. The street railway review . been per-fected, and a new company formed to be called the New Jersey &Hudson River Railway & Ferry Co. The plans include the buildingof extensions, establishment of a pleasure park at Edgewater-on-the-Hudson, improvetiient in the ferry service, etc. Frank R. Fprd isgeneral manager of the systeiti. 174 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. |\oL. X, No. i. AN INTERESTING STREET CAR. The accompanying shows an interesting novelty, be-ing a combined passenger and freight car and an electric locomo-tive as well. The car body is 29 ft. long by 8 ft. wide and is carriedon
. The street railway review . been per-fected, and a new company formed to be called the New Jersey &Hudson River Railway & Ferry Co. The plans include the buildingof extensions, establishment of a pleasure park at Edgewater-on-the-Hudson, improvetiient in the ferry service, etc. Frank R. Fprd isgeneral manager of the systeiti. 174 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. |\oL. X, No. i. AN INTERESTING STREET CAR. The accompanying shows an interesting novelty, be-ing a combined passenger and freight car and an electric locomo-tive as well. The car body is 29 ft. long by 8 ft. wide and is carriedon a No. 21-E. Brill truck of ^ft. 6 in. wheel base. The front endis vcstibuled with a door at the left side which forms the main en-trance to the passenger compartment; this compartment is 11 in. long witli reversible back seats spaced 2 ft. 5 in. betweencenters. The only passengers which it is intended to carry areworkmen to and from their labor and the single entrance and stir-rup step are sufticienl. ^il. COMBIN.\TIOX CAR .\ND LOCOMOTIVE. The freight compartment is 17 ft. 5j in. long with side doors inthe center of the car, 3 ft. 6 in. wide. This compartment is alsoreached by a door from the passenger compartment and is providedwith folding seats along the sides and bulkhead. With its two mo-tors the weight of the car is 19,850 lb. This car, which was built bythe J. G. Brill Co., is a very pretty illustration of the flexibility andadaptability of the electric locomotive; it is equipped with an M. coupler for handling standard steam cars and also has a radialdraw bar for street cars. GOLD CAR HEATERS AND PLATFORMGATES. The illustrations herewith show the Gold platform gate whichhas been applied to the entire equipment of passenger cars on allelevated railways, as well as to many surface lines. Gates are anecessity on elevated cars, and the desirable features are simplicityand case of operation, and a lock such that when the gate is shutit cannot be opened by pr
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