. Electric railway gazette . length of the car, with a centre aisle between are fitted with springs and backs and are uphol-stered in cane. There are two rows of double seats,nine on each side, each car seating, in all, 36 passen-gers. The centre aisle is 18 inches wide. The cars arebrilliantly lighted with ten 10-cp incandescent lampseach, and they are provided with headlights and reflec-tors. The line will be opened with eight motor cars andeight ten-bench open trail cars, each of the latter hav-ing a seating capacity of 50 persons. These cars willbe lighted in a manner similar to
. Electric railway gazette . length of the car, with a centre aisle between are fitted with springs and backs and are uphol-stered in cane. There are two rows of double seats,nine on each side, each car seating, in all, 36 passen-gers. The centre aisle is 18 inches wide. The cars arebrilliantly lighted with ten 10-cp incandescent lampseach, and they are provided with headlights and reflec-tors. The line will be opened with eight motor cars andeight ten-bench open trail cars, each of the latter hav-ing a seating capacity of 50 persons. These cars willbe lighted in a manner similar to that of the motorcars. The cars and trucks are furnished by the Jack-son & Sharp Company of Wilmington, Del. In order to propel the cars at a high speed, twomotors are furnished for each car, having an aggregatecapacity of 100 hp. These motors are specially designedwith a view of great strength, power and speed, andare guaranteed to operate the motor car and trailer,fully loaded, at a constant speed of 35 miles an PLAN OF MOTOR CAR. and the entrance to Mt. Clemens is standard bracketconstruction. The wrought iron brackets employedare made especially heavy and carry the trolley best form of insulators and overhead parts areused, and were made by the General Electric arms are erected upon the poles, and upon thesearms the necessary feeder wire of 420,000 cm capacityare run. The line is properly protected by lightningarresters. In the town of Mt. Clemens ornamentalwrought iron poles set in concrete and cement are usedon both sides of the streets and cross suspension workis here employed. The line in appearance for the entire The buildings for the power plant and the storing ofcars are situated midway between Detroit and , immediately upon the line of the road, withample provision for any increase likely to occur duringthe next 25 years. The buildings are constructedentirely of brick and steel. Steel columns and trussesare employed for the su
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