. Electric railway journal . on strap whichextends across the front edge of the cushion. The car bodies are 8 ft. 6 in. wide. The arched roofis supported on T-posts, which extend over the top ofthe car to form the one-piece carlines. The three steelbulkheads act to stiffen the car body as well as toseparate the several compartments. The floor is con-structed with a maple flooring laid with the lower layerlengthwise and the upper layer crosswise of the is covered with V^-m. battleship linoleum in theaisle with a molding strip on each side to protect theedges. This double flooring is ma
. Electric railway journal . on strap whichextends across the front edge of the cushion. The car bodies are 8 ft. 6 in. wide. The arched roofis supported on T-posts, which extend over the top ofthe car to form the one-piece carlines. The three steelbulkheads act to stiffen the car body as well as toseparate the several compartments. The floor is con-structed with a maple flooring laid with the lower layerlengthwise and the upper layer crosswise of the is covered with V^-m. battleship linoleum in theaisle with a molding strip on each side to protect theedges. This double flooring is made use of as an insu-lation against the cold in the winter time. Furtherinsulation from the cold is also provided by the use of%-in. flaxlinum insulation placed between the outsideand inside steel plate sheeting. The cars are heatedwith the Peter Smith hot water system. The car interior is finished in birch stained a lightcherry, and the Agasote headlining is painted a creamcolor. One of the features which adds materially to. EE-ENGINEERING AN INTERURBAN LINE — CROSS-SECTIONTHROUGH ROTARY SUBSTATION the beauty of the car and to the pleasure of ridingin it is the use of the Forsyth headless brass sash,which gives the impression that the car has no sash atall. These are fitted with O. M. Edwards locks andForsyth weather strips. Pantasote curtains on CurtainSupply Company ring fixtures and Rex all-metal rollerswere used. The Imperial prism glass in the upperGothic sash also adds materially to the exterior beautyof the car. Five-bar window guards built in sectionscovering two windows are hinged at the bottom sothat they can be readily dropped for cleaning thewindow glass. The artificial night-lighting within the car is pro-vided by two rows of 23-watt Mogul base lamps set in
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