. The Street railway journal . ion once every hour or two by the carhouse employee in charge. It is run all night and stands in asmall room at one corner of the car house. The power stationis at the foot of Margaret Street, about miles away, and asthe lamps at times show the efiects of the fluctuating trolleyvoltage, it has been suggested that a more constant brilliancywould be secured by supplying the motor-generator through a 620 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 13. special feed-wire connected to the power station bus-bars only. A switch is provided at the car house for throwing th
. The Street railway journal . ion once every hour or two by the carhouse employee in charge. It is run all night and stands in asmall room at one corner of the car house. The power stationis at the foot of Margaret Street, about miles away, and asthe lamps at times show the efiects of the fluctuating trolleyvoltage, it has been suggested that a more constant brilliancywould be secured by supplying the motor-generator through a 620 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 13. special feed-wire connected to the power station bus-bars only. A switch is provided at the car house for throwing the officelights upon the circuits of the United Electric Light Companyin case trouble should occur with the motor-generator. HANDSOME PARLOR CAR FOR THE JOLIET, PLAINFIELD& AURORA RAILROAD The Joliet, Plainfield & Aurora Railroad, which was fullydescribed in the Street Railway Journal of Dec. 24, 1904,has recently ordered through the Fisher Construction Companythe beautiful parlor car shown in the accompanying illustra-. The car has the Brill semi-convertible window system, whichmakes it equally suitable for summer and winter service. Thewindow pockets, which are in the side roofs, do not materiallyalter the appearance of the interior or exterior, as the illustra-tions show, and one advantage of the arrangement is that pas-sengers may have the windows open as little or as much asthey wish, according to the weather and the speed of the are provided for the windows, as well as silk draperies, carpet and upholstering are in dark green, theceilings are tinted light green and the woodwork is of mahog-any, finely carved and inlaid, the whole having a very har-monious and rich appearance. A toilet room and heater com-
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