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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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lley cars whose days of useful-ness are over. The cars will betaken to Snake Hill and placed onfoundations at a considerable dis-tance from the penitentiary, alms-house and lunatic asylums. The first patients to be admitted to the trolley car settlement will beconsumptive men and women inmates of the almshouse. Thereare about twenty of each. It is believed that one car of thejigger type will accommodate two persons. Four or more willbe made comfortable in the larger cars. The improvised freshair hospitals will be fitted up comfortably. HANDSOME CARS FOR THE HARTFORD & SPRINGFIELDSTREET RAILWAY COMPANY The Hartford & Springfield Street Railway Company hasplaced in service recently a number of handsome 25-ft. and30-ft. vestibule cars built for it by the Laconia Car CompanyWorks, of Boston, Mass. One of these cars is shown in theaccompanying illustration. The 30-ft. cars have a seating capacity for forty-four people;they have straight sides, sheathed; steam car type of roof, with
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SAFETY TROLLEY GUARD It is a recognized fact that trolley lines crossing steam rail-road tracks should have some safety device to prevent a car i ; 1 ONE OF THE NEW CARS FOR THE HARTFORD & SPRINGFIELD STREET RAILWAYCOMPANY, COMPLETELY EQUIPPED FOR SERVICE monitor extending the full length of the car. Seven windowson a side have glass 24 ins. wide, while the two end windowsare 29 ins. wide. All of the glass for the windows and doorsis of polished plate. The monitor glass is of chipped patternwith plain border. The curtains are of the Curtain SupplyCompany style of gold star pantasote. The inside finish of the car is of the Laconia standard designin selected mahogany, and the ceilings are painted and deco-rated. The seats, which were manufactured by HeywoodBrothers & Wakefield, are upholstered in olive plush, withbronze grab handles on the backs. The Laconia high-speeddouble trucks, on which the car bodies are mounted, are fittedwith 34-in. steel-tired wheels. The cars are also

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