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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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he seats is maroon, as are the dashers. The sash, which haverigid tops, are on one piece with the upper panels, are finished inthe natural color of the cherry, and this makes a very pleasantcontrast with the maroon trimmings and white body color. Twomotors are employed, of the style known as Westinghouse No, 49. December, 1898.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 809 Third Rail System at Coney Island The Safety Third Rail Company of New York has taken a con-tract and lias commenced construction on a railway using its thirdrail system at Manhattan Beach, Coney Island. The road willconnect the Manhattan Beach Hotel with the Oriental Hotel and form the end of the heaters. This makes the connections, it isclaimed, as simple as they could possibly be, and further avoidsthe use of small porcelain bushings at such points. This heater embodies the many improvements that the GoldCompany lias introduced in electric heaters, and the specialclaims made for it are efficiency in heating the car, uniformity of
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INTERIOR OF DUPLEX CAR also with the Brighton Beach Hotel. It will be in two sectionswith a total length of 3850 ft., and will comprise the old MarineRailway at Manhattan Beach. The third rail to be used will be 01the same section as that employed by the New York, New Haven& Hartford Railroad Company, and it will be mounted on graniteblocks and thoroughly insulated. The road will be equipped withthree cars—two on the Marine Railway and one on the ManhattanBeach Railway. Those on the former will draw two trailers each.The cars will be 39 ft. over all and the bodies will be supplied bythe Duplex Car Company and will be extremely tasteful in finish.The cars will be mounted on Peckham trucks and will be equippedwith two G. E. 800 motors. The accompanying engraving gives an idea of the appearance ofthe interior of the car to be employed. Capt. J. McL. Murphy, who is personally installing the system,will also supervise the construction of the electric power housefor supplying power to

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