. The Street railway journal . retofore runhave principally been light cars formerly used for cable ser-vice. Twenty-four seven-bench single-truck trailers of thiskind are now in use. These weigh about 5750 ll)s. and seatthirty-five people. The running boards have been taken offthe left side of these cars, as trains run around loops or Ys ateach end of a trip. Five new trailers are now being constructed at the works ofthe Woeber Carriage Company in Denver. The notable thingabout these trailers is that, although they are double-truckcars, 38 ft. over all, the weight is to be kept down to 10,000
. The Street railway journal . retofore runhave principally been light cars formerly used for cable ser-vice. Twenty-four seven-bench single-truck trailers of thiskind are now in use. These weigh about 5750 ll)s. and seatthirty-five people. The running boards have been taken offthe left side of these cars, as trains run around loops or Ys ateach end of a trip. Five new trailers are now being constructed at the works ofthe Woeber Carriage Company in Denver. The notable thingabout these trailers is that, although they are double-truckcars, 38 ft. over all, the weight is to be kept down to 10,000lbs. The general arrangemeilt of these trailer;, which is simi-lar to that of the companys standard motor cars, is shown inthe accompanying drawing. They have center entrances 8 ins. wide. The front of the car is aclosed compartment, andthe rear can be either open or closed as far as the windows areconcerned, but it is always open at the entrances, as there isno partition between it and the entrance. As will be noticed,-^. LONGITUDINAL AND END ELEVATIONS AND PLANS OF DENVER TRAIL CAR and is taking charge of the arrangements, advertising, will be rented to visitors and meals furnished at the com-panys park restaurants. The money received from the saleof season tickets will be used for current expenses in connec-tion with the management of the Chautauqua, and anything re-maining will be placed in the treasury as a fund for perpetuat-ing the event annually. The company will make special ex-cursion rates to tnose who join the assembly. The programmewill consist of lectures and concerts, and there will be illumina-tions of fireworks, lanterns, etc., together with several baseballgames by way of recreation. the strength of the car bottom is mainly in the longitudinalside sills. These side sills are of I-beams reinforced withwood. On the step side the I-beam is bent slightly inwardand trussed, so that the steps need not project as far as if theedge of the top step were
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