. The street railway review . es Railway &Power capital $1,000,000. Tlic line will run from Birmingham -—-——»■ itf^>^* ^ > w i ■ ■ !■■ II Wfi 1 ,1 1 H 1 . 1H liii • ^|H ■;■ III III! 11 Ifil, II CiOT , MUTUR ^=^.==^^- 1 i:^:^ Jl L. - m J ri£^ V , . ^ #.«iri « « i Ml 1 fJi NKW C.^R FOK OAKL.^Nl), C.\ I^OlII-i CAK CD. width over posts, 8 ft. loJ4 in., and the width inside of car sills, 8 in. The height of the car from the rail to the bottom of the sidesill is 38^ in. and the width over all is 9 ft. The car contains 32cross scats of the St. Louis Car reversible typ
. The street railway review . es Railway &Power capital $1,000,000. Tlic line will run from Birmingham -—-——»■ itf^>^* ^ > w i ■ ■ !■■ II Wfi 1 ,1 1 H 1 . 1H liii • ^|H ■;■ III III! 11 Ifil, II CiOT , MUTUR ^=^.==^^- 1 i:^:^ Jl L. - m J ri£^ V , . ^ #.«iri « « i Ml 1 fJi NKW C.^R FOK OAKL.^Nl), C.\ I^OlII-i CAK CD. width over posts, 8 ft. loJ4 in., and the width inside of car sills, 8 in. The height of the car from the rail to the bottom of the sidesill is 38^ in. and the width over all is 9 ft. The car contains 32cross scats of the St. Louis Car reversible type and it ismounted on the companys No. 32-B trucks, the length between truckcenters being 32 ft. jyi in. These trucks are of the M. C. B. typeand have a wheel base of 6 ft. 6 in. They are built for standard gagetracks and each truck is equipped with a G. motor. The vestibules of these cars are provided with folding doors inaddition to which there arc wire gales which slitle in front of the. INTERIOR OK OAKLAND l AK. platform steps preventing any access to them when the gales areclosed. The interiors of these cars are illuminated with arc lightsand the cars arc also provided with arc headlights, both of which arcupecialties of the .St. Ix>uls Car. Co. Work on the new general repair and car shops of the IndianaUnion Traction Co. is about to begin. The shops will cover morethan six acres of ground and will cost about $,100,000. They willt)C situated directly north and east of the main power house atAnderson. to Enslcy, Pratt City, Bessemer, and surrounding towns and factorydistricts. The territory to be traversed has a population uf ii3,(X)oIt is the intention to carry baggage, express and freight, as wellas passengers. The power house will be equipped with boilers of 2,500 h. p. ca-pacity, and the engines and electrical apparatus will be of the mostimproved types. Automatic stokers, coal-conveyors and ash-handlingmachinery are contemplated. The
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