. The Street railway journal . w average per mile, and was only possible by a con-stant hustle of the party. On one day the party made 11 milesover the level lands between Sandoval and Salem, which, per-haps, comes close to the record for a preliminary survey. When it came to plotting the notes very few errors werefound. The level rodman checked the stake marker and called The advantages of semi-convertible cars for tropical coun-tries are beginning to be appreciated, as is shown by the interestthat has lately been manifested in this subject. This type of caris particularly adapted to service
. The Street railway journal . w average per mile, and was only possible by a con-stant hustle of the party. On one day the party made 11 milesover the level lands between Sandoval and Salem, which, per-haps, comes close to the record for a preliminary survey. When it came to plotting the notes very few errors werefound. The level rodman checked the stake marker and called The advantages of semi-convertible cars for tropical coun-tries are beginning to be appreciated, as is shown by the interestthat has lately been manifested in this subject. This type of caris particularly adapted to service in countries where there aresudden and severe climatic changes, as it enables patrons toenjoy what is practically an open car when desired and yetfurnishes shelter from rain and wind or sudden drop in tem-perature, such as these regions experience. The John Stephen-son Company, of Elizabeth, N. J., is turning out several ordersof this kind, including one of ten cars for the Lima-ChorillosTramway Company, of Peru. ~i i -f jf Ep. AMERICAN CARS FOR PEKU These cars differ materially in their interior arrangementfrom those employed on American railways. A partition ex-tends across the center of the car dividing it equally into twocompartments, one of which is for first-class passengers and theother for second class. The first-class compartment is finishedin white ash with mahogany panels, and contains eight re-versible seats. The second-class compartment is finished indark ash with plain ash panels, which are uniform in colorthroughout and finished in a gloss. This part of the car haslongitudinal seats, the backs of which are made of ash the center of the partitions is a sliding door finished withmahogany panels on the side facing the first-class compartmentand in ash on the other side. There are double end doors open-ing on each platform. These cars have 28-ft. bodies, are 8 ft. 4 ins. wide and 36 dashes. They will be mounted on Peckham trucks havinga wheel base of
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