. The street railway review . e other such buildings arc contem-plated, one of which is to be two stories high. In the shops at Chester Park fwhich were illustrated and de-scribed in our issue for March, 1897, page 181) the new worknow under construction comprises 30 open cars and 4 special orprivate cars. The company already has seven of these handsomelyfurnished special cars which are very extensively used to carryprivate parties, schools, tourists, etc. That they are popular i«shown by the fact that (our more of them are building. Duringthe meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engi
. The street railway review . e other such buildings arc contem-plated, one of which is to be two stories high. In the shops at Chester Park fwhich were illustrated and de-scribed in our issue for March, 1897, page 181) the new worknow under construction comprises 30 open cars and 4 special orprivate cars. The company already has seven of these handsomelyfurnished special cars which are very extensively used to carryprivate parties, schools, tourists, etc. That they are popular i«shown by the fact that (our more of them are building. Duringthe meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers inCincinnati, last month, the company placed a number of (he spe-cial cars at the disposal of the Society and thus enabled the visitorsto sec much of the city in a most pleasant manner, a courtesywhich was greatly appreciated. The 30 open cars now building arc of the companys standardtype, adopted three or four years ago. They are 29 ft. 6 in. over allwith a 23-ft. body; from the bottom of sills to lop of roof is 8 .\ND PLAN OF STATION FOK EAST END DIVISION. of it. The company now operates 260 miles of track, makingabout 53,000 car-miles per day. .■X contract has recently been closed with the Pittsburg ReductionCo. for 40 miles of insulated aluminum feeder cable, which is be-lieved to be the first large order for the insulated aluminum thathas been placed. The cables are to have 37 strands, aggregating795,000 c, m. in cross-section, which is about equivalent in conduc-tivity to a copper cable of 500,000 c. m. The joints are to bewelded. The new feeders when installed will constitute about one-tenth of the feeder system. Last Christmas the company opened the club rooms which hadbeen fitted up for the employes of the Vine & Clifton division, andsince then has prepared plans for similar stations at the otheroperating car houses. We show herewith the floor plan of a build-ing, now approaching completion, which is for the accommodationof the employes of the
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