. The Street railway journal . ASSEMBLY OF CONNECTION BOX The forward vestibule contains a narrow front windowins. between posts and two windows on either side323/2 ins. wide. The controller, engineers valve and otherapparatus are so placed that the motorman is compelled tostand near the side of the platform opposite the door andout of the way of the passengers. Behind him is a sand-box containing a seat which may be pulled out and placedin position by raising the cover of the sandbox. The signalbell is inclosed in a wood box partly for appearance andpartly to prevent the motorman deadening it
. The Street railway journal . ASSEMBLY OF CONNECTION BOX The forward vestibule contains a narrow front windowins. between posts and two windows on either side323/2 ins. wide. The controller, engineers valve and otherapparatus are so placed that the motorman is compelled tostand near the side of the platform opposite the door andout of the way of the passengers. Behind him is a sand-box containing a seat which may be pulled out and placedin position by raising the cover of the sandbox. The signalbell is inclosed in a wood box partly for appearance andpartly to prevent the motorman deadening it with paper. The interior is finished in quarter sawn oak with a whiteenamel head lining. The wireless clusters for the lampsare inclosed in a casting which supports the bell cord. Thecasting is screwed into the car lines in such a manner thatno strain is thrown on the cluster. The cars are being. FRAMING OF FRONT PLATFORM built in a new shop recently erected, adjacent to the old one,at Park and Vandeventer avenues. The Ocean Shore Railway Company is steadily pushingits work of construction down the coast from San Franciscoto an ultimate terminal at Santa Cruz. More than $3,500,-000 has already been expended on the work and the greaterportion of the actual construction and nearly all the diffi-cult engineering features have beenpractically completed.^ ^ \ Skirting for miles overhanging cliffs like those on the electric railway roundthe bluffs to the old Cliff House, thisOcean Shore line is a scenic the first twenty miles of its com-pleted course a veritable necklace of lit-tle suburban residence sections has de-veloped, and already, in advance of theregular electric train service, thousandsand thousands of lots have been sold. Starting at Eleventh and MissionStreets in San Francisco and runningsouthward to Islais Creek, then directly across to thesouthwestward, past
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