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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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r. The open-car equipment consists of six double-truck 12-bench cars made by the Brill Company and Jack-son & Sharp Company, five io-bench cars made by the Jack-son & Sharp Company, sixteen 9-bench cars made by theBrill Company and the American Car Company, three 8- 20 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XX. No. i. bench cars made by the Brill Company and five 8-benchtrailers made by the Jackson & Sharp Company and theJohn Stephenson Company. Eight 9-bench open cars whichwere in service last year have been condemned and will beplaced around the loop at the end of the line which runs toRoricks Glen to be used as waiting rooms by the companys in charge of the power station, who are entirely distinctfrom the other divisions of the organization. The presidentof the company is Ray Tompkins; vice-president and gen-eral manager, W. W. Cole, and secretary and treasurer, J.M. Diven. The superintendent of the street railway, whois in charge of all matters relating to operation, is Francis
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TRAIN OF THREE CARS USED FOR PLEASURE TRAFFIC patrons. Air brakes made by the Christensen EngineeringCompany, of Milwaukee, Wis., are installed on all of theheavier cars. These brakes are operated by motor com-pressors. The company has installed on its trailers axle-driven compressors, using an ingenious system of multiple-unit control. This enables the trains containing two ormore trailers to be operated at a very high rate of speedwith safetv, and a much more efficient service can be given.A view of a train consisting of one of the large double-truck cars and two open trailers is given in the accompany-ing illustration. RORICKS GLEN. This park is one of the handsomest pleasure grounds inNew York State, and a number of views taken therein aregiven in the group shown. As stated above, Roricks Glenis placed at a most advantageous distance from the centerof the town, about two and one-half miles, making it toolong to walk and yet short enough for a profitable haul at5 cents per passenge

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