. The Street railway journal . STANDARD SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR USED BY THE CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY order to get plenty of room inthe center aisle between thecross seats which are used,the car bodies have been madevery wide, as local conditionspermitted this. This widthof the car bodies, togetherwith the fact that the backsof the seats are made narrow-er than the bottoms, gives acomparatively wide aisle,much better suited to carry-ing: a standing load during 350 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. Street PLAN AND ELEVATIONS, SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR—CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY rush hours tha


. The Street railway journal . STANDARD SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR USED BY THE CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY order to get plenty of room inthe center aisle between thecross seats which are used,the car bodies have been madevery wide, as local conditionspermitted this. This widthof the car bodies, togetherwith the fact that the backsof the seats are made narrow-er than the bottoms, gives acomparatively wide aisle,much better suited to carry-ing: a standing load during 350 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. Street PLAN AND ELEVATIONS, SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR—CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY rush hours than the majority of aisles to be found in crossseat cars.


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