Identifier: streetrailwayjo151899newy (find matches)
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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aving exits oneach side for passengers without entering the motormanscompartment. The Detroit & Pontiac cars, which arealso illustrated, were built by the G. C.Kuhlman Company, with a side aisle onwhat is commonly known as the Kuhlmanpattern, and a number of them are fittedwith baggage and smoking compartments.They measure inside 33 ft., and over all42 ft. One characteristic of these cars, be-sides their extremely handsome appear-ance, is that they are very low, in spite ofthe fact that 33-in. wheels are used. Thisresult is accomplished by making thewheels swing inside the side sills of the car. The Rapid Railway cars, built by theJackson & Sharp Company, also deservespecial mention.The motor cars areof two lengths, onewith 24-ft. body and32 ft. over all, fin-ished in cherry, withcross seats uphol-stered and rattaned,and a passenger andbaggage car with37-ft. body and 47ft. over platforms,finished in qua r-t e r e d oak. TheJackson & SharpCompany also sup-plied this company
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YPSILANTI & ANN ARBOR CAR with eight ten-bench open trail cars, with six reversible andfour permanent seats, finished inside with white ash, withcherry moulding and white birch veneer ceilings. The motormans vestibule in all these cars contains quitea variety of apparatus. A list of these as carried on theLakeshore cars, which are a good sample of all, includes January, 1899.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 7 a long-distance telephone, with flexible connections, forcommunicating with the central office from any point ofthe line; a G. E. circuit breaker, the Christensen airbrakecontroller with gage, fuse-box and automatic controllerfor the motor compressor; sand-box, bell, handbrake, and view of the motor and compressor directly connectedand mounted on a single base, is given on this page.The compressor is of the rotary type, and the castiron housing in which it is placed forms an oil reser-voir, the upper portion of which is a suction chamber.

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