. Electric railway journal . well-lighted desk for the keeping of records. The interiorof the car is well lighted through windows at the endsand glazed panels in all of the side doors. It is neatlyfinished and provided with hooks attached to the car-lines for the reception of long slender packages. Fornight lighting fifteen lamps are provided, these beingcarried in sockets mounted on the under side of theroof and protected with simple strap-iron guards. The car is equipped with four GE-210 motors gearedfor a free-running speed of 45 It weighs, com-pletely equipped, 60,240 lb. The genera
. Electric railway journal . well-lighted desk for the keeping of records. The interiorof the car is well lighted through windows at the endsand glazed panels in all of the side doors. It is neatlyfinished and provided with hooks attached to the car-lines for the reception of long slender packages. Fornight lighting fifteen lamps are provided, these beingcarried in sockets mounted on the under side of theroof and protected with simple strap-iron guards. The car is equipped with four GE-210 motors gearedfor a free-running speed of 45 It weighs, com-pletely equipped, 60,240 lb. The general dimensionsare as below: Length over bumpers 48 ft. 6 in. Length inside express compartment 40 ft. 9 in. Width inside express compartment 7 ft. 8V2 in. Height inside express compartment, at center 8 ft. 3 in. Width overall S ft. 6% in. Height from top of rail to top of trolley base 12 ft. 4% in. Height from top of rail to under side of side sills 3 ft. 3 in. Wheel base of trucks 5 ft. 0 in. Wheels, rolled steel 34 in. INTERIOR VIEW OF NEW INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY EXPRESS CAR 792 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIX, No. 17 News of Electric Railways Traffic and TransportationFinancial and Corporate Personal Mention Construction News State Commission Control Upheld Illinois State Supreme Court, in Case Pending Nearlya Year, Decides Public Service CommissionHas Control Over Chicago Utilities The State Supreme Court of Illinois on April 19 rendereda decision in which it upheld the power of the Public UtilitiesCommission of Illinois with respect to jurisdiction over thelocal utilities in the city of Chicago. The decision in thecase was rendered as the result of an appeal to the SupremeCourt from the decision of Judge Thomas Taylor, Jr., ofthe Circuit Court at Chicago, rendered on May 27, 1916,in which he denied the right of the Public Utilities Commis-sion to issue orders affecting the service and equipment ofthe Chicago street railways. A formal injunction wasentered in the Cir
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