. The Street railway journal . heels areused, the cost of re-turning them naturally is a very importantfactor, and until the New Bedford company installs the neces-sary wheel lathe it cannot present conclusive data. The com-panys experience, however, appears to have brought out thepeculiar phenomenon that after the first turning the steel-tiredwheel seems to wear out at a greater rate than before. *++ INTERURBAN CARS FOR YOUNGSTOWN AND VICINITY The Pennsylvania & Mahoning Valley Railway, of Youngs-town, has just received from the Niles Car & ManufacturingCompany several very fine cars designed
. The Street railway journal . heels areused, the cost of re-turning them naturally is a very importantfactor, and until the New Bedford company installs the neces-sary wheel lathe it cannot present conclusive data. The com-panys experience, however, appears to have brought out thepeculiar phenomenon that after the first turning the steel-tiredwheel seems to wear out at a greater rate than before. *++ INTERURBAN CARS FOR YOUNGSTOWN AND VICINITY The Pennsylvania & Mahoning Valley Railway, of Youngs-town, has just received from the Niles Car & ManufacturingCompany several very fine cars designed for the through lim-ited service between Leavittsburg, Warren, Niles, Girard,Youngstown and New Castle. The local conditions were some- compartment entirely separate from the passenger compart-ment and not compel ladies to pass through the smoker whenentering the car at this end. The plan drawing shows theseating and the arrangement of the passenger and smokingcompartment, also the dimensions. The car is 45 ft. 4 INTERIOR OF PENNSYLVANIA & MAHONING CAR over the buffers, and extreme width is 8 ft. 6 ins. The bottomframe is composed of 6-in. I-beams in the center sills. The sidesills are double, with heavy steel plates between all sills, ex-tending the length of the car body only, both platforms being-depressed about 6 ins. below the car floor. The panels are smooth, without raised work, and outlined inneat inlay of colored woods. The interior finish is of solidmahogany throughout, and the ceiling of semi-Empire style,decorated in green and gold. The lamps are arranged in
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