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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

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an be adapted to any weatherconditions at a moments notice. Except for the side entrances,it is practically an open car wheii the sash is raised, and for siih- heaters are placed under alternate seats. The forward dasher hasan electric headlight; all the windows are fitted with metal weatherstrips. The trim throughout is bronze with wood grab handles,and the car is fitted with push buttons and signal bells. The trol-ley board is laid on rubber and is placed at the rear of the roof asthe car runs in one direction only. The body is mounted on No. 27Brill trucks and contains a four-motor equipment. It is providedwith air brakes and Brill track scrapers and the entire equipmentis extremely complete in all details. TESTS OF COMPO PULLEYS. During the past summer extensive tests were made at the Wor-cester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., by C. M. Allen, M.S.. of Worcester, and F. C. Furlow. M. E., of the Georgia Schoolof Tcchnnlogy, lo compare the relative power-transmitting propcr-
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NBW CAR IOK UTICA. N. V. J. C. ISRILL CO, urban work it is found advantageous to retain the low protectingsides and dispense with the side entrances. As the sash are notremoved from the car the danger of breakage of glass is avoidedas well as the expense of making the change where the sash haveto be taken out and stored. The vestibule platforms have openings only on the right handside. The outer platform timbers arc reinforced with angle ironsand each platform has four large sash in addition to those in thedoors. The latter are of the folding style. The front of the vesti-bules are sheathed with steel and at each end is a Brill angle ironbumper. The forward platform is provided with two sand boxes W4flf^iSStll^^ l.S MiUIoK 01 1. .iU. operated by a foot pedal. The inside finish of the cars is of mahog-any inlaid and the ceiling is decorated three-ply veneer. Ihc construction of the car is such that a gain of over 6 in. ismade on the inside width wilhont increasing the outside dimension

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