. The Street railway journal . Street PLAN AND ELEVATIONS, SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR—CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY rush hours than the majority of aisles to be found in crossseat STANDARD CLOSED CAR USED IN CLEVELAND These cars have double channel iron sills under each side ofsufficient strength, so that no other longitudinal sills are needed,which gives a clear space for the trucks and thecar bottom, which permits of a low-hanging carbody. This, together with a 10-in. rise from theplatform to the car floor, makes but a single stepbetween the street and the platform. The ChicagoCity Railwa
. The Street railway journal . Street PLAN AND ELEVATIONS, SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR—CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY rush hours than the majority of aisles to be found in crossseat STANDARD CLOSED CAR USED IN CLEVELAND These cars have double channel iron sills under each side ofsufficient strength, so that no other longitudinal sills are needed,which gives a clear space for the trucks and thecar bottom, which permits of a low-hanging carbody. This, together with a 10-in. rise from theplatform to the car floor, makes but a single stepbetween the street and the platform. The ChicagoCity Railway has been putting on a large numberof these new cars, and they have proved so popularthat it is probable they will be used in great num-bers in the reconstruction of Chicago street rail-ways, which is soon to come about. This is thetype of car recommended in the report of B. on the Chicago transportation St. Louis & Suburban Railway also uses a large number of this type. It is a semi-convertible car, adapted foruse in both summer and winter. The sashes lower into thespace between the sheathing and the innerwall. In order to permit a low window-sill,
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