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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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of sills to top of roofis 8 ft. 6 Ins., the wheel base of truck is 4 ft., the diameter ofwheels is 33 ins., the distance between the center of trucks is8 ft. 6 ins. The car is finished in the interior throughout withbronze trimmings and birdseye maple veneering ceilings, manu-factured by Frost & Company, Sheyboygan, Wis. It has theHale & Kilburn spring edge seats, also springs in the back ofthe seats, both seats and backs are covered with the best gradecrimson plush; the seats are arranged longitudinal. The cars have ten windows each side, 30 ins. x 30 ins., andthe glass is embedded in rubber, the windows are fitted withwoolen tapestry curtains, mounted on Hartshorn rollers withBurrells No. 41 fixtures at the bottom of each. The car also hasfour E. L Robinson patent sand boxes and Van Dorn couplers. The car is mounted on Bemiss latest improved center-bearingtrucks with Westinghouse electric brakes and heaters. It isalso supplied with the Hunter illuminated signs, installed on
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INTERIOR PITTSBURG CAR the cars mentioned above; they have seven windows on eachside, and are very similar in general outside finish to thoseillustratefl except they will have concave sides. ^^.» . WAGES ON THE NEW YORKELEVATED The grievance committee of the Elevated Railroad MensUnion, on April 15, called upon the officers of the InterboroughRapid Transit Company and submitted a new schedule of de-mands, the principal demand being the nine-hour work day.The men also demanded the following increase of wages:Conductors, from $2.30 to $2.40 a day; guards, from $1.85 to$1.95; agents, $2; tower switchmen, from $2.35 to $2:47; ticket

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