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Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Chicago Funeral Cars—Exterior of Metropolitan Car. until at the present time six cars are equipped for this serv-ice. When the first car was put into service it was with agood deal of doubt as to Its ever becoming generally used;but from time to time it has been found necessary to increasethe equipment adapted to this class of service. In the firstcar equipped portieres were put across one end of the car andthe casket taken in through an extra wide window which was regular motor cars are stripped of their advertising signsand attached to the funeral train. Under the present arrange-ments funerals are handled from any station reached by theMetropolitan trains and taken to practically any cemeteryon the system or on the Aurora Elgin & Chicago Railroad.the usual time being two hours for a round trip. Nearly allthe funerals are handled by one crew especially chosen for
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Chicago Funeral Cars—Exterior of Aurora Elgin & Chicago Car. provided with hinges. The only other change necessary wasthe addition of trolley poles, making it possible to operateover lines not equipped with the third rail. When the servicewas first started only two of the cemeteries could be reachedby these cars, but tracks have since been built, so that prac-tically all of the cemeteries in the district served by theMetropolitan and the Aurora El.sjin & Chicago can be reached. this work. The minimum rate for funeral car service is $15.When the funeral train is composed of more than one carthe charges are $15 for the first car and $12.50 for each addi-tional car. The new^ car will be chartered for $25. Trains areoften made up of two. three and five cars: and in one instancea lO-car train was necessary. This funeral was handled asone train until the cemetery was reached, when the train 442 was broken uj) to facilitate unloadingweek are handled at present. The funeral car serv

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