. The street railway review . Side lines comprises 1,842 cars, 20snow sweepers and 40 plows. Of the cars 400 are closed and 316open motor cars, made by the American and Pullman companies,258 grip cars, 863 trail cars and 5 mail cars. The grip cars werebuilt by the Brill and American companies, except 50 combinationcars, which were built by the Brownell company; the trailers f)( T. IS. i8 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 661 were inailr l>y tin- XiiiiTicaii aiul Laclede companies. The iiiolorcaiB are. (or llu; lllll^l |)arl, ji-lt. ami 2J-fl. bodies, with 4A-ii. plat-forms. The company has 4(») double
. The street railway review . Side lines comprises 1,842 cars, 20snow sweepers and 40 plows. Of the cars 400 are closed and 316open motor cars, made by the American and Pullman companies,258 grip cars, 863 trail cars and 5 mail cars. The grip cars werebuilt by the Brill and American companies, except 50 combinationcars, which were built by the Brownell company; the trailers f)( T. IS. i8 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 661 were inailr l>y tin- XiiiiTicaii aiul Laclede companies. The iiiolorcaiB are. (or llu; lllll^l |)arl, ji-lt. ami 2J-fl. bodies, with 4A-ii. plat-forms. The company has 4(») double ei|uipments of G. 8(X)motors and Kj controllers. The snow sweepers were hiiilt by the J. (i. Irill Co., each hastwo (i. Xoo motors for traction and one Ci. IC. 800 for drivinf;I he brooms. Ihe snow plows were made in the companys own sllO])S. The motor cars arc- miumle<l on llrill trucks, .ind the ami Heniis minor car ccpiipment includes yoo Lewis & lowIer improved. ENCINIC urn Sl. AND HLITE 1SI,.\ND AVIC. fare registers, 200 Meaker fare registers, and cable car cars on one line have self-oiling trolley wheels. All the cars, except grip cars, have side bars made in the com-panys shops; another interesting safety device is the set of springs,invented by Mr. Roach, between the dashers of the grip and trailcars. The shops of the West Side lines are located at WashingtonSt. and Warren .\ve., and comprise a carpenter shop, 332 x 125 ft.;wood working machine shop, 115 x 75 ft.; iron machine shop,15 X 75 ft.; blacksmith shop, 64 x 32 ft.; brass foundry, 32 x 21 ft.;paint shop, 332 x 159 ft.; store rooms, 56 x 82 ft. and 33 .\ 52 ft.:office and stock rooms 58 x 33 ft. The shops arc equipped for general car lepair and rebuildingwork and constitute what are believed to be the largest streetrailway repair shops in the country, the total floor space undercover being nearly 1,600,000 sq. ft. In the wood machine shop are
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