. Electric railway journal . lt stations and at the same time effecta saving of from 10 per cent to 20 per cent in power, itwill best show the value of this new system. The summerheat, which varied from 90 deg. to 105 deg. Fahr. for platforms, the presence of a side corridor through whichpassengers must go before paying fare and entering eithercompartment, and the central exit under the immediatecontrol of the conductor. The car is for single-end operation. It is 43 ft. long 74Q ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIII. No. 16. over all, 8 ft. i in. wide and has a monitor deck and steamcoach hoo
. Electric railway journal . lt stations and at the same time effecta saving of from 10 per cent to 20 per cent in power, itwill best show the value of this new system. The summerheat, which varied from 90 deg. to 105 deg. Fahr. for platforms, the presence of a side corridor through whichpassengers must go before paying fare and entering eithercompartment, and the central exit under the immediatecontrol of the conductor. The car is for single-end operation. It is 43 ft. long 74Q ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIII. No. 16. over all, 8 ft. i in. wide and has a monitor deck and steamcoach hoods. The interior finish is of cherry, and the lon-gitudinal rattan benches seat 50 passengers. The weightof the car bodv alone is 16,280 lb., which is asserted to be15 per cent to 20 per cent less than long-platform cars ofsimilar length and smaller seating capacity. The truckswere furnished by the St. Louis Car Company, and, like a THE 600-VOLT LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH GROUNDED*CIRCUITS USED BY THE BROOKLYN RAPIDTRANSIT COMPANY. Pittsburg Corridor Prepayment Car—Illustrating the Po-sitions of the Motorman and a Departing Passenger number of other cars used in Pittsburg, are supplied withconnecting rods. Since the car has no platforms or vestibules, the motor-man stands inside, but a protective railing saves him fromjostling by passengers. The regulaB exit is at the centerof the car, so that the motorman is obliged to watch the20-in. exit door at his end only when the conductor opensit in emergencies. Persons boarding the car enter at a 32-in. opening inthe rear, and then proceed along a 12-ft. x 23-in. corridorbetween the side of the car and the partition of the smok-ing compartment. As they reach the end of the aisle theypay their fare to the conductor stationed near the exit,and then proceed into either compartment. The regularexit door is of the pneumatic sliding type and is 32 It is believed by the designers of this car that the Particular interest is attached to th
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