. The Street railway journal . .STRAIN INSULATOR CLOSED CONVERTIBLE CAR PASSING THE PUBLIC GARDENS Bay, on the southern coast, about 425 miles east of Cape is a fine harbor with excellent wharfage, and steam linesconnect the city with important towns in the interior. Theclimate is sub-tropical, with a considerable rainfall during thewet season. The main streets of the city parallel with thewater front are level, and have many fine business and municipalbuildings, while the streets which run at right angles climb aseries of grades to the higher levels, where the residen
. The Street railway journal . .STRAIN INSULATOR CLOSED CONVERTIBLE CAR PASSING THE PUBLIC GARDENS Bay, on the southern coast, about 425 miles east of Cape is a fine harbor with excellent wharfage, and steam linesconnect the city with important towns in the interior. Theclimate is sub-tropical, with a considerable rainfall during thewet season. The main streets of the city parallel with thewater front are level, and have many fine business and municipalbuildings, while the streets which run at right angles climb aseries of grades to the higher levels, where the residential dis-tricts are reached. A high mountain range parallels the coasta few miles distant and forms a background to the city, whichnever fails to excite admiration when first seen from the deckof vessels approaching the harbor. The railway company is controlled by the Cape Town Elec-tric Tramways, Ltd., and the rolling stock consists of cars ofthe type shown in the pictures. The first lot was supplied bythe Brill Company more
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