. The Street railway journal . 10 sliding doors on the sides have 4-ft. openings, and the endsare provided with swing doors. The car has two drop sash on eachside as well as efficient ventilation at the roof. The sills are con-tinuous and form a small platform scarcely two feet long at eachend. In general construction the car resembles closely steamrailroad practice, with the exception of a steel plate running thefull length of the sills. The entire interior is wainscoted and March i, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL painted a light buff color. A small desk is placed in one corner ofthe c
. The Street railway journal . 10 sliding doors on the sides have 4-ft. openings, and the endsare provided with swing doors. The car has two drop sash on eachside as well as efficient ventilation at the roof. The sills are con-tinuous and form a small platform scarcely two feet long at eachend. In general construction the car resembles closely steamrailroad practice, with the exception of a steel plate running thefull length of the sills. The entire interior is wainscoted and March i, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL painted a light buff color. A small desk is placed in one corner ofthe car for the convenience of the express messenger in charge. La^t nic inth mention was made in these pages of the handsomecars recently constructed by the John Stephenson Company for theHamilton, Glendale & Cincinnati Railway Company. The re- equipped with Newell electric brakes. Brill trucks will be usedon all the cars. The open cars are to be delivered in April and theclosed cars in August. ♦♦♦ The All-Wire Rail Bond. INTERIOR OF INTERURBAN CAR mainder of the cuts accompanying this article show views of theinterior and exterior of these cars, which are of a type particularlyadapted to long interurban service. They are 32 ft. over cornerposts and have 5-ft. vestibules, and are in other general dimensionssimilar to the cars sent to the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Connells-ville Railway Company, which were described last month. An in-teresting feature of the car is the installation of the Baker hot-water heater. As seen by the engraving, the car is divided into twocompartments, one twice as large as the other, the side posts wherethe dividing partition occurs being doubled. The smaller compart-ment is to be used by smokers. The cars are equipped with two setsof double trolley poles. Cars for Everett-Moore Line A short time previous to the financial embarrassment of theEverett-Moore syndicate contracts were drawn for 165 cars forthe various city lines controlled by the syndi-cat
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