. The Street railway journal . owerstation; C. W. Richer, electrical superintendent; G. F. Chellis,instrument man; W. L. Seabrooke and W. S. Finlay, assistantengineers. .Allis-Chalmers Company—A. M. Mattice, chief engineer;Samuel Moore, district superintendent of erection; T. T. Hub-bard, engineer test; J. E. Lord, sales representative; C. and C. J. Larsen, construction department; A. F. Rolfand F. Buch, electrical representatives. STEEL CARS FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN & CITY RAILWAY ♦«v The Boston Elevated Railway has turned into the treasuryof the city of Boston $83,, representin
. The Street railway journal . owerstation; C. W. Richer, electrical superintendent; G. F. Chellis,instrument man; W. L. Seabrooke and W. S. Finlay, assistantengineers. .Allis-Chalmers Company—A. M. Mattice, chief engineer;Samuel Moore, district superintendent of erection; T. T. Hub-bard, engineer test; J. E. Lord, sales representative; C. and C. J. Larsen, construction department; A. F. Rolfand F. Buch, electrical representatives. STEEL CARS FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN & CITY RAILWAY ♦«v The Boston Elevated Railway has turned into the treasuryof the city of Boston $83,, representing the i-cent toll The practice of using steel cars for subway work is as gen-eral in England as in the United States. An account waspublished in the Dec. 2 issue of the new steel cars recentlybuilt by the Brush Electrical Engineering Company forthe Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway, one ofthe Yerkes lines in London. The accompanying engravingsshow views of some cars recently completed by the same manu-. INTERIOR OF GREAT NORTHERN & CITY CAR facturers for the Great Northern & City Railway, another ofthe underground lines in London. In the eighteen cars now under construction for this rail-way, the under-frame, corner posts, intermediate pillars, car-lines and outside panels of steel. The floor is ofsheet-steel covered with a i-in. layer of lito-silo, a non-inflam-mable composition, chiefly consisting of whiting, cork-dust,iron oxide and cement. This material has the same appearanceand resiliency of linoleum, but is not affected by heat or cold,and has a high coefficient of friction, so that passengers caneasily keep on their feet when the car is moving. The seat-legs are o*f malleable iron. The inside paneling is of aluminum
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