. The Street railway journal . FIG. 6.—PLAIN FORM OF PLATFORMUSED ABROAD FIG. 7.—PORTABLE VESTIBULE USEDIN PHILADELPHIA FIG. 8 —PORTABLE VESTIBULE FORBERLIN blocks rather than to sit still in a car. In such cases thecompany loses the profitable short rider. The enclosed vestibule makes a car easier to heat inwinter, and is a direct advantage to the company. Manyof our leading railway companies have become thoroughlyconvinced of the value of the vestibule, as well as of the de-sirability of making the men comfortable. They have insome instances provided the vestibules with heaters. The question
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 6.—PLAIN FORM OF PLATFORMUSED ABROAD FIG. 7.—PORTABLE VESTIBULE USEDIN PHILADELPHIA FIG. 8 —PORTABLE VESTIBULE FORBERLIN blocks rather than to sit still in a car. In such cases thecompany loses the profitable short rider. The enclosed vestibule makes a car easier to heat inwinter, and is a direct advantage to the company. Manyof our leading railway companies have become thoroughlyconvinced of the value of the vestibule, as well as of the de-sirability of making the men comfortable. They have insome instances provided the vestibules with heaters. The question of cost appears to be the only one whichhas any weight in this connection. The more closely thesubject is examined the plainer does this become. The open vestibule, or one having a front but no sides,has come largely into use. It is formed in a great varietyof forms. Its advantage is in the fact that it is supposedto give the motorman some protection, and at the sametime make it easy for him to hear. It is supposed to c
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