. The Street railway journal . ins. X 8 ins.; double corner posts and vestibule posts, 3^4 , and the side posts, 3% ins., with a sweep of 3J/I ins. Theseats are Brill patented reversible, 34 ins. long. Aisle width is2034 ins. At the diagonal corners aresand-boxes, the covers of which arcmovmted with spring cane to form cornerseats. The vestibules are fitted with dropsash. The double-sash windows and flex-ible double-sheet metal panels slide in allmetal grooves into the roof pockets, andare in nowise different from the standardconvertible type of the builders. PAPERS FOR THE AMERICAN R
. The Street railway journal . ins. X 8 ins.; double corner posts and vestibule posts, 3^4 , and the side posts, 3% ins., with a sweep of 3J/I ins. Theseats are Brill patented reversible, 34 ins. long. Aisle width is2034 ins. At the diagonal corners aresand-boxes, the covers of which arcmovmted with spring cane to form cornerseats. The vestibules are fitted with dropsash. The double-sash windows and flex-ible double-sheet metal panels slide in allmetal grooves into the roof pockets, andare in nowise different from the standardconvertible type of the builders. PAPERS FOR THE AMERICAN RAILWAYMECHANICAL AND ELECTRICALASSOCIATION N.\RRAGAXSEJ r C.\R CLOSED decided to give it a thorough trial to determine the wearing-qualities of the movable parts, the structural strength of thewhole car, the capacity to retain heat and keep out the water inwet weather and to note whether the public regarded it favor-ably. So well did the car answer every requirement thatseveral months ago the companv decided to place the above. NARRAGANSETT CAR OPEN order. In some respects the climatic conditions in Washingtonmay not be as severe as in other parts of the country; but duringthe time this car has been in service the temperature has beenas low as 12 degs. below zero; nevertheless, according to themanagement, the car was comfortably warmed by the use offour electric heaters. The adaptation of the Narragansetttype of sills and steps to the convertible design was suggestedby the builders. The object was two-fold: obtaining easier andquicker ingress and egress, and adding to the longitudinalstrength of the cars. This type overcomes two objections tolong open cars, namely, too high steps in the case of a single-step car, and too extreme width when double steps were Narragansett design comprises Z-bar sills with theupper step on the sill, thereby utilizing space ordinarily occu-pied by the timber sill. The Spokane cars are mounted onEureka maximum traction trucks, which carry t
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