. The street railway review . HSV^^ 431 line by lifting the rail across the car. By placing them onthe inner side of the car standards the change is very easilyand quickly made. The rails are carried about the heightof the backs of the seats. Occasionally a passenger willdodge out beneath them but the company feels that anyoneso doing takes upon himself the responsibility for the city lines of the Capital Traction Company, ofWashington, operated by the conduit electric system, noattempt is made to close the cars on the inner side. For from getting on and off the wrong side of the car
. The street railway review . HSV^^ 431 line by lifting the rail across the car. By placing them onthe inner side of the car standards the change is very easilyand quickly made. The rails are carried about the heightof the backs of the seats. Occasionally a passenger willdodge out beneath them but the company feels that anyoneso doing takes upon himself the responsibility for the city lines of the Capital Traction Company, ofWashington, operated by the conduit electric system, noattempt is made to close the cars on the inner side. For from getting on and off the wrong side of the car it ishardly satisfactory. On the cars of the Baltimore Consolidated RailwayCompany guard rails are placed as shown in Fig. 4. Theposition of the rail in service is indicated by the full linesand by the dotted lines when raised to offer no 5 is from a detailed drawing showing the method ofholding the rail in place when raised. A is the brass springwhich holds the rail, B is a brass casting to keep the rail in. FIG. 7.—OPEN CAR OF METROPOLirAN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY, NEW YORK. the cars on the trolley lines in the suburbs a small bar isrun through the brass handles on the inner side and it ischanged with little difficulty at the termini. Most of the lines of the Union Railroad Company, ofProvidence, are single track and no provision is made forclosing the inner side. The Cincinnati Street Railway Com-pany makes no provision for closing the inner side of itselectric cars, but on the cable cars there are no runningboards on the inner side and the platforms are guarded byseveral brass rods parallel to the floor. Tlie Market StreetRailway Company, of San Francisco, does not attempt toclose the inner side of open cars or to prevent the pas-sengers from getting on or off on either side. In New Or-leans the side step cars meet with little favor and the NewOrleans Traction Company is gradually changing its opencars by cutting an isle through the center, closing both si
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