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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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all bells. The Consolidated CarHeating Companys bronze panel heaters extend the full lengthof the interior on both sides. The 133 Imperial 8-cp and lo-epincandescent lamps have frosted globes. The main color of body is Valentines onvx brown, relievedin light l:)rown on letter lioard, the liorfler of a darker shade being closed and the steps folded. Fig. 3 is an illustration of the carinterior with the curtains up. The length over all is 37 ft. 6 ins.The sills run from nose piece to nosepiece, and are according to theDenver City Tramway Companysstandard design, of steel and wood.The steel section consists of 7-in.15-lb. I-beams, and the wood sectionof Oregon fir, 5 ins. x 7 ins. .\section of this c(ini))osile sill waspublished on ))age 231; of the StkeeiRailway Jouunai. for bTT. 7. The main com))artnienl is 24 ft.6 ins. long, and is finished in highlypolished Cuban mahogany. Thevestil)ules are e;r.-h (> ft., and arefinished in quarter-sawed oak, form-ing a )deasing contrast with the
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FK;. 2.—i.\KI.( IK C AR Wi l li StKlS UP 9o8 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXL No. 2^. being filled in with heavy gold ornament and scroll. The carbody is mounted on 27-G Brill trucks, having 4-ft. wheel baseand 33-in. wheels. The operating equipment consists of four General Electric-58 railway motors, geared for 30 miles an hour on level track,two K-6 General Electric controllers, one AA-i Christensendouble-end air brake, and Pullman style emergency hand brake. FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON BY TROLLEY All of the gaps in the electric railway system between NewYork and Boston have been filled with the exception of oneabout 4 miles in length, between Cheshire and Milldale, inConnecticut, just north of New Haven. In making the trip therunning time from New York City Hall to Park Street, in Boston, is 20 hours and 5minutes for the distanceof 254 miles, or an aver-age of about 12^ m. p. h.The fare, if the passengertakes full advantage of

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