. The Street railway journal . id sticking, all sliding parts are made metalto metal. On the semi-convertible car a new and desirable feature is anarrangement for holding the motormans window at any side vestibule window on this car is very wide, and is sobuilt, under a new patented method, that both sashes are raisedat once, and automatically assume their proper places as soonas the full height is reached. The Narragansett regular opencar has, as its distinguishing Brill feature, the angle-bar sidesill, which gives a maximum amount of room underneath thecar for the swiveling of the
. The Street railway journal . id sticking, all sliding parts are made metalto metal. On the semi-convertible car a new and desirable feature is anarrangement for holding the motormans window at any side vestibule window on this car is very wide, and is sobuilt, under a new patented method, that both sashes are raisedat once, and automatically assume their proper places as soonas the full height is reached. The Narragansett regular opencar has, as its distinguishing Brill feature, the angle-bar sidesill, which gives a maximum amount of room underneath thecar for the swiveling of the truck. In the truck exhibit are shown long and short whole-baseswivel trucks of the No. 27 type in several sizes clear up to avery heavy truck for the heaviest passenger cars. A singletruck (No. 21-E) with solid forged side frames is shown, andalso an Eureka maximum traction truck. On top of the largestand heaviest No. 27 truck is an unpainted forging of a sideframe for such a truck, for the benefit of those who are skeptical. EXHIBIT OF WINTON AUTOMOBILES enough to question the statement that the side frames of thesetrucks are forgings. This forging never fails to excite theadmiration of experienced blacksmiths who examine it. The American Car Company part of this exhibit has asemi-convertible interurban car, made under the Brill car is the most distinctly interurban car of the exhibit,the Brill cars being intended for city and suburban car is 39-ft. body and 52-ft. over the vestibules. It isfinished inside in mahogany, Corinthian style, with marquetrypanels. The ceiling is semi-Empire, with recessed dome. Allfloor corners are filled with brass corner pieces to prevent dustcatching. The seats are leather covered. The lighting ofthis car is one feature of special excellence from the standpointof the illumination secured. The ceiling is dotted with eighty-six frosted-bulb, 8-cp incandescent lamps. The frosted bulbssoften and diffuse the light, while th
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