. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ASHEVILLE SINGLE-TRUCK CAR,SHOWING THE CROSS-SEATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THECAR AND THE LONGITUDINAL SEATS NEAR THE DOORS ment has kept pace with the times in every respect. Abouttwo years ago the company placed in operation several con-vertible cars of the Brill patented type, which have provedhighly satisfactory. The J. G. Brill Company has lately de-livered a number of semi-convertible single-truck cars, one ofwhich is illustrated. These cars include the grooveless-post. A NEWSPAPER ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF A FOUR-HOUR TRAINBETWEEN NEW YORK AND


. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ASHEVILLE SINGLE-TRUCK CAR,SHOWING THE CROSS-SEATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THECAR AND THE LONGITUDINAL SEATS NEAR THE DOORS ment has kept pace with the times in every respect. Abouttwo years ago the company placed in operation several con-vertible cars of the Brill patented type, which have provedhighly satisfactory. The J. G. Brill Company has lately de-livered a number of semi-convertible single-truck cars, one ofwhich is illustrated. These cars include the grooveless-post. A NEWSPAPER ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF A FOUR-HOUR TRAINBETWEEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON illustrate the appearance of an electric train on the New York,New Haven & Hartford Railroad running from New York toBoston in four hours. According to this usually veraciouspaper, the new locomotives, for which orders have been placedalready, and with which the entire New Haven system is to be SINGLE-TRUCK, SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR OPERATED BYTHE ASHEVILLE ELECTRIC COMPANY window system. The interior illustration shows the appear-ance of the posts to good advantage. By close observation itwill be seen that there are no grooves in the posts and that theonly cutting necessary is for the sash lock stops, four of which 1028 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 24. are provided in each post. The window openings measure 3 ins. from the window sill to the center of the arch, underthe letter board; from floor to top of window sill the distanceis 25 ins. The trap in the door head is lowered to show themutu


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