. The Street railway journal . f thecar, containing the pump, is 16 ft. long, and at each end are February 20, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 283 4-ft. square vestibules for the motorman. Platforms, 2 ins. wide and 4 ft. long, are provided at the corners of thecar, 18 ins. below the car floor, and from them the hose can bemanipulated. There are no doors across the ends of the pumproom, it being considered best to leave them open, so that thepump men may not be hampered in handling the fire pump is an 8^-in. x 12-in. machine, with 8-in. suctionand 6-in. discharge, and was bui
. The Street railway journal . f thecar, containing the pump, is 16 ft. long, and at each end are February 20, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 283 4-ft. square vestibules for the motorman. Platforms, 2 ins. wide and 4 ft. long, are provided at the corners of thecar, 18 ins. below the car floor, and from them the hose can bemanipulated. There are no doors across the ends of the pumproom, it being considered best to leave them open, so that thepump men may not be hampered in handling the fire pump is an 8^-in. x 12-in. machine, with 8-in. suctionand 6-in. discharge, and was built by the George E. DowPumping Engine Company, of San Francisco. It is driventhrough gearing by a General Electric-1000 35-hp motor. Thecar is mounted on a Taylor truck, the motor equipment consist-ing of two W. motors. A heavy suction pipe, longenough to draw water from the bay, is carried along oneside of the car. The drawing, Fig. 42, shows the pump setstraight with the car, but it was found advisable on installing it. FIG. 40— FIRE CAR to place it at an angle, as shown in Fig. 41. The pump car isalso equipped with one of the new diamond trolleys, so that itcan operate over the entire system. TRAIN OPERATION The first regular train service over the Key Route was in-augurated on Oct. 26, when an hourly schedule was put intoeffect, and one boat was used for the pier connection. A fewdays after that a half-hourly service was put on with two boats,and on Nov. 28 the schedule was increased to a 20-minute ser-vice. The present time card calls for ninety-seven trains dur-ing the day, running at 20-minute intervals from 6:20 a. m. to7:00 p. m., when hourly trains are operated till a. m. Tofollow out the present schedule four trains are required. Six-car trains have been operated, and the equipment has beenbuilt to handle safely eight cars in a train. The distance be-tween Berkeley and the pier depot, miles, is made regu-larly, including the four stops, within the
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