. The Street railway journal . e movement of the passengers in and out, and reduces thetime of stops to the minimum. The cars are lightly constructedto economize power, but with a wide margin of strength overthe maximum load. The upper truss rods are shouldered 19J4ins. above the floor, and deep under trusses are used, which arecarried over the cross joists at points close to the truck bear-ings and brought through the end sills, thereby serving as tierods as well as under trusses. The interior of the cars is fin-ished in ash, with ceilings of birds-eye maple, making a brightand attractive app
. The Street railway journal . e movement of the passengers in and out, and reduces thetime of stops to the minimum. The cars are lightly constructedto economize power, but with a wide margin of strength overthe maximum load. The upper truss rods are shouldered 19J4ins. above the floor, and deep under trusses are used, which arecarried over the cross joists at points close to the truck bear-ings and brought through the end sills, thereby serving as tierods as well as under trusses. The interior of the cars is fin-ished in ash, with ceilings of birds-eye maple, making a brightand attractive appearance. The sash stiles are brass. Theseats are composed of perforated veneer and covered with Wil-ton carpet. The general dimensions of the car are as follows: Length-over the end panels, 28 ft., and over the crown pieces, 36 ft.;width over the sills, 6 ft. 6 ins., and over the posts at the belt,7 ft. 6 ins. The height from the under side of the sill over thetrolley board is 8 ft. 6% ins., and the sweep of the posts, 6 ins.;. CAR WITH MAXIMUM TRACTION TRUCKS FOR SUBURBANSERVICE IN NEW YORK AND VICINITY centers of posts, 2 ft. 9 1-32 ins.; thickness of corner posts,3^4 ins-, and of the side posts, 2 1-16 ins. The side and end sillsare 4% ins. x 6j4 ins. in size, and the center sills, 3l/2 ins. x5% ins., spaced ins. from the side sills. The tread of theplatform steps is 12% ins. from the rail; from step to the plat-form, 12 ins., and from the platform to the car floor, 8^4 cars are equipped with angle-iron bumpers, ratchet-brakehandles, folding gates and other specialties of the buildersmake. The truck wheel base is 4 ft.; wheel diameters, 30 20 ins.; axle diameters, 434 ins. and ins. The motorsare 55 hp each. The weight of the car with trucks, but with-out the motors, is 18,390 lbs. THE BROWN HOISTING MACHINERY COMPANYS EXHIBITAT THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION The Brown Hoisting Machinery Company has a very inter-esting exhibit in Machinery Hall, showing two locomoti
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