. The Street railway journal . ED RAILWAY The Worcester Consolidated Railway Company has addedto its equipment thirty-five cars built by the John Stephen-son Company. Ten of these are fifteen-bench open cars,one of which is illustrated, and the order also includedfifteen 30-ft. closed and five 34 ft. of the same type. Asidefrom the new equipment the company operates 326 pas-senger cars over about 140 miles of track. The features and chief dimensions of the car illustratedfollow: Length over its end posts, 34 ft. 2^ ins.; over thecrown pieces, 42 ft. 3^ ins.; width over the sills, includingthe
. The Street railway journal . ED RAILWAY The Worcester Consolidated Railway Company has addedto its equipment thirty-five cars built by the John Stephen-son Company. Ten of these are fifteen-bench open cars,one of which is illustrated, and the order also includedfifteen 30-ft. closed and five 34 ft. of the same type. Asidefrom the new equipment the company operates 326 pas-senger cars over about 140 miles of track. The features and chief dimensions of the car illustratedfollow: Length over its end posts, 34 ft. 2^ ins.; over thecrown pieces, 42 ft. 3^ ins.; width over the sills, includingthe sheathing, 7 ft. 9 ins.; over the posts at the belt, 8 ins.; height from the floor to the ceiling, 8 ft. 2^5 ins.;from the track to the under side of the sills, 2 ft. 6 ins.;from, the track to the running board, 2oy2 ins.; size of theside sills, 4^2 ins. x 8l/2 ins.; center sills, \l/2 ins. x jy2 ins.;cross-bars, 4J4 ins. x 4^ ins.; end sills, 5 ins. x 6^4 ins.;sill plates, 10 ins. x y in. The trucks are of the No. 27 G-i. OPEN CAR FOR WORCESTER type with 4-ft. 6-in. wheel base and four 40-hp motors-areused. The weight of the car and the trucks with the elec-trical equipment is 43,400 lbs. The fifteen 30-ft. closed cars referred to have longitud-inal plush seasts, as they will be operated in the city; thefive 34-ft. closed cars will be operated in the outlying dis-tricts and have transverse seats of cane; the latter cars havestraight sides. July 27, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 145 FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE The Money Market Wall Street, July 24, the only unfavorable development in the monetarysituation during the past week was the strengthening of theforeign exchange market, which suggested the possibility of aresumption of the outward movement of gold to Europe. Theupward movement in exchange carried rates for prime demandsterling to within a small fraction of the point at which goldshipments could be made to Paris provided the Bank of Franceshould offer the sam
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