. The street railway review . with electricity thatone of the iron trusses was melted, and the rails of the main trackbecame red hot. The current spread through the rails for a dis-tance of five miles on either side of the bridge, and knocked outthe signal lights between this place and Bound Brook. This madfit necessary to discontinue the running of trains. 356 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. fVoL. X\. N(i. 6. Observation Cars on the Pacific Electric Ry. The city of Los Angeles, Cal., and the territory adjaccni thereto,through which the Pacific Electric Railway Co. operates, is a Meccafor sight-seers a
. The street railway review . with electricity thatone of the iron trusses was melted, and the rails of the main trackbecame red hot. The current spread through the rails for a dis-tance of five miles on either side of the bridge, and knocked outthe signal lights between this place and Bound Brook. This madfit necessary to discontinue the running of trains. 356 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. fVoL. X\. N(i. 6. Observation Cars on the Pacific Electric Ry. The city of Los Angeles, Cal., and the territory adjaccni thereto,through which the Pacific Electric Railway Co. operates, is a Meccafor sight-seers and tourists a greater part of the year and it is to theelectric railways that they turn for the quickest and most com-fortable means of transportation. To meet this demand a specialtourist service is being operated on the lines of the Pacific ElectricRy. and special cars have been built for this service, two types ofwhich are shown in the accompanying illustrations. The new observation-parlor ears, of which there are two that. are of the revolving base ty])e and were inanufactured by lley-wood Bros. & Wakefield Co. In each end of the closed section areplaced two couches, 4V2 ft. long, upholstered in leather and generous-ly supplied with handsome leather pillows with the monogram otthe company worked thereon. A neat toilet is installed at oneend of the car. Pearl push buttons are placed at eacli window and25 incandescent lamps of 16 c. p. each and three large arc lampssupply the light. The interior of the car is finished in rod cedar,with trimmings of gold, and the floor is carpeted. The exteriorof the car is painted in maroon and trimmed with broad gold stripes,giving the car a very neat appearance. The car is heated by elec-tricity. The observation car Poppy was built by the Pullman Co., ata cost of several thousand dollars and has been in operation some
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