. The Street railway journal . the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, including the newelectric brake described in a recent issue of this paper, the axle-driven brakes and motor compressor brakes. All of these typesof brakes will be manufactured at the shops of the WestinghouseAir Brake Company at Wilmcrding, Pa. 170 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XVin. No. 6. Seeing: Washington Observation Cars Early in the month of January of the present year, the residentsof Washington City observed for the first time the novel excursionor Seeing Washington Cars traversing the principal thoroughfaresand avenues
. The Street railway journal . the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, including the newelectric brake described in a recent issue of this paper, the axle-driven brakes and motor compressor brakes. All of these typesof brakes will be manufactured at the shops of the WestinghouseAir Brake Company at Wilmcrding, Pa. 170 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XVin. No. 6. Seeing: Washington Observation Cars Early in the month of January of the present year, the residentsof Washington City observed for the first time the novel excursionor Seeing Washington Cars traversing the principal thoroughfaresand avenues occupied by the superb street railway system of the through a thorough and systematic course of training, and whenthis is completed they are only allowed to lecture over a portionof the trip, increasing the length of their address as they becomeproficient. The result is that the patrons of the car hear anaddress delivered from the standing lecturer, through a mega-phone, that keeps them interested for two hours. This is an ac-. OPEN CAR WITH OBSERVATION PARTY, WASHINGTON Washington Traction & Electric Company, and their many in-quiries concerning the presence of these cars on the streets werequite fully answered in the numerous notices that appeared in thecolumns of the citys daily papers. While the introduction of these cars in the city of Washingtonwas in the nature of an innovation, the idea was not a new one,since a similar service had been previously inaugurated in Den-ver, Col., by the promoter and general manager of the Washingtonenterprise. Washington, however, offers, as the capital of a greatnation, numberless and superior advantages in points of generalinterest for such an enterprise, and the local and visiting publicimmediately patronized the cars. The points of interest cover awide field, in a city with miles of beautifully laid out trees, linedstreets and avenues, of smooth asphalt, bordered by the magnificentpublic buildings, hotels and residences of people of we
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