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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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igs (2.4 cents). The seats are ofpolished wood, light and dark, quite as comfortable as rattan. Why the second-class cars ( Figs. 18, 19 and 23) are so called isnot apparent, for they are really parlor cars, with a fare of 15pfennigs (3.6 cents). These cars are the highest class cars run,as there are no first-class cars. The most attractive feature of both classes is the post andarms between every three seats. The posts are greatly superiorto straps to hold on to, and would be most useful in Americancars, being more quickly grasped than straps, easier to hold,and affording a firmer support. The arms in Berlin give everytwo passengers out of three a corner to sit in, and much of theday there is a passenger in every corner. Such division of theseats does away with all moving along. Both classes of passen-gers are allowed 20.6 ins. of space apiece. All the incandescentlights are softened with prism globes, a custom also almostuniversal in English electric cars and greatly superior to the
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Street Hy. Juuitial h 1-4-35 *j ^ J IC. 22.—SECTION OF BERLIN ELEVATED AND UNDERGROUNDMOTOR CAR use of naked lights. Each car has an emergency lamp ready foruse. Electric heaters are placed under the seats. In the monitor roof the transoms in the front half of each caror compartment open out, so as to force air in, the rear half soas to exhaust the air. The windows in the ends of the carscan be opened any desired amount (Fig. 19). The ceilings arelow, but that seems no objection where the means of ventila-tion are so satisfactory. The side windows are of plate glass,60 ins. x 35 ins., too large, perhaps, to suit some Americans;but to the writer the size added much to the attractiveness ofthe cars, for, with window ledges just the right height forelbows, one could sit in a comfortable corner and enjoy ridingin a noiseless car through magnificent avenues, lined withsplendid buildings. American elevated cars have seats too widefor comfort, and especially for looking out of windows behi

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