. The Street railway journal . those lished. With the inauguration of electric service it was decided tocontinue the practice which is popular in Mexico, and orders wereconsequently placed with the J. G. Brill Company for some motorcars. In general the funeral car is a short four-wheeled affair,measuring about 13 ft. over the dashers and 6 ft. 2 ins. in width,with a canopy and lambrequins. The sides are open and thecenter has a bier for the reception of the casket. The trucks haveBrill solid-forged frames and are of the No. 21-E pattern, withthe usual arrangement of springs. The cars shown are
. The Street railway journal . those lished. With the inauguration of electric service it was decided tocontinue the practice which is popular in Mexico, and orders wereconsequently placed with the J. G. Brill Company for some motorcars. In general the funeral car is a short four-wheeled affair,measuring about 13 ft. over the dashers and 6 ft. 2 ins. in width,with a canopy and lambrequins. The sides are open and thecenter has a bier for the reception of the casket. The trucks haveBrill solid-forged frames and are of the No. 21-E pattern, withthe usual arrangement of springs. The cars shown are both fittedwith GE-iooo motors. In order to make the length as short aspossible, full elliptic springs, instead of the half elliptic commonlyused, are placed at the ends. In the first-class car the decoration is a little more elaboratetlian that of the other; curtains are draped at the corners, the bieris draped and the carving on each side of the roof much moreelaborate. The roof inside is finished in white and gold; outside. FIRST-CLASS FUNERAL CAR there is the usual trolley board. The car, in must respects, so taras mechanical and operating details, as well as finish, is like anordinary coach. The funeral car in Mexico is as nuich a necessityas the public hearse in cities of the United States. Cars for thisgeneral pm-pose have been used by some railroads in the UnitedSlates and have been fmind (o Ijc [irdfitable as well as useful. 158 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 5. Handsome Car for Peoria The Peoria & Pekiii Terminal Railway Company has recentlyreceived from the American Car Company, of St. Louis, a numberof very handsome double-truck combination passenger and bag- two equal parts, one-half going to the American Car & FoundryCompany, St. Louis, Mo., and the other half to the Wason Manu-facturing Company, Springfield, Mass. The trucks are to be madefrom designs of the engineers of the railway. The wheels andaxles for these trucks will be furnished by the Steel Ti
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