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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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y shall be within easy reach of the operator.The column rests on ball bearings. An idea of the simple, com-pact design of the machine can be gained from the illustration. The machine is adapted for use with either carbon or high-speed drills, the range of spindle speeds being sufficient forthis purpose. Friction clutches are used for starting andstopping the machine at high speeds, so as to prevent shockand consequent wear. The speed box is planed on the top, inorder that the drill may be easily changed from a belt-drivenmachine to a motor-driven machine by the simple substitution DOUBLE-TRUCK CLOSED CAR USED IN DES MOINES on its 65 miles of trackage in and about the city. The newcars are 28 ft. over the bodies and 8 ft. wide over the posts atbelt. Longitudinal slat seats are along one side of the carsand eleven transverse seats are on the other side. This seat-ing arrangement is evidently very satisfactory, as over fiftycars, counting this present order, have been built for the rail-
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INTERIOR OF DES MOINES CAR, SHOWING THE COMBINEDCROSS AND LONGITUDINAL SEATING ARRANGEMENT way by the American Car Company. The purpose is to obtainthe largest seating and,standing capacity possible to the areaof the floor. Having the seats longitudinally placed on oneside gives an unusually wide aisle, which facilitates the move-ment of passengers in and out, an important consideration incity service. The entrances of the vestibules are both on thesame side, as the cars are to be run in one direction only. The Street railway journal. tVoL. XXVI. No. 5. upper sashes in the cats are stationary, and the lower sashesare arranged to be raised. The vestibule sashes are arrangedto be dropped into pockets. The interiors are finished incherry, with ceilings of the same make of tongued and groovedboards. The cars are equipped with automatic folding woodengates at the entrances to the rear platforms, which are oper-ated by the motormen. Three-bar guard rails are used, andas an extra precaution

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