. The street railway review . toreduce the width of back without diminishing the leaning steel and absolutely fireproof seating for subway, undergroundand elevated railways. .Among the recent installations in the electrical railway field, thisconcern has secured most of the large and important contractsThese include the entire equipment of fire-proof seating for the 300all-steel cars used in the New York subway as well as new steelframe cushions and backs; the entire seating for the lot of 500 carsfor the Interborough Rapid Transit Co., a special building havingbeen erected which w
. The street railway review . toreduce the width of back without diminishing the leaning steel and absolutely fireproof seating for subway, undergroundand elevated railways. .Among the recent installations in the electrical railway field, thisconcern has secured most of the large and important contractsThese include the entire equipment of fire-proof seating for the 300all-steel cars used in the New York subway as well as new steelframe cushions and backs; the entire seating for the lot of 500 carsfor the Interborough Rapid Transit Co., a special building havingbeen erected which was devoted to the manufacture of this cars on the Manhattan Elevated Ry. in New York City areequipped with Hale & Kilburn standard spring seating upholsteryin rattan, as are also the majority of cars operating on the variouselevated and interurban lines in and about Chicago, including theseat equipincnt of the 200 cars recently purchased by the ChicagoCity Railway Co. Another recent important order comprises all. NliW r OV A K1I,BURX .\\CTVRING CO. fourth for lilting and storage. The private and general offices of steel rattan spring seating for the 150 cars recently built for the the company are located on the first floor of the building fronting Long Island R. R., for use in the East River Tunnel. A duplicate on iSth St., where there is also a spacious sample room. Entrance of this order for the Chicago City Railway Co. cars has recently 684 DAILY STEEET EAILWAY REVIEW. [Serial No.—Vol. XV, No. 9o. been placed by the United Railways & Electric Co., of entire seating equipment for the initial order of 455 cars, for theLondon Underground Rys, was awarded to the Hale & KilburnManufacturing Co. All the various up-to-date features and ad-vantages brought out by this concern, for elevated and undergroundrailway seating, are embodied in this large order for London, whichhas only recently been completed. Every particle of wood and up-hols
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