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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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and the usual condensing plant. Thecar shed will be a brick building 176 ft. long and 45 ft. wide.The tracks in the car shed will consist of vignole rails laid onsleepers. There will be twelve single-truck, double-decked carsfitted with two 37-hp motors. VIEW OF INTERIOR OF COMBINED OPEN AND CLOSED CARFOR FREMANTLE TRAMWAYS becomes cooler, or in the evening, the closed compartment af-fords shelter for those who prefer more complete protection. Fremantle, of about 15,000 inhabitants, with its wonder-fully arranged artificial harbor, capable of receiving all steam-ers that pass through the Suez Canal, and being touched regu-larly by several of the large mail lines; its large and substantialprison buildings, formerly convict barracks; its smelting fac-tory, where gold from Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie and Boulder isworked into bullion; its great warehouses, comfortable andornamental hotels, and numerous churches and schools, is oneof the most interesting in all Australia. Holding, as it does,
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R. H. Derrah, general passenger agent of the Boston &Northern and the Old Colony Street Railway companies, hasextended an invitation to the members of the Newspaper Clubof Boston to join a trolley party to be given to the club onSunday, May 14. The start will be made from North Station,Boston, at 9 a. m., and the trip will include Gloucester andother Cape Ann points. A well-stocked buffet goes with the trip. C ALIFORNIA TYPE OF CAR F(JK 1 IIL J-RK.\L\.\TLE MUNICIPAL 1 KA.\1 \\ AYS the key to Western Australia, and commanding an extensivefloating as well as settled population, Fremantle is steadily andconsistently growing. The closed compartment of the cars to be used in this city isII ft. 6 ins. over the end panels, and is attractively finished incherry, stained mahogany and highly polished. The ceilingsare of decorated birds-eye maple. The cars are 28 ft. 4 ins.over the crown pieces and 8 ft. 5 ins. from end panels of closedcompartment over crown pieces. The width over the sills

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