. The Street railway journal . ected. The forward seat is raised and drawn oack to rest onthe one immediately behind it. Hinged arms extending to the floor keep the seat inthe proper position. Whenthe forward seat is raiseda lever automatically un-locks a hinged covering,forming the inside finishof the car, immediately be-low the arm rest of thefront window. After thiscover has been swungdown, the arm rest, whichis hinged, may be raisedand all the control appar-atus, consisting of mastercontroller, brake valve, airgage, and whistle cord, isexposed. The motormanis isolated from the re-mainder o
. The Street railway journal . ected. The forward seat is raised and drawn oack to rest onthe one immediately behind it. Hinged arms extending to the floor keep the seat inthe proper position. Whenthe forward seat is raiseda lever automatically un-locks a hinged covering,forming the inside finishof the car, immediately be-low the arm rest of thefront window. After thiscover has been swungdown, the arm rest, whichis hinged, may be raisedand all the control appar-atus, consisting of mastercontroller, brake valve, airgage, and whistle cord, isexposed. The motormanis isolated from the re-mainder of the car by drawing down two pantasote curtains,one at the rear, the other at the side of the cab. When ar-ranged to be used by passengers, the cab seats two people,and these are in no way isolated from the remainder of thecar. No seating room at all is lost in the car by reason of thepresence of the cabs when the car is used in the middle of therear end of a train. In all other respects than this cab feature, the interior of. MOTORMANS CAB WITH SEAT LOWERED FOR PASSENGERS AND RAISED FOR MOTORMAN the car is much the same as with the cars that have been inservice on the companys line for several years. The interioris finished in mahogany rubbed to a dull finish. The head-lining is of quartered oak. Deep mouldings and would have increased the difficulty of keepingthe interior of the car clean, have been panels in the finish between the windows, May 19, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 783 above the truss plank and at the ends of the carprevent an unduly plain appearance. The lamps arewell distributed throughout the car and the electric heatersare placed under the seats. On some of the old equipmentthe end doors are over at one side of the center line of thecar, and by being so placed two seats are cut out at each endof the car. The additional seats gained by placing the enddoors in the center of the new car, together with the seatingroom obtained in
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