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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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s to deaden the noise. For this purpose doublepanels are used. The first, or inside, panel, which is at-tached to the inside of the posts, is in strips § in. thick,while the outside panels are of the usual material and thespace between is filled with mineral wool. A double flooris also provided, with tar paper between. The upper floor isreally Everett matting, and is made of maple. The interiorof the car is of stained cherry, with bronze trimmings.All the posts are hand carved, in what is known as the Em-pire style of decoration. The ceiling is of three-ply birds-eye maple, and the deck lights are of glass known to thetrade as alligator pattern. Longitudinal Hale & Kilburnseats, upholstered in Wilton brussels, are employed.Hunter destination signs are mounted above the hood ateach end, as shown, and are operated by means of a shaftdepending from the ceiling of the hood. TRUCKS The cars are mounted on the Moore trucks, which weredesigned by C. E. Moore, master mechanic of the com-
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F1G. 10.—STANDARD MOTOR TRUCK off the current when the controller is on the first and sec-ond notch, after which it is cut out. This rheostat allowsthe cars to start easily with a heavy load, when it can bespeeded up to the required degree. It will be noticed fromthe illustration that the table is supported by three pairs ofwheels on a side, the small one within the frame being anidler, or a plain wheel without shaft or flanges. Current isobtained from a double overhead trolley, and the trolleypole has a wooden harp, which carries two trolley wheels,14 ins. apart, and the wires lead down each side ofthe pole, as shown. A G. E. safety switch and a G. E.fuse box complete the electrical equipment. By means of pany. This truck differs essentially from the ordinarymotor truck in that the frame work is chiefly of wood, in-stead of metal, the side bars being of Georgia pine, 3^ ins.x 4^ ins., reinforced on the outside by f-in. steel plate.There are no metallic springs employed for supporti

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