. The Street railway journal . n. The purpose is to bring all the weight ofthe trolley pole and stand upon the car ends. The car seatsare placed transversely, are 36 ins. long and are of the step-over type. They have slat seats with square spindle backswith corner grab handles. Each car accommodates twenty-eight seated passengers. The interior finish is cherry withbronze trimmings, and the ceilings are three-ply veneer birds-eye maple. The platforms are arranged with one entrance, sothat passengers must board the car at the rear end, the metaldasher being brought around to the body at the othe
. The Street railway journal . n. The purpose is to bring all the weight ofthe trolley pole and stand upon the car ends. The car seatsare placed transversely, are 36 ins. long and are of the step-over type. They have slat seats with square spindle backswith corner grab handles. Each car accommodates twenty-eight seated passengers. The interior finish is cherry withbronze trimmings, and the ceilings are three-ply veneer birds-eye maple. The platforms are arranged with one entrance, sothat passengers must board the car at the rear end, the metaldasher being brought around to the body at the other window guards are furnished for the closed sides of February 4, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 233 vestibules as well as windows at the sides of the cars. Thesashes in the vestibules drop into pockets, while those in thesides of the car are raised into pockets in the roofs when notin use. The platform timbers are reinforced with angle iron and thecar is unusually substantial throughout, including inside trusses. INTERIOR OF MOBILE CAR as well as 12-in. x ^J-in. sill plates. The side sills are 4*^ 7^ ins., and the end sills, 4^ ins. x 6% ins. The thicknessof the corner posts is tfA ins.; the side posts, 7>lA ms- Thedistance from the center to center of the side posts is 2 ft. 5 length of the cars over the body is 18 ft. 10 ins., and overthe vestibules, 27 ft. 10 ins. The width over the posts at thebelt is 18 ft. 2 ins., and over the water tables, 8 ft. 6 ins.; theheight of the platform steps from the rails is 1534 ins-, and theheight of the risers, 12 ins. The cars are equipped with angle-iron bumpers, Dedenda gongs and other Brill specialties, andare mounted on trucks of the same make, type No. 21-E, with7-it. 6-in. wheel base and 33-in. wheels, equipped with 40-hpmotors. ■ RECENT PROGRESS IN HIGH-TENSION INSULATORS A type of high-tension insulators coming into extensive useon a number of transmission lines is shown in the accompany-
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