. The street railway review . addition to the receptacle for the casket, has fourscats, as shown in the plan. By means 01 heavy black curtains thetwo pairs of seats may be shut in, making practically two privatecompartments. These are tor the pall-bearers or immediate familyof the deceased. The top of the casket vault comes about level withthe window sills and upon it the floral contributions are piled, inwhich position they are \-isible to the occupant; of the car and alsothrough the windows, from the street. The car is finished inside and out in black enamel with all trim-mings, lamp fixture
. The street railway review . addition to the receptacle for the casket, has fourscats, as shown in the plan. By means 01 heavy black curtains thetwo pairs of seats may be shut in, making practically two privatecompartments. These are tor the pall-bearers or immediate familyof the deceased. The top of the casket vault comes about level withthe window sills and upon it the floral contributions are piled, inwhich position they are \-isible to the occupant; of the car and alsothrough the windows, from the street. The car is finished inside and out in black enamel with all trim-mings, lamp fixtures, of nickel. Seats are upholstered in blackimitation leather and heavy black curtains are placed in the win-dows and at the doors. 704 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. 12. A suitable light truck shown in the foreground in Fig. i, havingpneumatic-tired wheels and folding sides, is carried in a box un-derneath the car for the conveyance of the casket from the car to WEIGHT OF STEEI. IN BRIDGES FOR ELEC-TRIC Fit;. 4-Sr.,IDING SHELF. and through the cemetery, or from the residence to the railway line, if it is desired. The charges for the use of the car are as follows: From citypoints to any cemetery in Baltimore, $20; to Pikesville, Towson orCatonsville, $22; to EUicott City or Reistertown. $25. The car hasbeen named Dolores. meaning sorrow. REPORT OF MANHATTAN ELEVATED. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Manhalian (.Ele-vated) Railway Co., New York, was held November 14th. Nochanges were made in the directory, and the officers were re-elected. The report of President Gould for the year ending 1900, shows substantial gains in traffic as compared with recentyears, the total number carried , against 177, in number carried last year was inexcess of the traffic in any year since1895. The figure however, is still farbelow the record year, 1893, when 2ig,-621,000 passengers were carried, or 35,-832,0
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