. The Street railway journal . t by the J. G. Brill Coni])any for the new electric railway inCape Town, South Africa. The seatinj? capacity is sixty-four pas-sengers, thirty-two below and thirty-two above, and the seats, whichare of the Hale & Kilburn type, are all arranged transversely, asshown in the engravings. The cars are finished inside in ash and cherry, natural ,and are handsonielv varnished. The inside of the lower deck isceiled with three-ply veneer decorated. The car isfitted with double , the top sash being stationary and the arranged to drop.
. The Street railway journal . t by the J. G. Brill Coni])any for the new electric railway inCape Town, South Africa. The seatinj? capacity is sixty-four pas-sengers, thirty-two below and thirty-two above, and the seats, whichare of the Hale & Kilburn type, are all arranged transversely, asshown in the engravings. The cars are finished inside in ash and cherry, natural ,and are handsonielv varnished. The inside of the lower deck isceiled with three-ply veneer decorated. The car isfitted with double , the top sash being stationary and the arranged to drop. Both platforms are fitted with stairways and inghouse multipolar generators of 300 h. p. Heine boilers, Barrpumps, Cireen economizers and Hoppes live steam purifier. Thepipe work was all designed in the office of the J. G. Brill Companyand was bent to shape by Best, Fox & Company. The travelingcrane for the engine room is from the works of Alfred Box & Com- p=»y- ^ ^ An Ingenious Method of Alaking Armature FIG. -DOUBLE DECK CAR FOR SOUTH AFRICA. suitable projections for accommodating the motorman, controllerand brake apparatus outside of the step landing. The cars aremounted on Eureka maximum traction pivotal trucks and are equip-ped with Westingliouse No 38, 50 h. p. motors. The roof seating arrangement is somewhat novel in that the seatsare transverse, the usual practice being to have two rows of seatslongitudinal to the car body and back to back, with an aisle on both
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