. Electric railway journal . of $0,732 per car per day, or $11,756 per year;and similarly, if the substitution were made in the interurbanservice, the saving in power consumption per car per day wouldbe $0,873, or $14,020 per year for the total 44 cars placed in serv-ice. This has been accomplished with no increase in the costof the new cars over the 1907 type. Fig. 1 shows a photographic view of the 1909 semi-con-vertible car exterior, and Fig. 4 shows the interior. The carbody is 28 ft. long and the total length of the car over thebumpers is 39 ft. 6 in. The width of the car over the weather
. Electric railway journal . of $0,732 per car per day, or $11,756 per year;and similarly, if the substitution were made in the interurbanservice, the saving in power consumption per car per day wouldbe $0,873, or $14,020 per year for the total 44 cars placed in serv-ice. This has been accomplished with no increase in the costof the new cars over the 1907 type. Fig. 1 shows a photographic view of the 1909 semi-con-vertible car exterior, and Fig. 4 shows the interior. The carbody is 28 ft. long and the total length of the car over thebumpers is 39 ft. 6 in. The width of the car over the weather-boards is 8 ft., and the seating capacity is 40 passengers. Twelvecross and four longitudinal seats are provided. The heightfrom the rail to the trolley board is 11 ft. 8 in. Four GE-80motors are provided per car with K28-J controllers, and thetrucks are of the Standard O-50 type, with 34-in. solid steelwheels of Schoen make, 2^2-in. thread and 4%-in. axles. Thewheel base is 4 ft. 10 in. The total weight of the car complete. Boston & Northern Light Car—Fig. 4, Interior View and ready for service, but without passengers, is 42,090 lb., com-pared with a total weight of 48,700 lb. in the case of the 1907car. The 1909 car was built by the Laconia Car Companyworks, Laconia, N. H., according to the designs of the pur-chaser. Fig. 3 shows the car in plan and section. In addition to the improvement in weight which the 1909 carsafford, the steps are 2 in. nearer the ground and the space in-side the car is nearly 100 cu. ft. greater than in the 1907 vestibules are also 1 in. wider and V/2 in. longer in the1909 car, and the seats are 1% in. longer, with in. increasein the length of cushion, the aisle width being the same as inthe 1907 car, 24 in. Instead of being carried up in an archedconstruction, as in the earlier car, the posts in the new car arestraight, and approximately 92 cu. ft. of additional head roomare thus gained. The windows are built in two unequally highsection
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