. The Street railway journal . maintains that it is very anxious to operate the newcars throughout the entire line, and will do so as soon as it cansecure facilities for turning them. ROLLING STOCKThe new cars, five in number, are 50 ft. over all, 8 ft. 10 , with 5-ft. vestibules at both ends. Three of them havesmoking compartments and two are fitted for baggage andexpress. The bodies were built by the St. Louis Car Company,and they have St. Louis rattan walk-over seats, toilet rooms,water coolers, Smith hot-water heaters mounted in front. Theinterior finish is mahogany. They are equip
. The Street railway journal . maintains that it is very anxious to operate the newcars throughout the entire line, and will do so as soon as it cansecure facilities for turning them. ROLLING STOCKThe new cars, five in number, are 50 ft. over all, 8 ft. 10 , with 5-ft. vestibules at both ends. Three of them havesmoking compartments and two are fitted for baggage andexpress. The bodies were built by the St. Louis Car Company,and they have St. Louis rattan walk-over seats, toilet rooms,water coolers, Smith hot-water heaters mounted in front. Theinterior finish is mahogany. They are equipped with St. Louiselectric headlights, Christensen air brakes, Nichols-Lintern airSanders, Dorner & Dutton scrapers and the new interurban 6i8 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 17. type of Providence fender. Bodies are mounted on St. Louisextra heavy M. C. B. pattern trucks, having 7-ft. wheel baseand inside-hung brakes. Five-inch axles are used, and poweris supplied by four No. 34 50-hp Lorain steel motors, controlled. FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE AND W<.)RK CAR by a No. 68 Lorain steel controller. The oldOhio Central cars, three in number, are 38 all, and are equipped with two No. 58General Electric motors and K-14 controllersat both ends. They are mounted on Brillmaximum trucks and have hand is a 38-ft. open car equipped with twoNo. 58 General Electric motors and K-14controllers, and three open trailers. In ad-dition there are also a Taunton snow-plowequipped with two No. 38 Lorain steel motorsand No. 68 controllers, and a home-madefreight locomotive. Tliis is equipped withfour No. 34 Lorain steel motors, St. LouisM. C. B. extra heavy trucks, 5-in. axles andone controller mounted in the pilot house inIhe center nf llic car. Thv lucnmotive ^nuls are three tracks in each of these houses, and there is storagespace for eighteen large cars. Both structures have pits, andthe end of one of the houses is partitioned off for a repairshop and a blacksmith shop. There
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