. The Street railway journal . ouis until Thursday,the last day but one of the meeting. For this reason many of thedelegates did not give as much attention to the car as its fine appear-ance and construction deserved. Those who did, however, ex-pressed themselves as very much pleased with the general appear-ance of the car. The inside finish was of cherry with headliningof curly maple, decorated. The trimmings were of solid bronze, andhand rails were supported by brackets of the same material. Thecar shades !were of the E. T. Burrowes make, and the seats were ofHale & Kilburn manufacture, cove
. The Street railway journal . ouis until Thursday,the last day but one of the meeting. For this reason many of thedelegates did not give as much attention to the car as its fine appear-ance and construction deserved. Those who did, however, ex-pressed themselves as very much pleased with the general appear-ance of the car. The inside finish was of cherry with headliningof curly maple, decorated. The trimmings were of solid bronze, andhand rails were supported by brackets of the same material. Thecar shades !were of the E. T. Burrowes make, and the seats were ofHale & Kilburn manufacture, covered with rattan. The doors weredouble and automatic. An interesting feature of the equipment ofthe car was the fact that two registers were used, one for cash andthe other for tickets. One was located at each end of the were rung by the same rod, one direction of movement of therod ringing up tickets and the other cash fares. An ingenious de-vice was introduced sothat conductors either in-tentionally or by mistake. of the recent cars turned out from the companys works. The in-terior was finished in light wood, was mounted on a single truckand equipped with New Ilaven registers. Adjoining the open carwas a twenty-six foot car measuring thirty-five feet over was painted a ricli maroon, was mounted on two of the AmericanCar Companys double trucks and was equipped with a Hunter was of the Standard type used by several of the St. Louis interior of the car was exceedingly attractive. The interiorfinish was in mahogany with gold plated trimmings, Scarritt re-versible cross seats upholstered in cane, Forsyth roller shades andH. W. Johns heaters. The windows were double and so arranged thatin the sunmier they could be removed, making the car practicallyan open car. Electric push buttons at every seat communicatedwith the platform for the purpose of signaling the conductor. Thecar was fitted with a Kraushaar headlight. The third car exhib-ited
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