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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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ed October T2th. During the riots two men were shot. The Houston, Tex., city council has adopted an ordinance re-quiring compartment cars on the Houston street railway lines toseparate the white and black races. The City Street Car Co.. of Staunton. Va., was placed in thebauds of a receiver September i6th last. What will be done withthe property had not been determined up to September 26th. Oct. 20, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 863 Cars for the New York Subway. The St. Louis Car Co. began to ship the new suhway cars builtfor the Interb<irough Rapid Transit Co.. New York, the first ofthis month and up to October 12th 28 cars had been delivered, de-liveries taking place at the rate of 15 cars per week. Two hundredof these cars have been ordered for use in the nndergrotnid systemof New York City, and they are stated to lie llie fine~l of tlu kindever built. .\n e.xterior and an interior view of these cars are shown here-with. Some of the principal dimensions are as follows; Length of
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IXTERBORofcia CAR ST. LOIIS C.M* C car bodies o\er :ill. 51 ft. 5 in.; o\cr corner posts. 42 ft. 7 in.; tlis-tance from center to center of needle beams, 10 ft. 11 in.; widthover side sills. 8 ft. 8)4 in.; height of end door openings. 6 ft. 6/iin.; height of Ixidy from bottom of sill to top of roof. 8 ft. cjs in.The car bodies taper toward the lop. being designed to give themaximum seating space and al llic same time allow the niaxiinuniclearance of tunnels. The liottom framing is of combined steel and wood; the bolstersare of heavy rolled steel plates, top and bottom members machinedat the outer ends, bolted together and re-inforced with steel castings,which are planed on faces and edges and have triple floor. Thelower floor is covered with !4-in. asbestos, rolled fire felt, and thefinishing or third floor is grooved and acts -as a floor mat. Under-neath the bottom they are covered with J^-in. transite board, securelynailed to all bridges and fitted to the side sills. The trucks arc

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