. The Street railway journal . There are two G. E. 51 motors for propulsion. The plat-forms are 4 ft. long and have vestibules with folding doors, andare plated with sheet steel. They are also provided with angleiron bumpers. The trim of the car throughout is of solid passengers compartment is 8 ft. 8 ins. long, and the remainingportion of the body is finished in hardwood with folding seats,making a baggage, express and smoking compartment. There isa sliding door in the partition between them. The oak side sillsare of unusual depth and are plated to provide the necessarystrength. Br
. The Street railway journal . There are two G. E. 51 motors for propulsion. The plat-forms are 4 ft. long and have vestibules with folding doors, andare plated with sheet steel. They are also provided with angleiron bumpers. The trim of the car throughout is of solid passengers compartment is 8 ft. 8 ins. long, and the remainingportion of the body is finished in hardwood with folding seats,making a baggage, express and smoking compartment. There isa sliding door in the partition between them. The oak side sillsare of unusual depth and are plated to provide the necessarystrength. Brill sand boxes and gongs are provided. Taken alto-gether, the car is a very neat and complete example of its type asadapted for use on interurban roads. Hand Trucks for Buenos Ayres In the Street Railway Journal for November, 1898, was de-scribed the method by which meat is handled in the city of BuenosAyres between the slaughter houses and the markets. Referencewas made in the article to the trucks upon which the meat boxes. ball-bearings, and the whole truck can be turned in its own it is intended that these trucks should be moved by hand, alarge portion of the work done with them is performed by meansof mules, and the trucks themselves are arranged so they can behauled in trains. The handle of one truck is made of sufficient length to drop intothe hooks at the rear end of the truck in front of it. The handlesof the forward truck can be turned up against the meat box, orcan be unshipped and the team attached to the two hooks seen infront of the trucks. The construction is exceedingly simple, andat the same time of the greatest strength. Hyatts roller-bearingsfor each journal reduces the friction to a minimum. This is asmall truck that might be used to advantage in repair shops, depotsand other places where heavy weights are to be moved and whenthe roads do not have overhead trolleys for the purpose. Thetrucks illustrated were made for 6000 lbs. capacity, but they
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