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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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re of long leaf yellow pine, 5 ins.x 7 ins., and each is faced with a f-in. x 8-in. continuoussteel plate. There is also a regular truss rod for supportingeach side sill. The corner posts are of white ash, 4^ ins. x2\ ins., and all roof rafters are re-enforced with steel. The interior finish of the car is of white ash, and it isfitted with ten reversible and four stationary benches, eachseating six passengers. At the ends of the car are twolarge windows, the advertising racks over which are re-served exclusively for the notices of the company. The 838 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XVI. No. 35. ceilings are of birds-eye maple. A novelty has been intro-duced in the electroliers, which are not of metal, but con-sist of an ornamental wooden cone, carrying sockets inwhich the lamps are set. This eliminates all danger ofcrosses, and the cone is much easier to keep in good con-dition than a metal electrolier. There are three clusters offive lamps each for interior illumination. The bumper is
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END VIEW OF CAR of solid white oak, faced with a J-in. x 6-in. steel plate. Onthe roof of the car is a tool box, in which all miscellaneousrepair parts are kept, and between the trolley boards is anextra trolley pole. This precaution has been found usefulon more than one occasion. The cars are furnished witharc electric headlights, and are also equipped with Van-dorn draw-bars, Sterling fenders and registers, Wilsontrolley catchers, De Witt sand boxes and the Price mo-mentum brake, manufactured by the Peckham Truck Com-pany. The subject of braking is a very important one upon thisline, as the cars have carried as many as 160 passengers not an uncommon thing for one car to draw more than 350amps, from the line.- Owing to the fact that the cars are wider than thosewhich had previously been used on the line and the factthat in the summer large loads are often carried, it was con-sidered advisable to run a car over the line early in the sea-son, with different loadings, to determine the c

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