. Electric railway journal . ashes can be raised 24 in. above the arm inside sashes have the glass beads removable from theinside and the outside sashes have the beads removable fromthe outside. All window sashes are fitted with O. M. Ed-wards anti-rattling devices and window catches. The front windows of the cars have two complete sashesat each opening. The outside front sashes are stationaryand the inside sashes are hung on three brass hinges andhave two catches. The windows on the rear platforms havesingle stationary sash with the exception of the openingin the door, which has a dr
. Electric railway journal . ashes can be raised 24 in. above the arm inside sashes have the glass beads removable from theinside and the outside sashes have the beads removable fromthe outside. All window sashes are fitted with O. M. Ed-wards anti-rattling devices and window catches. The front windows of the cars have two complete sashesat each opening. The outside front sashes are stationaryand the inside sashes are hung on three brass hinges andhave two catches. The windows on the rear platforms havesingle stationary sash with the exception of the openingin the door, which has a drop sash. All the sashes in thecars are made of 13/16-in. solid mahogany. The glass is3/16-in. polished American plate and all outside windowsand doors are fitted with Bosleys metallic weather stripsfastened with -Ms-in. brass escutcheon pins. COUPLERS Each car is equipped with two Illinois Traction Systemstandard couplers of the Bosenbury type with spring draft $ Bottom floor to run crosswiseSLayers of red rope paper between. *>\ S3i -1 Illinois Traction Car—Sections of Underframing gear made by the National Malleable Castings draft pockets are made of cast steel and the radialcarrying irons are made of J/g-in. x 31/2-in. iron secured tothe buffer beam by J^-in. square-head bolts, passing throughthirteen cast-iron spacing spools and two malleable-ironend stops. The drawbar and spring pocket are made of caststeel. The tail pin of the coupler is at the center of thecircle described by the face plate of the buffer beam, whichhas a radius of 4 ft. 10 in. Each car has one Illinois Trac-tion System standard steel angle pilot held by angles andhydraulic tubing at an elevation of 10 in. above the rails. INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT One of the engravings shows the floor plan of these plan, with slight modifications, conforms to thestandard interior arrangement of the Illinois Traction Sys-tems passenger equipments. At the forward end is a com-bination smoking and bagg
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