. Western electrician . shall be measured in this wise andby such a standard, who, knowing the truth, will dare denythat our shortcomings are many and opportunities for im-provement correspondingly great? Nor does it avail to ex-tenuate our delinquencies in this regard by pleading thatothers have done no better. FIG. I. ST. LOUIS ELECTRIC AMBULANCE CAR. power each, four being placed in each compartment andone outside above each platform. The car is warmed bysix electric heaters placed along the sides just above thebaseboard and occupying but little space, being 30 by 7,4by 3 inches in size. Th
. Western electrician . shall be measured in this wise andby such a standard, who, knowing the truth, will dare denythat our shortcomings are many and opportunities for im-provement correspondingly great? Nor does it avail to ex-tenuate our delinquencies in this regard by pleading thatothers have done no better. FIG. I. ST. LOUIS ELECTRIC AMBULANCE CAR. power each, four being placed in each compartment andone outside above each platform. The car is warmed bysix electric heaters placed along the sides just above thebaseboard and occupying but little space, being 30 by 7,4by 3 inches in size. The body of the car is painted white, trimmed with goldand blue. The lettering on the sides reads, *St. LouisHealth Department, Ambulance Car, and the last twowords are repeated on each end. The Geneva cross isdisplayed on the sides and the ends to emphasize the humanepurposes to which the vehicle is devoted. The car is mounted on two pivotal trucks of special con-struction, having two sets of equalizing springs over the. FIG. 2. ST. LOUIS ELECTRIC AMBULANCE CAR. wooden partition five feet six inches high, placed four inchesfrom the floor, with two doors swinging either way in thecenter, one compartment being for males, the other forfemales. The partition is so constructed that both partsmay be swung back if desired and rest closely against thesides ot the car. A drop desk is hinged to one side of thepartition for the surgeons use. Two hinged shelves areprovided, attached to the sides of the car, on which to placedressings, instruments, etc. To the^ right of each door on entering the car is a largelocker for litters, blankets, towels and the like, while be-tween the windows are eight small ones for papers, medi- oil box in addition to the springs that carry the car truck will greatly reduce the noise while crossing othertracks and make it an easy-riding car. Under the center of the body of the car a space is en-closed in which to carry stretchers, splints and the like;
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