. The street railway review . i The side sills are 3-^4 x ; in., and the end sills, 5^ x 454in. The sill plates arc 6 x Ii in. The unusually long platforms are intended to provide extra stand-ing space. The entrance is at one side of the platform only, and thedoors in the ends of the cars are of the Brownell semi-accelerator The New Plant of the B. F. Sturtevant As the growth and development of the B. F. Sturtevant in its plant at Jamaica Plain, Mass., the accommoda-tions for a thoroughly up-to-date manufacturing establishmentbecame too restricted. While negot
. The street railway review . i The side sills are 3-^4 x ; in., and the end sills, 5^ x 454in. The sill plates arc 6 x Ii in. The unusually long platforms are intended to provide extra stand-ing space. The entrance is at one side of the platform only, and thedoors in the ends of the cars are of the Brownell semi-accelerator The New Plant of the B. F. Sturtevant As the growth and development of the B. F. Sturtevant in its plant at Jamaica Plain, Mass., the accommoda-tions for a thoroughly up-to-date manufacturing establishmentbecame too restricted. While negotiations were in progress forthe purchase of a new location near Boston, the works atJamaica Plain were visited by a serious fire which destroyed alarge amount of valuable machinery and threatened to severelycripple the business. With true American enterprise the businesswas practically placed in running order again within 30 days,
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