. The street railway review . FIG. 9.—BAR ON NORTH CHICAGO CARS. to be folded against the vertical portion of the step open cars together with this device were built by theJ. G. Brill Company. The cars on the Broadway cable roadhave also been equipped wifh this device. When so ordered by the street railway companies theJohn Stephenson Company makes a very simple device forpreventing passengers from getting on or oflf an open car 432 ^tMS^u^SV^c^ on the wrong side. It consists of a long rail which slidesup and down between tlie grab handles and side posts of thecar. One of these rail
. The street railway review . FIG. 9.—BAR ON NORTH CHICAGO CARS. to be folded against the vertical portion of the step open cars together with this device were built by theJ. G. Brill Company. The cars on the Broadway cable roadhave also been equipped wifh this device. When so ordered by the street railway companies theJohn Stephenson Company makes a very simple device forpreventing passengers from getting on or oflf an open car 432 ^tMS^u^SV^c^ on the wrong side. It consists of a long rail which slidesup and down between tlie grab handles and side posts of thecar. One of these rails is on each side. The car shown inFig. 8 is going in the direction of from riglht to left of thepicture, and the rail on the left hand side of the car is shownup so the passengers can get ofif on that side. This railis held in place by small brackets which are set into theside posts and held up by springs; by compressing the. FIG. 10.—WEST CHICAGO OPEN CAR. springs the rail is pushed above them and they snap out andhold the rails in place. The photograph shows the rail onthe other side down. It is held in place by resting on thelower attachment of the grab handles. The means taken by the North Chicago Street RailroadCompany for preventing passengers getting on and ofif thewrong side of the car are very simple and efifective. Thehand bar on each post extends from the middle of the seatto the roof with rounded corners top and bottom. A roundwooden bar, the length being the distance between the twoouter posts, has a brass casting at each end and two at in-termediate points with eyes large enough to be passed overthe corners of the handle bars. The bar when not in serviceis slipped up and over the top horizontal support of thehandle bar and remains under the eaves of the roof. When
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