. The street railway review . oflemonade from the separator of his exhibit and by the way it waspatronized it was evidently a winner. Mr. Lewis E. Myers, president of the L. E. Meyers Co., is attend-ing the convention of the American Street Railway Association asa delegate of the traction properties in which he is interested. 7TU Year, No. 3—Sept. 28, 1905.] DAILY STRRRT IfAIIAVAY REVIEW. 693 THE BRILL GROOVELESS POST SEMI-CONVERT-IBLE CAR. One of llic iiuisl iiiUicsling exhibits .it the convention is the newgroovelcss post scmi-convcrtiblc system shown in the Brill car in which it
. The street railway review . oflemonade from the separator of his exhibit and by the way it waspatronized it was evidently a winner. Mr. Lewis E. Myers, president of the L. E. Meyers Co., is attend-ing the convention of the American Street Railway Association asa delegate of the traction properties in which he is interested. 7TU Year, No. 3—Sept. 28, 1905.] DAILY STRRRT IfAIIAVAY REVIEW. 693 THE BRILL GROOVELESS POST SEMI-CONVERT-IBLE CAR. One of llic iiuisl iiiUicsling exhibits .it the convention is the newgroovelcss post scmi-convcrtiblc system shown in the Brill car in which it is to be seen is one of 200 being bnilt at presentat the Brill plant forthe United Railways Co. of Baltimore. As thecar exhibited is the first to be finished of this order and was notready until just before the convention opened, we are illustratingthis window system by the accompanying illustrations of one from alot of 40 cars recently delivered to the Boston Ivlevated Railway Cofor use on its South Boston surface BRILL SEMI-CONVERIIliLE CAR FOR BOSTON RV. In general the car has the same appearance as the Brill semi-con-vertible type which has been widely used for a number of years i,\many parts of the country and is familiar to all street railway term grooveless post is applied to the recent improvement ofthe method of sliding the sashes into the roof pockets. Formerlygrooves or runways in the posts, and trunnions at the sash corners,were used for conducting the sashes into the pockets. A close scru-tiny of the posts in the illustration of the interior of the car that the posts are without grooves and are only cut into for th •window lock stops. A pair of bow-shaped steel guides in the pocketand a brass tongue-and-groove sliding connection between each pairof sashes now takes the place of grooves and trunnions, simplifying
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