. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF COMBINATION CAR x ins. The seats are 37 ins. wide; the aisle space is 24ins. The inside finish of the car is in cherry. The truckshave a wheel base of 4 ft. The tracks carry four 55hp motors. +++ THE?VALUE OF A WORKING EXHIBIT At the late Columbus convention much money was spenton exhibits by the different manufacturers. Inquiry devel-oped the fact that many of them thought that orders couldnot be expected from railway officers and purchasing agents,as they had no time to examine into the merits of the devicesexhibited. The consensus of opinion seemed
. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF COMBINATION CAR x ins. The seats are 37 ins. wide; the aisle space is 24ins. The inside finish of the car is in cherry. The truckshave a wheel base of 4 ft. The tracks carry four 55hp motors. +++ THE?VALUE OF A WORKING EXHIBIT At the late Columbus convention much money was spenton exhibits by the different manufacturers. Inquiry devel-oped the fact that many of them thought that orders couldnot be expected from railway officers and purchasing agents,as they had no time to examine into the merits of the devicesexhibited. The consensus of opinion seemed to be that themain object of an exhibit was to have a place to sit downwhere the salesman could become acquainted with the buyer. PLAN OF MATTHEWS COLUMBUS EXHIBIT ment also caters to a large class of passengers who ridesolely for pleasure and whose enjoyment has been greatlyenhanced since the company laid out its amusement beautiful nature of the site chosen for this enterprise didnot require very skillful treatment to be readily formed into a perfect natural play- ground. A feature of itsbroad acres is the enclos-ure for deer and elk. To provide for increasedtraffic the company hasadded a combination pas-senger and smoking carmade by the John Ste-phenson Company. Thenew car is similar to thetwo cars shown in theillustration, lately pur-chased from the J- Company. Cars ofthe passenger and bag-gage type, of the latter companys manufacture, are also oper-ated. The latest car—like its predecessors—has the groove-less-post semi-convertible window system and is mounted onNo. 27-G1 trucks. The length over the end panels is 31 ft. 8ins., and over the vestibules 41 ft. 1 in.; width over the sills,i
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