. The Street railway journal . 15-BENCH^OPEN CAR FOR BRAINTREE popular on some of the electric railways where large crowds arecarried. It measures 45 ft. 6 ins. over bumpers. The width ofthe car over posts is 7 ft. 3 ins. The distance between seats inthe center of the car is 33-)s ins., and the distance between seatsat the end 4538 ins. The car is built with closed ends, in each ofwhich are three sashes, dropping into pockets. The car is at-tractively finished, and has a monitor extending the full length ofthe car over the dashers. The side curtains are arranged to reachto the floor; all insid
. The Street railway journal . 15-BENCH^OPEN CAR FOR BRAINTREE popular on some of the electric railways where large crowds arecarried. It measures 45 ft. 6 ins. over bumpers. The width ofthe car over posts is 7 ft. 3 ins. The distance between seats inthe center of the car is 33-)s ins., and the distance between seatsat the end 4538 ins. The car is built with closed ends, in each ofwhich are three sashes, dropping into pockets. The car is at-tractively finished, and has a monitor extending the full length ofthe car over the dashers. The side curtains are arranged to reachto the floor; all inside trimmings are of solid bronze, highlypolished; the inside finish of the car is of white ash; the ceilingsare of white beech, and the seats of maple. The second engraving shows a new type of double truck re-cently placed on the market by the Laconia Car Company. This Its. NEW DOUBLE TRUCK truck has been tested under the cars of a number of electric rail-way companies, and is giving excellent satisfaction, especially onroads having short radius curves. The truck is built compact inorder to have a short wheel base, and has center-bearing ellipticsprings outside the motor extension, allowing for one or two mo-tors, and inside hung brakes, with either adjustable or solid brakeheads. The brake mechanism is extremely powerful, and yetsimple in construction, and all parts of the brake are extremelysimple and strong, and when worn can be easily replaced. supplying his many friends and customers with mica since 1885,was joined in 1897 by Clarence B. Wisner, well known in Chi-cago as the West Pullman banker, and these young men as themanagers of the W. H. Sills Mica Company have, by the judicioususe of capital and sound business acumen, rapidly forced theirway to the front. The business of this company requires in its various depart-ments a force of 200 people,
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