File:The street railway review (1891) (14573831388).jpg

Identifier: streetrailwayrev02amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
xtensivesystem are in several cases 6 or 8 miles apart and a longdistance from the main offices; and the time that eachman would consume in going to and from the pay rollwould aggregate months everv year, when it is con- fident to give grace in outline and ease in handling. Thebed proper is 4 feet wide with an offset of 6 inches oneach side over the hind wheels. One half of the backforms a door of sufficient width for easy ingress andegress. The body is 7 feet long back of the driversseat, and about 6 feet high. There is also a seat 20inches high, for the body guard, which faces back.Under the seat is sufficient space for the safe or moneybox. On the left hand side, on entering the wagon is afolding table 21 inches by 4 feet in dimension, for theconvenience of the cashier. This official pays out ofthe little window plainh visible in the engraving in thebefore mentioned door. The interior is furnished in quarter oak, with windowframes to drop down to the offset in the body, thus giving
Text Appearing After Image:
PAV WAGON—CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY. sidered that three thousand men are paid twice everymonth in cash, put up in small envelopes. Besides thetime consumed the crowd at the office each day would betoo great to handle. With an eye to simplifying these dithculties. TreasurerPenington has hit upon the device shown b) the accom-panying engraving, a pay wagon of sufficient strength toguard against highway robbery and graceful appearance. The well known wagon and carriage makers, Stude-baker Bros. Manufacturing Company, were chosen incarrying out the plan, and how well this has been donelet the reader judge. The pay wagon is built on full platform springswith 1 Yi inch front and i J^ inch rear axles, the bod)hanging low. The front wheels cut under the neck suf- complete \entilation, and to preclude anj- attempt at slyrobber)- the windows are guarded by nickel screens.The handles, pulls etc., are silver, and the windows arefurnished with drop curtains. The gear is painted vermillion, the bed, b

Note About Images