. Electric railway journal . TWO-LEAF FOLDING DOOR ADDED AT FRONT END TOPREVENT ENTRANCE ^-in. metal sheathing carried up to arm-rest height andstiffened by 2-in. x 2-in. square wooden diagonals. Thischange will considerably increase the comfort of therider in cool weather. Up to the present it has been cus-tomary to draw the Pantasote curtains down to floorlevel, but this was not very convenient. Besides, the cur-tains received a good deal of kicking, salivation andother abuse. Despite constant use and abuse since 1904 the upper parts of the curtains are in such good condi-tion, that they hav
. Electric railway journal . TWO-LEAF FOLDING DOOR ADDED AT FRONT END TOPREVENT ENTRANCE ^-in. metal sheathing carried up to arm-rest height andstiffened by 2-in. x 2-in. square wooden diagonals. Thischange will considerably increase the comfort of therider in cool weather. Up to the present it has been cus-tomary to draw the Pantasote curtains down to floorlevel, but this was not very convenient. Besides, the cur-tains received a good deal of kicking, salivation andother abuse. Despite constant use and abuse since 1904 the upper parts of the curtains are in such good condi-tion, that they have easily been salvaged to give per-fectly good service on the same cars. The presentmaster mechanic, attributes this longevity partly to thequality of the material and partly to the oiling it re-ceived regularly whenever the cars came into the shopfor painting. As a curtain drawn only to arm-rest. COMPLETE THREE-SECTION CAR WITH NEW SIDESHEATHING height it will receive less abuse and be serviceable formany years more. The foregoing changes in car construction, using doorsready-made from the companys own millroom, averageninety-six hours of labor per car. The company is also removing the lattice work fromforty-seven prepayment cars built originally in 1896and converted during 1906 and 1908 when Pantasotefloor curtains were installed. These curtains are alsobeing salvaged. Within the past two years, the Los Angeles Railwayhas painted some fifty cars with the modern enamelprocess, using both Sherwin-Williams and Pratt & Lam-bert materials. The saving over varnish is about $ car in material and seventeen hours in labor time. Tank Sells Bonds in Allentown THE greatest single factor in the successful prosecu-tion of the Lehigh County campaign for the FourthLiberty Loan has been the co-operation of the LehighValley Transit Company, according to Chairman ReubenJ. Butz, of th
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