. The street railway review . s lighter than thai which 1-. common in this country. Whentuitable pockets .ire employed to hold the cross timbers the flooris both stiff and Unlit. An import tillable improvement was made in California ,.,,., about the Hrill company. This consisted in dropping the platforms or open cuds oi th( that a Bingle step was within easy reach ol the ground. The support of theI end is accomplished in a very neat manner by Using ol angle iron under the closed hody. At the end this 5UD-sill is offset/or bent, so as to carry the platforms. The car illus-trated has t
. The street railway review . s lighter than thai which 1-. common in this country. Whentuitable pockets .ire employed to hold the cross timbers the flooris both stiff and Unlit. An import tillable improvement was made in California ,.,,., about the Hrill company. This consisted in dropping the platforms or open cuds oi th( that a Bingle step was within easy reach ol the ground. The support of theI end is accomplished in a very neat manner by Using ol angle iron under the closed hody. At the end this 5UD-sill is offset/or bent, so as to carry the platforms. The car illus-trated has two stationary seats at each end with a three sash hulk head between them. A number oi variations of this style havebeen made. Sometimes the bulkhead is omitted and a single seatwith a reversible back used. In the ear shown in the illustrationthe curtains come all the way to the floor, which makes their protcction quite perfect. An aisle is sometimes added. These cars OPERATING NOTES ON HIGH SPEED ELEC-TRIC RAILWAYS. BY E. (... FIG. 9--BRILL TYPE OF CALIFORNIA CAR. have been received with great favor. Many have been built forvarious roads in South Africa where they arc peculiarly adapted tothe service. They have also gone to England and many of themof slightly modified forms arc in operation on the Pacific Coast. This type mounted on double trucks and having a vestibulefront instead of a bulkhead ought to make rather a popular car inmany towns where the summers are short and much interruptedby fogs and cold winds. It would seem after an experience withBoston east winds or Portland fogs that such a car would behighly desirable for lines near our eastern sea coast, where aftera hot blistering day the late afternoon becomes so cold and fiercethat winter overcoats are comfortable. Probably there arc few lines in the Atlantic states which operateopen cars that do not find that a closed body would be appreciatedduring the evenings of half the open-car season. There arc cer-tainly many
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