. The Street railway journal . ndardtypes. The car illustrated is mounted on the No. 21-E single-truck, which carries the car body 2 ins. lower than any othersingle truck. Brackets connect the back of the seats with theposts, thus forming convenient handles, which encourage pas-sengers to face in the right direction when leaving the passengers may be comfortably seated, the seatsbeing of spring cane. Ash in natural color and decorated birch ceilings constitute the interior finish. The vestibule sashes arecomposed of single lights and are arranged to drop into pockets. The gene
. The Street railway journal . ndardtypes. The car illustrated is mounted on the No. 21-E single-truck, which carries the car body 2 ins. lower than any othersingle truck. Brackets connect the back of the seats with theposts, thus forming convenient handles, which encourage pas-sengers to face in the right direction when leaving the passengers may be comfortably seated, the seatsbeing of spring cane. Ash in natural color and decorated birch ceilings constitute the interior finish. The vestibule sashes arecomposed of single lights and are arranged to drop into pockets. The general dimensions are: Length over the end panels,20 ft. 7 ins., and over the crown pieces and vestibules, 30 ft.;the panel over crown piece, 4 ft. &y2 ins.; width over the sillsand the panels, 7 ft. 2% ins.; width over the posts at the belt,8 ft; sweep of the posts, 5 ins. The side sills are 5% his. x7 ins.; the sub-sills, 3*4 ins. x 4^ ins., supported by ZlAm- x5-in. x jHs-in. Z-iron. The thickness of the corner posts is 3^. APPEARANCE OF CONVERTIBLE CAR WHEN PARTLY OPEN ins., and of the side posts, 3^ ins. The No. 21-E trucks have33-in. wheels and 4-in. axles. Among the Brill specialties areangle-iron bumpers, radial draw-bars, Dedenda gongs,ratchet brake handles and folding gates. OPEN CARS FOR THE KNOXVILLE TRACTION COMPANY Six ten-bench open cars, built by the G. C. Kuhlman CarCompany, have lately been placed on the lines of the KnoxvilleTraction Company. The new cars will be used in the city andsuburbs of Knoxville, where the company operates about sixty-five cars on 30 miles of trackage. The lines of the companyreach Chilhowee Park (for whites) and Magnolia Park (forcolored), which bring a large amount of extra business duringthe summer months. Fifty passengers may be comfortably seated, the seats beingreversible, with the exception of the two at each end. Thesashes in the bulkheads are arranged to drop into pockets be-tween the seats. Three-bar guard rails extend across t
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