. Electric railway journal . two or three cityblocks. Inside each car is a placard giving the names of thelines which correspond to the various route numbers. The new car bodies are of wood with a J^-in. steel plateunder the panels and were built by the Jewett Car , Ohio. They are 47 ft. 6 in. over the bumpers and9 ft. wide. The body doors are of the double sliding type, asillustrated. The longitudinal rattan seating has a capacity for48 passengers. The power cables are carried in a conduit underthese seats. An air suction screen, a automatic gov- the conductors platform
. Electric railway journal . two or three cityblocks. Inside each car is a placard giving the names of thelines which correspond to the various route numbers. The new car bodies are of wood with a J^-in. steel plateunder the panels and were built by the Jewett Car , Ohio. They are 47 ft. 6 in. over the bumpers and9 ft. wide. The body doors are of the double sliding type, asillustrated. The longitudinal rattan seating has a capacity for48 passengers. The power cables are carried in a conduit underthese seats. An air suction screen, a automatic gov- the conductors platform only the screen gates are closed. Theconductors dividing rail can be raised from the floor to theroof on two 2-in. steel rods. Cash fares are recorded onSterling-Meaker registers either by means of a foot-pin in theplatform or by a hand-strap overhead, but tickets and trans-fers can be registered only by means of the handstrap. Apush-button signal system is installed. The electrical equipment was designed especially for the. Exterior of San Francisco Pay-as-You-Enter Car steep hill service of San Francisco as well as for quick accelera-tion. Four GE-216 50-hp interpole motors are mounted onStandard trucks. The K28-J controller is used on all thenew cars. The air-brake equipment consists of a compressor, governor, reservoir with safety blow-off valve and National Brake & Electric Companys motor-mans valve and gages. A pressure of 75 lb. is used. Theemergency handbrake is of the Peacock type. Among the specialties on these cars are ball-bearing trolleybases; Trolley Supply Companys Ideal catcher; Crouse-Hinds Companys incandescent headlights; Hedley anti-climbersand Eclipse fenders. LOS ANGELES REINFORCED CONCRETE TIE
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