. The Street railway journal . ome of the lines of theBoston & Northern Street Railway Company. These cars arefinished in natural mahogany, with brass hardware, and arearranged to seat forty-eight persons. The seats are of theWheeler Slideover type, manufactured by Heywood Broth-ers and Wakefield Company, of Wakefield, Mass., and are up-holstered in a special grade of plain crimson plush made for theBoston & Northern Street Railway Company. There are fourteen cross-seats to a car, each accommodatingtwo persons. These seats are 34 ins. long, 18 ins. high fromfloor to top of cushion. The cushion
. The Street railway journal . ome of the lines of theBoston & Northern Street Railway Company. These cars arefinished in natural mahogany, with brass hardware, and arearranged to seat forty-eight persons. The seats are of theWheeler Slideover type, manufactured by Heywood Broth-ers and Wakefield Company, of Wakefield, Mass., and are up-holstered in a special grade of plain crimson plush made for theBoston & Northern Street Railway Company. There are fourteen cross-seats to a car, each accommodatingtwo persons. These seats are 34 ins. long, 18 ins. high fromfloor to top of cushion. The cushion is 17 , and the back19 ins. high. Each of the cross-seats is equipped with a bronzegrab-handle for the convenience of standing passengers. Thisfeature eliminates the necessity for overhead hand-straps, and prevents the wear on the aisle corner of the backs, occasionedby constant handling by passengers, and also by the conductorswhen reversing seats. At either end of these cars there are two longitudinal seats,. SEATING ARRANGEMENT USED ON BOSTON & NORTHERNSTREET RAILWAY CARS each seating five persons. These are identical in constructionwith the cross-seats, except that a grab-handle is not neces-sary. The backs being of standard height, project above thewindow sills, but as they are fully upholstered on both sides,this feature not only is unobjectionable, but is a decided ad-vantage, as it gives the passengers who are unable to secureplaces in the portion of the car equipped with cross-seats,an equally comfortable position. This is not the case where theusual method is followed and a corner cushion with a narrowback is used. It would seem that the Boston & Northern management hascome to the conclusion that the comfort of the passengersand the appearance of the interior of its cars depends verylargely upon the seats used, and with this end in view, it hastaken precautions to secure first-class seats as well as the mostconvenient arrangement. COMBINED RETRIEVER AND TROLL
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