. The Street railway journal . k dishonesty on the part of the member of their band ofmusicians who has to make the collection. They give him aplate to hold in his right hand and a live fly, which he has tokeep imprisoned in his left, as he goes round collecting themoney. 778 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 17. LARGE CARS FOR COLUMBUS,! OHIO RAILWAY CIRCUIT BREAKERS The American Car Company, of St. Louis, has lately com-pleted and shipped two large straight-side cars to the ColumbusStreet Railway Company, of Columbus, Ohio. The absenceof grades and the uniformly wide streets of Columbu
. The Street railway journal . k dishonesty on the part of the member of their band ofmusicians who has to make the collection. They give him aplate to hold in his right hand and a live fly, which he has tokeep imprisoned in his left, as he goes round collecting themoney. 778 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 17. LARGE CARS FOR COLUMBUS,! OHIO RAILWAY CIRCUIT BREAKERS The American Car Company, of St. Louis, has lately com-pleted and shipped two large straight-side cars to the ColumbusStreet Railway Company, of Columbus, Ohio. The absenceof grades and the uniformly wide streets of Columbus permitthe running of such cars into the heart of the city. One ofthe especially interesting features of the cars consists of a It has been the standard practice until recently to protectrailway motor equipments by fuses. This method has beensatisfactory only to a limited degree, as the fuse frequently failsto blow at the proper time, causing severe damage to the motorequipment. The delay caused by stopping a car to replace a. FIGS. 1 AND INTERIOR OF COLUMBUS CAR -CAR AND SWITCHBOARD TYPES OF OILCIRCUIT BREAKER vestibule at the forward end, which has no door between thevestibule post and the car corner post. The accompanying illustration gives an idea of the generalarrangement. A partition is extended from the vestibulecorner post, at an angle with the platform, and is met by adoor hung to the inside post of the car door, which door issituated at the right side of the car end, and is of the singlesliding type. The rear platform is of Detroit type, and providedwith portable vestibule. The car doors at this end are of thetwin type. The seating capacity of each car is forty-six. Theseats are placed transversely, and are of spring cane withstationary backs. At the rear end seats for six persons on eachside are placed longitudinally. Thetransverse seats are 34 ins. long,leaving the aisles 20 ins. wide. Theinteriors are finished in mahogany,handsomely carved and decorated,with c
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