. The Street railway journal . the saws is perfectly re-moved by the cutters, thus saving much valuable time. Aspecial head is provided for making double tenons to 4 ins. are eight tenoning heads, two on each spindle, and eachcarrying two knives, cutting tenons 6 ins. long, so by usingtwo heads on each spindle a tenon 12 ins. long can be cut. The machine is massive and strongly built to stand hardwork. The adjustments can be made quickly and accurately. The Montgomery Street Railway Company has recentlyadded to its equipment four ten-bench open cars built by theAmerican Car Company.
. The Street railway journal . the saws is perfectly re-moved by the cutters, thus saving much valuable time. Aspecial head is provided for making double tenons to 4 ins. are eight tenoning heads, two on each spindle, and eachcarrying two knives, cutting tenons 6 ins. long, so by usingtwo heads on each spindle a tenon 12 ins. long can be cut. The machine is massive and strongly built to stand hardwork. The adjustments can be made quickly and accurately. The Montgomery Street Railway Company has recentlyadded to its equipment four ten-bench open cars built by theAmerican Car Company. These cars will be operated in thecity and suburbs of Montgomery, where the railway companyhas about 25 miles of trackage and thirty-five cars. The at-tractive amusement resort, Electric Park, is reached by thecompanys lines. Besides doing a flourishing business in cot-ton, Montgomery has many manufactories. The new cars measure 21 ft. over the end panels and 7 in. over the seat ends. The seats are reversible, with the. SINGLE-TRUCK OPEN CAR FOR THE MONTGOMERY STREETRAILWAY exception of the two seats at each end of the car. The sashesin the bulkhead are arranged to drop into pockets between theseats. Ash, with ceilings of decorated birch, constitutes theinterior finish of the cars. The rhain dimensions of these cars are: Length over thecrown pieces, 28 ft. 8% ins.; from the panel over the crown])ieces, 3 ft. 103-16 ins.; width over the sills, including theplates, 6 ft. 3 ins.; sweep of the posts, 5 ins.; distance betweenthe centers of the posts, 2 ft. 8 ins.; side sill size, 3^ ins. x7 ins.; sill plates, y% in. x 7 ins.; thickness of the corner posts,3^ ins., and of the side posts, 2^ ins.; height of the steps,1854 ins., and of the risers, 17 ins. The cars are equipped withBrill angle-iron bumpers, sand boxes and Dedenda gongs. PROPOSED METHOD OF CAR SPRINKLING IN CLEVELAND J. J. Stanley, general manager of the Cleveland ElectricRailway Company, has an idea that the ext
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