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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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the drawing in of the cables, and there isno chafing of the sheath. The conduits are thoroughly burned,have a dark chocolate color, and are unusually strong for thisclass of material. Being manufactured in standard lengths of 30ins., they are easily handled, and not liable to breakage in handlingor shipping. The affairs of the company are under the directionof George Mason, after whom the conduits are named. A Handsome Vestibuled Car The car shown in the accompanying illustration is, perhaps,on-6 of the handsomest electric cars for regular service now in use•on any road in New England. It is one of three which have justbeen built for the Newton Street Railway Company, of Newton,Mass., by the Laconia Car Company Works, of Boston. The car is 25 ft. over end sills, and 35 ft. over bumpers. It isfitted with vestibules at each end, has reversible seats, and thewindows are heavy plate glass, with double sash, similar to thoseon the finest steam cars. The interior of the car, including the
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CAR FOR NEWTON, MASS. vestibules, is finished in the choicest of mahogany panel work,with mahogany doors. There are eighteen reversible plush seats32 ins. wide. The car is wired for twelve incandescent lights,and at each window post is a push-button for signaling the con-ductor. The car is mounted on Brill No. 27 trucks. ♦♦♦ A New Type of Surface Contact System The Campbell Electric Traction Company, of Towanda, Pa., hasrecently put on the market a new type of surface contact system.In this system the conduit, which is about 6 ins. x 9 ins. in crosssection, and air and water tight, rests on the top of the ties, andits upper surface is flush with that of the paving. The bottom andsides of the conduit may be of either wood or iron, as preferred.The top consists of 8 ft. metal sections, thoroughly insulated fromthe rest of the conduit and from each other. The interior of theconduit is hollow, and at the bottom on the inside lies a con-tinuous rail, carrying the 550-volt current. Co

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