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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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ble improvement has been made in the method oflighting the car. Not only have the number of lights been in-creased, but attention has been given to the proper distributionof light, and, when possible, to its artistic arrangement. Thelights are frequently placed along the deck sills, one over each October i, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 473 seat, or when the design of the ceiling permits, they are ar-ranged in arches from side to side. Some cars have recentlybeen lighted with small enclosed arc lamps. The finest effectin car lighting can be seen in certain Pullman sleeping or din-ing cars where the steam train is electric lighted. The photo-engraving, Fig. 4, shows the interior of the mod-ern interurban car. The two styles of ceilings most used artthe Empire and the semi-Empire; the engraving shows thelatter. They are made of three-ply or five-ply veneer, paintedand tinted in some shade of green or blue, and decorated ingold. All of the interiortfinish of the car, panels, doors, sash
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and wrecking tools, consisting of the usual saw, axe, sledgeand bar. Standard railway signal lamps, burning oil, and signal flags,with proper sockets for holding either at the ends of the car;iron cuspidors for the smoking compartment, a manila floormat for the entire length of center aisle, removable rubbermats for vestibules, a motormans tool box and switch irons,

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