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Title: The street railway review Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association Subjects: Street-railroads Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: d closure which are adjustable whenIhe engine is set up or at any time to meet the conditions under whichthe engine is to run. The governor used, which is covered by pat-ents owned by the company, permits of variation in speed of from« to .150 r. p. m. by changing the arrangenuTit of weights andsprings. The regulation of this governor is such that electric rail-road work and electric ligliling may be carried on the sanu enginewith entire success. .^(.4 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIH, No. 6. CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR AUSTIN. TEXAS. The American Car Co., of St. Louis, has recently shipped eigluconvcrliWc cars for use on the cily lines of the .•\usiin (Tex.) Klri-Iric Railw.iy Co., which al.so operates several lines running inti) thesuburbs including a line to the park and fair grounds under it<control. It is an excellent field for clictrical upcrations. Ihe new cars are of the regulation Urill convertible type, wii.i thewell known roof pocket storage of windows and panels. The length

Text Appearing After Image: C.VR FOR AtSTIN, TE.XAS, AMERICAN CAR CO. over end panels is, 20 ft. 7 in., over crown pieces, 29 ft. 7 in. Fromend panel over crown piece is 4 ft. 6 in. The width over sills andsill plates, 6 ft. 10 in., and over the posts at the belt, 7 ft. 9 in. 1 hecorner posts have a thickness of 3W • and the side posts, 3^ in.Sweep of posts, 5 in. From center to center of posts, 2 ft. 7 in.The side sills arc 54x6 in., plated on the outside with 5^x6 in.steel. Guard rails are provided on either .side and when not in useare held under the watcr-l)oards by patented gravity catches. Theinteriors are finished in natural ash with ceiling of neatly decorated

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