. Electric railway gazette . f this lifeguard are its simplicity of construction and theease with which it may be applied to the car. Oneguard will suffice for each car, as it may be re-versed at the end of the route to the other end of BEILI, VESTIBULED OPEN CARS, The accompanying illustration shows one of. thenew style of vestibuled open cars built by the Brill Company, of Philadelphia, for the Hart-ford Street Railway Company, of Hartford, cars of tiie s ime type have been built for the United States statute prohibiting the importing ofalien labor. In times like these when t
. Electric railway gazette . f this lifeguard are its simplicity of construction and theease with which it may be applied to the car. Oneguard will suffice for each car, as it may be re-versed at the end of the route to the other end of BEILI, VESTIBULED OPEN CARS, The accompanying illustration shows one of. thenew style of vestibuled open cars built by the Brill Company, of Philadelphia, for the Hart-ford Street Railway Company, of Hartford, cars of tiie s ime type have been built for the United States statute prohibiting the importing ofalien labor. In times like these when there is not workenough for all, I am not prepaied to say that theCommon Council may not lawfully make it a con-dition of a grant to a street railway to use one ofthe public streets aud carry on a business of apublic nature, that the company shall give citizenspreference in its service, notwithstanding the factthat theie is no statutory law governing the mat-ter. OPERATIKG EXPENSE OP THE INTRA-MUSAL ELEVAT D ELECTBIC Barnes Automitic Lifa Guaid. Central Railway and Electric Company, of NewBritain, Conn, ; the Lehigh Traction Company, ofHazleton, Pa., and for the Easton Traction Com-pany, of Easton, Pa Tiiese cars have seats arranged lengthwise of thecar on each side of the motormans position. Thereare two seats at each end accommodating threepassengers each. Their total seating capacity pro-vides for 47 persons. The inside hnisli is known asthe Palace No. 3, with decorated veneer ceilings,spring roller curtains and a handsome vestibule, asshown. The motormans box contains sufficientroom for all the brake mechanism, sand-boxes,track scrapers if desired, and controlling appara-tus. The partition extends to the height of themotormans waist. The cars have fuil lengthmonitor deck roof, bronze metal trimmings, and arehandsomely finished throughout. In the Hartford The figures given below, for which we are in-debted to the Street Railway Beview, are the firsttliat have been p
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