. The Street railway journal . ince thelength of the line it can cover as well as the number of signalson any one circuit can be readily varied to suit any conditions from which it separates by gravity all the remaining impurities settle in chamber E, and can be removed byopening the gate valve at bottom of filter. From plate D theoil again filters through the stratum of filtering material F,and from there it rises to the pure oil chamber. 868 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 25. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE INTERURBAN CAR EXHIBITED AT FAIR Prominent among the cars exhibi
. The Street railway journal . ince thelength of the line it can cover as well as the number of signalson any one circuit can be readily varied to suit any conditions from which it separates by gravity all the remaining impurities settle in chamber E, and can be removed byopening the gate valve at bottom of filter. From plate D theoil again filters through the stratum of filtering material F,and from there it rises to the pure oil chamber. 868 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 25. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE INTERURBAN CAR EXHIBITED AT FAIR Prominent among the cars exhibited at the Louisana Pur-chase Exposition is an interurban type of semi-convertible carbuilt by the American Car Company, of St. Louis, under theBrill patents. The semi-convertible car exhibited by the lattercompany was described in a recent issue of the StreetRailway Journal. This car has curved sides, semi-accelerator doors, and single platform steps, and is intendedfor city and suburban service. The car shown by the American. SEATING ARRANGEMENT OF SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR Car Company has the same window system, and is very con-vincing evidence of the applicability of this system to inter-urban types. The arrangement provides a car equally suitablefor summer and winter service. The windows may be raisedto any desired height so that passengers may be protected fromthe rush of wind while running at high speed, or they mayhave a practically open car whenmoving at a moderate rate. As theillustrations show, the windowpockets in the side roofs do not alterthe appearance of the car appreciably,nor does this arrangement affect theconstruction or in any way detractfrom its strength. The interior is finished in solidmahogany with beautiful marquetryof light woods. The ceilings of birchare painted in a harmonious tint andtastefully decorated. The woodworkof the deck is done in semi-Empirestyle, with the side panels of theceiling offset 8 ins., an arrangementwhich permits the lights to be pl
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