. The Street railway journal . and simultaneouslydrops the fender entirely independent of the regular feature of the valve is that, its purpose being forquick stops in emergency cases, the motorman is not likelyto use the regular valve to the emergency point so often,thus saving wear and tear on the brakes and the flatteningof the wheels. ...<^... SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS ADOPTED AS STANDARD FORGALESBURG & KEWANEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY When the Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Com-pany placed its recent order of cars with the G. C. Kuhl-man Car Company,, it was the purpose of the
. The Street railway journal . and simultaneouslydrops the fender entirely independent of the regular feature of the valve is that, its purpose being forquick stops in emergency cases, the motorman is not likelyto use the regular valve to the emergency point so often,thus saving wear and tear on the brakes and the flatteningof the wheels. ...<^... SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS ADOPTED AS STANDARD FORGALESBURG & KEWANEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY When the Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Com-pany placed its recent order of cars with the G. C. Kuhl-man Car Company,, it was the purpose of the company tosecure a car that could be adopted as standard, and the semi-convertible type was finally decided upon as the best suitedfor a local service such as exists in and between small townswhere the runs are short and the traffic light except atcertain hours of the day. The initial order was for threecars of this type and R. I I. Hayward, general manager, ina recent report on the performance of the new- cars, states. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR FOR THE GALFSRURG& KEWANEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY that both management and public arc well satisfied with them. The (ralesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Company isa reorganization of the Galesburg & Oneida Railway Com-pany, and is building an electric railway 40 miles in lengthof which. 5 miles (the local line in Kewanee) are already inoperation. The line as projected will connect Galesburg,Wataga, Oneida, Altona, Galva, Wethersfield and Kewanee,serving all told a population of about 36,000. The new carsare typical examples of single-track Brill semi-convertiblecars and are standard throughout. The chief dimensionsare as follows: Length over end panels, 21 ft.; over crownpieces, 31 ft. 4 ins.; width over sills including sheathing, 7ft. 8;/> ins.; size of side sills, 3-)^ ins. x 5 ins.; end sills,3J/2 ins. x 8^8 ins.; sill plates, 12 ins. x -}i in. Width ofaisles, 22 ins.; length of seats, 35 ins. The interiors arefinished in cherry
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