. Electric railway review . ods; the latter are 1% inches in diameter. The in-teriors are of inlaid mahogany, which includes the doors; theceilings are full Empire decorated. The floor is covered withinterlocking elastic tile, while a rubber mat is furnished foreach vestibule. Storm sashes are furnished for the side win-dows, which replace window guards in winter. The cars areequipped with 24 reversible and two stationary plush seats r- tM Si JW_ L;gSftsJ 1 f w West Shore Electrification—Interior of Standard Passenger Coach. with high backs and head rolls. Bach car is also fitted witha toilet
. Electric railway review . ods; the latter are 1% inches in diameter. The in-teriors are of inlaid mahogany, which includes the doors; theceilings are full Empire decorated. The floor is covered withinterlocking elastic tile, while a rubber mat is furnished foreach vestibule. Storm sashes are furnished for the side win-dows, which replace window guards in winter. The cars areequipped with 24 reversible and two stationary plush seats r- tM Si JW_ L;gSftsJ 1 f w West Shore Electrification—Interior of Standard Passenger Coach. with high backs and head rolls. Bach car is also fitted witha toilet lined with Mettile. The truck used is the Brill No. 27 E-2, with a wheel baseof 6 feet 6 inches. The wheel diameter is 37 inches; the axlediameter 5% inches and 6 inches. The wheel tread is 4inches wide and the depth of the flange is 1 inch to allowthe cars to operate over the city systems in Utica and Syra-cuse. Each car is equipped with four 73 motors withSprague-General Electric multiple-unit control. Westinghouse. West Shore Electrification—Interior of Rotary Converter Substation. automatic air brakes with graduated release and Peter Smithhot water heaters are used. installation of the electrical equipment of the linehas been conducted by the engineering force of the OneidaRailway Company, of which C. Loomis Allen is vice-presidentand general manager; W. J. Harvie is electrical engineer; andM. J. French, Jr., is engineer of maintenance of way. Preliminary plans are now being considered by the North-ern Texas Traction Company of Ft. Worth. Tex., preparatoryto making arrangements for reducing the schedule time of thelimited cars from Ft. Worth to Dallas to 1 hour and 15minutes, 15 minutes less than the present schedule. The lineacross the Trinity river bottom in Dallas is now being double-tracked and a number of additional switches are to beinstalled. LATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ATLANTIC CITYCONVENTION. Convention Bulletin No. 2, issued by Secretary Sw
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