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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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to renieiiiber when in most of our large cities thepower was horses or mules, the time was slow, the seats werespringless and invariably lengthwise, the lights were dim and theventilation was most imperfect. Verilj- improvement is the orderof the day, and at no time as much as the present has the improve-ment been so rapid or contribviting in such a marked degree to thecomfort of both urban and suburban travel. The new cars which graceful stand so designed as to avoid the trap doors over the motorsand presenting only a slight obstruction to the sweeping of the floor.The clear space under the seat is greater than in any other andaffords ample room for the feet of passengers. The Scarritt Furniture Company received the highest award oncar seats from the Worlds Fair Commission, where an elaboratedisplay was made. Its display at the St. Louis convention will belarge and no doubt will be interesting to those in attendance. Brazer and Blow Torch.
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SPRING SEAT. are being adopted are palatial. The system of seating passengers inseats running crosswise of car with spring cushions and backs isone of the most marked innovations. To this positive comfort, hasbeen added heal, sj)lendid light, good ventilation, cleanliness, andgreat .speed upon smooth roadways. The cross seat was hardly known to street car travelers fiveyears ago, but it is now the prevailing type in use on railways inlarge cities and on interurban roads. In the city of St. Louis itis u.sed exclusively; no new cars have been placed in service in thepast three years equipped with any other seat. The advantages ofcross seats are apparent to the average passenger who rides in them.When a seat is secured the passenger is comfortabl)- seated to theend of his journe), no matter liow crowded the car ma^ become,nor are his feet trampled upon by the other passengers in their at-tempts to get out. The cross seats are also better for those whohave to stand, as the standing passen

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