. The Street railway journal . on, a distance of 8 present connection between these two points is by steamroad, and so circuitous that nearly everyone drives betweenthe two points. Jackson is the county seat and, therefore,there is considerable travel between Cape Girardeau and otherplaces in the vicinity. The trolley extension will be a greatbenefit to the community, and as the territory is thickly pop-ulated, will doubtless pay well from the start. The presentsystem in Cape Girardeau comprises 18 miles of tracks withten cars in operation. An amusement park in the vicinity isreached
. The Street railway journal . on, a distance of 8 present connection between these two points is by steamroad, and so circuitous that nearly everyone drives betweenthe two points. Jackson is the county seat and, therefore,there is considerable travel between Cape Girardeau and otherplaces in the vicinity. The trolley extension will be a greatbenefit to the community, and as the territory is thickly pop-ulated, will doubtless pay well from the start. The presentsystem in Cape Girardeau comprises 18 miles of tracks withten cars in operation. An amusement park in the vicinity isreached by the lines. When the new power house is com-pleted, the company will furnish power for lighting andmotors. Cape Girardeau is about 100 miles south of St. Louison the Mississippi River. The accompanying illustration shows one of the new carswhich is for service between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Thecars measure 20 ft. 8 ins. over the bodies and 30 ft. 1 in. overthe vestibules; the width over the sills, including the panels,. SINGLE-TRUCK CAR FOR THE CAPE GIRARDEAU & JACKSONINTERURBAN RAILWAY is 7 ft. gy2 ins., and over the posts at the belt, 8 ft. 2 ins.;sweep of the posts, 2^ ins.; centers of posts, 2 ft. 5 ins; fromthe floor to the ceiling, 8 ft. 4% ins.; from the track to theunder side of the sills, 2 ft. 6y% ins., and from the under sideof the sills over the trolley-board, 9 ft. 1% in.; height from thetrack to the platform step, 15^2 ins., and from the step to theplatform, 12 ins.; length of the seats, 34 ins., and width of theaisle, 21^2 ins. The side sills are 2>V% ins- x 5 his., and the endsills, 3J/2 ins. x6^ ins.; wheel pieces, 4% ins. x 5 ins., andthe angle iron sills, 3^2 ins. x 6 ins. The cars are finished incherry with ceilings of three-ply birch veneer decorated. Theincandescent lights are placed against the head lining underthe side roofs and the bulbs are of frosted glass. Being overthe seats, the lights are not cut off from seated passengersby those stand
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