. The Street railway journal . on most lines on account of the width over all exceedingrestrictions. The Narragansett car ends the difficulty by entirely overcoming both obstacles,providing a long double-step car within the width of the standard single-step car, having seats ofstandard length, and rapid, safe and convenient in loading and unloading. All this is accomplishedby means of a Z-iron sill, which is not only a sill but an upper step, utilizing for the latter purposethe space ordinarily occupied by a thick wooden sill. This form of sill is the stiffest and strongestever used, and adds
. The Street railway journal . on most lines on account of the width over all exceedingrestrictions. The Narragansett car ends the difficulty by entirely overcoming both obstacles,providing a long double-step car within the width of the standard single-step car, having seats ofstandard length, and rapid, safe and convenient in loading and unloading. All this is accomplishedby means of a Z-iron sill, which is not only a sill but an upper step, utilizing for the latter purposethe space ordinarily occupied by a thick wooden sill. This form of sill is the stiffest and strongestever used, and adds greatly to the general staunchness of the car. The illustration shows howunusually well the posts are secured. The past summer has seen a large number of these carsin operation in different parts of the country. 344 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. PHILADELPHIA. ■ |\|V|| ■ f%. £\> m M ITk. B m f « F 110 CANNON STREET J (i BRIII COMPANY °— .•Drill. Philadelphia \W • \1# l/l>|IL(Ltf V villi ill 1 I Axles, London. Brill Cars or Special and Standard Designs We have built over fifteen hundred double-truck cars for the Metropolitan Street Railwayof New York. The complex requirements of the busiest system in the world naturally excitesinterest in the cars which for many years have successfully met them. That there was nomistake in their design is evidenced by the repetition of former details in latest orders. We have designed cars under every conceivable limitation imposed by length, width, height,speed, climate, etc., and have acquired the versatility necessary to meet the manifold ideas ofbuyers having to conform to the demands of more or less difficult cases. Our knowledge of allrequirements and conditions is definite, the consensus of wide experience. We export cars insections to all parts of the world. Among the places to which shipments are at present beingmade are: Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic; Dunedin, New Zealand; Kalgoorlie, Australia;Durban, South Afric
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