. The Street railway journal . d by the combinationof these thoroughly tried systems will be generally acceptedas one most suitable for city where the cars may be run in onedirection. Reports of the operation of the car in Montrealand Cleveland will receive wide-spread attention. *+• SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR EVANSVILLE, IND. The Evansville Electric Railway Company, of Evansville,I in!., has lately put on its lines four semi-convertible single-truck cars of the Brill type, built by the C. C. Kuhlman CarCompany, Collinwood, Ohio. The railway company operatesa city and suburban system, with more
. The Street railway journal . d by the combinationof these thoroughly tried systems will be generally acceptedas one most suitable for city where the cars may be run in onedirection. Reports of the operation of the car in Montrealand Cleveland will receive wide-spread attention. *+• SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR EVANSVILLE, IND. The Evansville Electric Railway Company, of Evansville,I in!., has lately put on its lines four semi-convertible single-truck cars of the Brill type, built by the C. C. Kuhlman CarCompany, Collinwood, Ohio. The railway company operatesa city and suburban system, with more than 30 miles of track-age and about one hundred cars. The company controls apopular amusement park in the suburbs, and the lines reachthree other parks, which attract large crowds during the is the second city in size in the State, and is thecommercial center of Southwestern Indiana. The cars are vestibuled at both ends, with entrances at oneside, an unusual style of vestibule for cars of this length. All. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CAR USED IN EVANSVILLE, IND. the sashes in the vestibules are arranged to drop into pockets,while the windows in the side of the car are raised into pocketsin the side roofs when not in use. The car is seated for thirty-two passengers, the seats being 34 ins. long and of the step-overtype. The interior is finished in Mexican mahogany, and theceilings are three-ply birch veneer, neatly decorated. Thetwo windows opened at the rear of the car, shown in thepicture, give an idea of the lowness of the sides. The largewindows not only give an open appearance to the car in warmweather, when the windows are raised into the roof pockets,but also make it very bright and attractive in winter. The general dimensions of the cars are as follows: Lengthover bodies, 20 ft. 8 ins., and over crown pieces, 30 ft. 1 end panel over crown pieces, 4 ft. y2 in.; width over sills,7 ft. gy2 ins., and over post at belt, 8 ft.; thickness of cornerposts, 3% i
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