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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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e been built. The employees of the Toledo Railways & Light Com-pany held their annual field day and outing at the Casinoa few days ago. The company furnished free transporta-tion for the men, their families and friends. Arrangementswere made so that all the men could attend at sometime inthe day. The theater was bought outright during theafternoon and evening performances for the men and theirfriends. Baseball games, a tug-of-war, running races anda number of other amusement features were arranged andproved a success. Entertainment was also provided for thewomen and children who did not care to witness the ath-letic features. Prizes were donated by the company for thewinners in all the (contests. Officers and managers werepresent to aid in making the afternoon and evening a de-lightful one for all. August 17, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 265 THE BALTIMORE COAL CAR The United Railways & Electric Company, of Baltimore,has just completed at its Carroll Park shops a 15-ton side-
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GENEEAL APPEARANCE OF CAR WITH SOME OF THE SHUTTERS UP dump coal car, designed by H. H. Adams, superintendent ofshops. This car was built primarily for carrying coal to thecompanys power station at Bay Shore Park after loadingfrom the fuel hoppers at the Pratt Street station, but atother times it will serve for carrying cinders for fills, etc.As shown in the accompanying drawing, the car is 36 ft.9 ins. over all and 8 ft. 5% ins. wide. The body itself is29 ft. long. The floor of the car is inclined to form a steepinverted V to permit quick unloading of the material. Theflooring and sides are built of North Carolina pine, but theflooring is reinforced by angle iron, as shown in the plan tions stiffened by vertical T-irons and each furnished with a20-in. x 32-^-in. plate steel shutter in- thick. The shut-ters at the bottoms of these sections are lifted by chainsconnected to a shaft running along the side of the car. These shafts are turned from a handleat each end so that the shutters a

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