. The street railway review . members. Its character is well suggested by its title, theProgress Club. Its membership is open to all, high or low, whoare in any way associated with the company. Its membership, how-ever, is classified into seniors and juniors, the former includingthose who arc twenty-one or over, who have had charge of thework of others, or who have been juniors in regular standing forthree years. New Cars for Detroit. The Detroit United Ky. has added to its cc|iiipment 25 cars siinilnrto the one shown in the accompanying illustration, which were builtby the American Car Co., o
. The street railway review . members. Its character is well suggested by its title, theProgress Club. Its membership is open to all, high or low, whoare in any way associated with the company. Its membership, how-ever, is classified into seniors and juniors, the former includingthose who arc twenty-one or over, who have had charge of thework of others, or who have been juniors in regular standing forthree years. New Cars for Detroit. The Detroit United Ky. has added to its cc|iiipment 25 cars siinilnrto the one shown in the accompanying illustration, which were builtby the American Car Co., of St. Louis. The Detroit United Ry. suburban and interurban lines and operates about 1,175 ^fswith 385 iniles of track. The new cars will be used in the city andsuburbs of Detroit, and are admirably adapted to such are provided with a single sliding door, of the Brownell semi-accelerator type, in the right-hand corner, which permits the useof a diagonal partition with swinging door extending from the. SEBASTOPOL AVE. CROSSING. AMERICAN CAR FuR DETROIT UNITED RV. inner door post of the car end to the vestibule corner post, thusgiving the motorman a comfortable vestibule where he is not dis-turbed by crowds or by passengers getting on and ofif. The rearplatform, divided by a heavy iron railing, is of the Detroit type,which not only affords extra standing space, but greatly facilitatesingress and egress. There are 12 double cross seats in the center,and longitudinal seats at the ends of the car. The seating capacityof the car is for 43 passengers, one less than the capacity if trans-xerse seats alone were used, vvhile having longitudinal seats at theends provides standing space for many more passengers. The trans-verse seats are of spring rattan, with stationary backs, and are 3;;^ , and the aisle is 20;/ in. wide. The lower sashes are arrangedto drop into wall pockets, the pocket openings being closed withhinged covers, while the upper sashes are s
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