. The street railway review . heapen the cost of cars; second, to hnild a car suited to thedifTcrent needs of lines operaled; and last, to standardize all of theparts so that the cost of repairs may lie reduced as low as a variety of cars are used, nuich liaTid work must he donein llu repairiTig, if all the cars are huilt on the same lines much ifMill .ill this is done away with. These lines have been niiuli as possible, at the same time the mechanics employed with all of these parts and do better and , and this is worth some co
. The street railway review . heapen the cost of cars; second, to hnild a car suited to thedifTcrent needs of lines operaled; and last, to standardize all of theparts so that the cost of repairs may lie reduced as low as a variety of cars are used, nuich liaTid work must he donein llu repairiTig, if all the cars are huilt on the same lines much ifMill .ill this is done away with. These lines have been niiuli as possible, at the same time the mechanics employed with all of these parts and do better and , and this is worth some consideration. A number of all parts going into the cars arc kept in stock atall times, ready to repair with at once. Sash and doors are odedand varnished, and the small amount of fitting can be done veryquickly, siding is painted all but the last coats to go into broke?!sides or ends of the cars. The type of car being liuilt is a semi-couvertible 31-ft. body seat-ing 44 persons, with a standing load of about 150. This. cm;.—THI-LITY kV. (.0. type was chosen to do away with the expense of changing in thespring and fall. The windows come out entirely and are not usedin the summer. In building these cars only the best of lunilier was used, but wefind that lumber cut locally will work in and save about one-thirdthe cost of the lumber. It will be used in greater amount in thecars we build in the future. The bottom framing of these cars is of long leaf yellow pine,except the end sills and bolsters, which are of hard white oak, togive better support to the bolts used in them. If yellow pine isused the heads draw down and leave the platform loose; and it ishard to find any remedy for this trouble. The intermediate sills are mortised into the cross sills, to givea continuous sill for tying the side sills. No tie rods are used,but angle plates are bolted to the ends of the cross sills a littleback from the end, to draw shoulder of the tenon tight to the sidesill. These
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