. The Street railway journal . D Front Vie\F« D Rear View. MILTON I. MASSON, Agent, 365 AVENUE A, NEAAT YORK. or the JOHN STEPHENSON COMPANY, Limited, 47 EAST TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET, New Yorli. WM. WHARTON Jr. & CO Limited, Engineers, Manufacturers & Contractors, Twenty-Fifth Street and ^Washington Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Cable Railways, Grips, And All Appurtenances. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of Street Railway Track Appliances in tlie World, Responsible parties con-emplatins Buildine;, Renewals or Extensions will find it to tlieir interest to correspond witti us. 518 TfiE Sl^EEET R
. The Street railway journal . D Front Vie\F« D Rear View. MILTON I. MASSON, Agent, 365 AVENUE A, NEAAT YORK. or the JOHN STEPHENSON COMPANY, Limited, 47 EAST TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET, New Yorli. WM. WHARTON Jr. & CO Limited, Engineers, Manufacturers & Contractors, Twenty-Fifth Street and ^Washington Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Cable Railways, Grips, And All Appurtenances. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of Street Railway Track Appliances in tlie World, Responsible parties con-emplatins Buildine;, Renewals or Extensions will find it to tlieir interest to correspond witti us. 518 TfiE Sl^EEET RAILWAY JOtJEKAL. October, 1886. STREET CAR SEATS & BACKS. MAIN PANFL. S-ii Id. v/. THREE-PLY CAR SIDES. Having given our tliree ply white wood car sides a tliorouo-h trial tor anumtier ol years lii our city street and railway lines, wlilcli test lias lett them asnrm and good as the day they w-ere put In, we unhesitatingly place these sidesIn the market as a superior article. 1 hey aie composed of three white wood (orpoplar) veneers, each >i Inch thick, the grain of the center layer running at rightangles with the two outside layers. Hence they derive all the special and well-known advantages ol glued up wood over single ply, namely: 1st. They are fully 75 per cent stronger, for they brace and stiffen thecar. 2nd. They are lighter, being only 3-8 inch thicl<, and so do ot add so much dead weight to the They will not check or split by change of atmosphere. _4th. They will not split or crack when nailing into place, even tliough the nail be placed near the edge,5th. Being laid over a form to suit the shape of the car frame or post they cannot buckle or t
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