floor, the Brill round-corner seat-end panels which areused being so arranged in connection with the grooves in theposts as to permit the curtains to come down over the post out-side of the panels, a continuation of the grooves of the postsbeing formed in the exterior surface of the panel. The panelalso provides for an easy entrance, as there are no sharp pro-jecting corners, and increases the safety of passengers com-pelled to stand on the running board. The interior finish is ofash, with decorated quartered oak ceiling. The length of this car over the crown pieces is 27 ft. 6 ins.,and the width over the sills, including the facing, is 6 ft. 3 sweep of the posts is 5 ins. The distance between thecenters of the posts is 2 ft. 9 ins. The side sill size is 4^ ins. x
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