. The Street railway journal . s obtained from the wellslocated in Los Angeles and from the oildistricts immediately surrounding thecity. It is hauled to the station by stand-ard tank-line cars on the steam roads andby wagon; but principally by means ofoil-tank cars operated over the local elec-tric railway lines. One of the oil carsused is shown in Fig. 5, as it is loadingat the companys own wells in the west-ern portion of the city. This car con-tains a fifty-barrel tank, and is a stand-ard combination baggage and passengercar that was fitted over for the tanks were formerly run
. The Street railway journal . s obtained from the wellslocated in Los Angeles and from the oildistricts immediately surrounding thecity. It is hauled to the station by stand-ard tank-line cars on the steam roads andby wagon; but principally by means ofoil-tank cars operated over the local elec-tric railway lines. One of the oil carsused is shown in Fig. 5, as it is loadingat the companys own wells in the west-ern portion of the city. This car con-tains a fifty-barrel tank, and is a stand-ard combination baggage and passengercar that was fitted over for the tanks were formerly run through thestreets without any covering, but as thepeople objected the tanks were placed inregular passenger car bodies, as windows are painted black, and theonly thing which would indicate the pur- are few citizens who know what it is used for, and so it goesthrough the streets without causing complaint. A similar car,with a forty-barrel tank, owned by the Los Angeles-PacificRailroad Company, will also be used FIG. 5.—OIL-TANK CAR LOADING AT COMPANYS OIL WELL IN WESTERNPART OF CITY March 12, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 397
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