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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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give those who ride the say whether the cars shall be openor not, and managers are generally glad enough to get rid of the weather prophet business. Ittakes less than five minutes to convert a car, and if the passengers help, which they invariably do, .^flL,11 ftl 11 *uf ! 1 Hi i
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BRILL CONVERTIBLE CAR (Patented) CLOSED the change is almost instantaneous. There is no puzzling mechanism ; the lower sash is raised inthe ordinary fashion, and when half-way up the upper sash hooks itself on, and both are pushedup into the pocket. The panel is then raised, and takes a position in the pocket just behind thehead-lining. The runways in the posts are entirely metal, and as the trunnions which guide thesashes are also metal, there is no chance of sticking. The panels are composed of two sheets ofthin, flexible steel, which conform readily to the curvature of the posts. Air space between themetal sheets forms a non-conductor, keeping the warmth in and the cold out. The whole slidingarrangement is too simple to get out of order. The panels are perfectly waterproof, and the car isa perfect success throughout. We are now building Convertibles for Wellington, New Zealand ;Lynchburg, Va.; Roanoke, Va.; Paden City, W. Va.; Austin, Tex., and Montgomery and Chester,Pa. Two of the

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