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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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Juurnal maple veneer, but are decorated with relief ornamentsof plastic material. The side ceilings have wreaths andloops tinted in blue and gold, while the monitor ceilingis designed in a very elaborate Empire piece con-sisting of a wreath and torch with lily shaped cups forreceiving the electric lamps. This figure is fotirteen feetlong and four feet wide. The center is arranged for agroup of five sixteen candle power ground glass lamps,while at each end are twenty-one miniature lamps.There are also relief ornaments for holding ten addi-tional sixteen candle power lights at the end and alongthe sides of the deck panel. There are thus fifty-sevenlights in all inside, and there are also five sixteen candle 36o STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XII. No. 6. power lamps oia each platform. Switches are provided sothat the different groups of lights may be turned on indepen-dently of each other. In order to deaden the noise and pro-vide for easy riding the sill of the car rests on a continuous
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FIG. 1.—TROLLEY PARTY CAR—INTERIOR. strip of rubber one inch thick and four inches wide. Onone platform is a refrigerator and cupboard for the receptionof china and glassware. There are also folding tables onthe platform for the use of the guests, and an ice watertank is supported on the inside of one of the dashboards.There are small lockers for the reception of provisions andfor carrying extra lamps and fuses. The interior decora-tions have been done under the direction of G. H. Ken-nerley, of the diaughting department of the road. In Fig. 3 is shown the new and beautiful mail car builtby the Chicago City Railway Company, for special suburlj-an mail service. and second, a closed car which could ea,sily be changed toan open car and vice versa. This task, as those who havedesigned open cars know to their sorrow, is not an easyone, and the ingenuity displayed and the success withwhich, the problem has been solved are creditableto the designer. The interior of the car is shown in Fi

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