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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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ifferent shades will be usedwhich gives a very rich effect. Inside the finish is of naturalwood, birds-eye maple and stained cherry. The John StephensonCompany of New York was the successful bidder for this contractanil received the order for the entire 100 cars. Sixty-five of thebodies will be mounted on McGuire trucks and the remainderon the new truck invented by Mr. Moore, master mechanic. Thecompany is also fitting all motor cars with vestibules designed by which are shown herewith. The cars were built by the G. C.Kuhlman Company, of Cleveland, and measure 42 ft. 8 ins. overall. The length of body is 32 ft. and width 8 ft. The seating ca-pacity is forty-two passengers. The interiors are finished in cherry and head-linings in birds-eyemaple, handsomely decorated. The saloon contains wet hopperclosets, as well as ice water tanks for drinking purposes. Thedoors in the car bodies are of the double twin style. Those inthe vestibules are of the folding pattern, there being two pairs for
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FIG. 2.—PASSENGER CAR—DAYTON Mr. Moore; these do not inclose the platform entirely, extendingonly across the front: they are of glass set in substantial woodenframes, and immovable except for a door about 2^/2 ft. squarein front of the motorman. A canvas accordion connection fastensthe top of the vestibule to the hood of the car, allowing for move-ment between the two. The cost of the vestibule complete isabout seven dollars. It is believed that these vestibules will at-tract many smokers, who would otherwise go by the elevated orsteam lines in cold weather. In the repair shops there has re-cently been installed a bending roll for curving rails, and whichhas reduced the cost of rail bending from thirteen cents to onecent per foot. each vestibule. Each car post is connected with a push button forsignaling- the conductor. The outside bronze window guards are arranged in sections,three to each side of a car, and are made to lift out in order towash the windows. The ventilators are ar

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