. The Street railway journal . roads made on Sundays andholidays, says that the steam roads must prepare to meet thecompetition. To illustrate this he said that there is not asteam line running out of Indianapolis that could not, at smallexpense, increase the width of its roadbed to admit of puttinga third or fourth track to permit the use of electric cars on theright of way owned by the steam lines. The authority quotedthinks this would solve the question as to local traffic, but heregrets that the steam lines did not take up the question ofelectric competition before their territory was so t
. The Street railway journal . roads made on Sundays andholidays, says that the steam roads must prepare to meet thecompetition. To illustrate this he said that there is not asteam line running out of Indianapolis that could not, at smallexpense, increase the width of its roadbed to admit of puttinga third or fourth track to permit the use of electric cars on theright of way owned by the steam lines. The authority quotedthinks this would solve the question as to local traffic, but heregrets that the steam lines did not take up the question ofelectric competition before their territory was so thoroughlycut into bv the electrics. 264 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 8. CARS FOR THE NEW YORK SUBWAY The first shipment of five cars built for the new subway havejust been received in New York by the Interborough Rapid roof is considerably lower for the same reasons. The dimen-sions of the subway cars and those of the elevated are givenherewith, and a comparison will show that they differmaterially in many respects:. ONE OF THE FIRST SUBWAY CARS Transit Company, and are now at the Ninety-Eighth Streetshops. In general they resemble closely the sample cars whichwere described in the Street Railway Journal Sept. 20,1902, the dimensions being the same and the principal featuresin design, construction and equipment having been decorations and interior fittings differ materially, how-ever, from the sample cars, which, it will be remembered, wereequipped with a variety of furnishings to enable the officers andengineers of the company to make a selection after institutinga comparison between the several styles exhibited. The subway cars are longer than the elevated coaches, widerat the window stools, but narrower at the deck line, owing tothe tapering form adopted to conform to the tunnel, and the Subway. Elevated. Width over sheathing Width over deck eaves moulding Height, top of rail to center draw-bar. He Ft. In. Ft. In. 50 1 47 1 42 7 39 10 36 0 33 2 8 8 9 8
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