. The Street railway journal . 11. Another interesting detail is to be seen in the new arrange-ment of wiring moldings along the sides of the car roof, forcarrying the advertising placards. Wiring moldings for carry-ing the lights in that portion of the car are milled specially, asshown in the detail sketch, to provide for holding the placardswithout the use of an additional molding. This greatly sim-plifies the interior construction of the car and adds to its ap-pearance. It should also be noted that in the reconstructedcars the incandescent lighting is being arranged upon the sin-gle-outlet
. The Street railway journal . 11. Another interesting detail is to be seen in the new arrange-ment of wiring moldings along the sides of the car roof, forcarrying the advertising placards. Wiring moldings for carry-ing the lights in that portion of the car are milled specially, asshown in the detail sketch, to provide for holding the placardswithout the use of an additional molding. This greatly sim-plifies the interior construction of the car and adds to its ap-pearance. It should also be noted that in the reconstructedcars the incandescent lighting is being arranged upon the sin-gle-outlet plan, all fixtures being done away with. This intro-duces the supreme advantage of the best possible distributionof light and produces an effect which is absolutely impossiblewith fixture arrangements. The cars are profusely lighted,five circuits of five 16-cp lamps each being used in every car. Important safety precautions have been provided for emer-gency use. While there is little danger of fire being communi- Pullman C ars. Detail of Moulding. A,For Side L/qhts and Wires. INTERESTING NEW TYPE OF LIGHT-WIRE MOULDING TOPROVIDE FOR THE ADVERTISING PLACARDS cated from the electrical apparatus to the car body, still it isthought advisable to provide for the most extreme case andbe on the safe side, and accordingly chemical fire extinguish-ers are provided in every motor car upon the system. The ex-tinguishers used are of the Fire Underwriter type, furnishedby Knight & Thomas, Boston, Mass., and are neatly finished inpolished brass, each being provided with a specially large in-struction plate for directing its use in emergencies. This in-struction plate, like the new door handles for the car doors, allbear the new monogram of the company, formed of the threeletters, B, R and T, which has been adopted. The extinguisheris conveniently mounted upon a bracket at one end of the car,being secured in position merely by a strap, so that whenneeded it can be easily taken down. Furthermor
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