. Electric railway journal . KESJ Electric /£</. Journal Public Service Private Car—Cross-Sectional Elevation high-speed right-of-way sections as well as on city braking equipment comprises the General Electric-Companys air brakes with CP-27 compresser and the Pitts-burgh hand brake of the Dayton Manufacturing Company;The dashers, which are protected with Hedlev anti-climb-ers, support Knutson No. 5 trolley retrievers, Tomlinsoncouplers, one GE removable luminous arc headlight forcountry use and two Golden Glow incandescent headlightsfor city use. The shim type brake slack adjust
. Electric railway journal . KESJ Electric /£</. Journal Public Service Private Car—Cross-Sectional Elevation high-speed right-of-way sections as well as on city braking equipment comprises the General Electric-Companys air brakes with CP-27 compresser and the Pitts-burgh hand brake of the Dayton Manufacturing Company;The dashers, which are protected with Hedlev anti-climb-ers, support Knutson No. 5 trolley retrievers, Tomlinsoncouplers, one GE removable luminous arc headlight forcountry use and two Golden Glow incandescent headlightsfor city use. The shim type brake slack adjuster of theNational Coupler Company, now standard on this system,is also used. Other outside equipment comprises H-B lifeguards and Hanlon air Sanders. Car replacers are installedbehind the bumpers, and a set of wrecking tools and lamps. Electric itj. Jo Public Service Private Car—Plan Showing General Arrangement stationary seats, but in the kitchen and toilet the exhaustsare directly overhead. Even with the aisle doors open,therefore, the car should prove odor-proof, Special ventilation for the cabs has been provided bymeans of natural drafl. This consists of six copper-screened holes of elliptic form, say I-in. x /j-m., and cutin the base of the window frame, which the motorman canregulate at will by manipulating a sliding shutter. are placed in a box under the center of the car. Airwhistles arc used on this car. CAIi EQUIPMENTS, ETC. The switches for the control of car lighting, heating andventilation arc mounted on a panel set in a compartmentalong the aisle, but- all other control devices are placed 111the cabs. The ventilation of the cabs has already beenmentioned, and note may also be made of the separate cal) 1320 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLII, No. 26. heaters. The motorman (or conductor) has a leather
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