. The Street railway journal . ats are longi-tudinal and covered with Wiltoncarpet. The curtain shades are ofBurgess cloth with Burrowes fix-tures. The windows are glazedwith f^g- in. French plate. Themiddle sash on each side of the caris replaced by a beveled mirroron the inside, adding much to theattractiveness of the car. Fig. 3 is a Brownell open carbuilt for use in Baltimore. Thecar is fitted with nine benches,seven of which are reversible, andthe ends are closed with three drop .sash. The of the car are: length over cornerposts, twenty-three feet nine inches; length over plat
. The Street railway journal . ats are longi-tudinal and covered with Wiltoncarpet. The curtain shades are ofBurgess cloth with Burrowes fix-tures. The windows are glazedwith f^g- in. French plate. Themiddle sash on each side of the caris replaced by a beveled mirroron the inside, adding much to theattractiveness of the car. Fig. 3 is a Brownell open carbuilt for use in Baltimore. Thecar is fitted with nine benches,seven of which are reversible, andthe ends are closed with three drop .sash. The of the car are: length over cornerposts, twenty-three feet nine inches; length over plat-forms, twenty-nine feet nine inches; width over posts,seven feet five inches. The car is equipped with metalside panels and ciirtains of duck, .shrunk, and mildewproofand fitted with Acme fixtures. There are side guards oneach side to slide up under the eaves. The car illustrated in Fig. 7 was recently built forservice in Kansas City by the Brownell Car is of the convertible type with permanent vestibules. FIG. 8. pany for the Metropolitan Street Railway Company,of City. One of these cars will be exhibited bythe Brownell Company at the St. Louis convention. The general are: length of body, twenty-six feet, length of platform, four feet. The platforms areclosed on one side by continuous dash and have the Minne-apolis pattern of automatic gates. The platforms are alsoprovided with removable vestibules. The doors at thestep, Accelerator style, at diagonal corners, are of such awidth that exit and entrance can be quick and comfortable. 6l2 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XII. No. lo. The interior finish is cherry, no attempt being madeto destro} the beauty of it by embossing the woodworkor by machine carving. The seats, which are longitudinal,are covered with the best quality Wilton carpet of a colorto harmonize perfectly with the woodwork. The ceilingsare birch veneer neatly decorated. The curtains are ofpantasote on spring rollers with Acme
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