. The Street railway journal . RAPID RAILWAY CAR LAKESHORE CAR built cars are sim-ilar in appearanceto steam railroadcars, and havestraight of a numberof these cars aregiven on the Lake-shore will attract at-tention as being themost novel in floor-plan and general ar-rangement. Eachcar contains a bag-gage and smokingcompartment, which is fitted with foldable seats; a state-room, containing four seats, which arerented for the trip for ten cents additionalfare; complete toilet, water cooler, etc., be-sides regular passenger compartment seat-ing about fifty passengers.
. The Street railway journal . RAPID RAILWAY CAR LAKESHORE CAR built cars are sim-ilar in appearanceto steam railroadcars, and havestraight of a numberof these cars aregiven on the Lake-shore will attract at-tention as being themost novel in floor-plan and general ar-rangement. Eachcar contains a bag-gage and smokingcompartment, which is fitted with foldable seats; a state-room, containing four seats, which arerented for the trip for ten cents additionalfare; complete toilet, water cooler, etc., be-sides regular passenger compartment seat-ing about fifty passengers. These cars arelighted with twenty-five lamps each,and carry a Wagenhalls electric weight of these cars without electricalequipment is: body, 25,320 lbs.; truck, 13,-140 lbs.; total, 38,460 lbs. The state-roomidea is a novel one in electric railroading,and has proved extremely popular with thepatrons of the line; it is often rented to aparty of four commuters, who wish to playcards on the trip, or who desi
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