The Street railway journal (1902) (14761793285)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo191902newy (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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ushions and extra high corru-gated backs fitted with bronze grab handles. They are finished in June y, \go2.\ STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 745 solid mahogany with maple ceilings, while the curtains are offigured silk, and the trimmings of bronze. The windows are doubleand of French plate-glass. The cars are provided with toilet accom-modations and hot water heaters. The cars for the Northern Texas Traction Company are 47 ft.over buffers, and 8 ft. 6 ins. from top of floor to upperroof. The width over steel sill plates is 8 ft. 4 ins., andlength over body 36 ft. 3 ins. The combination cars have An Improved Railway Cut-Off Saw The heavy power-i.ed railway cut-off saw illustrated herewithhas been recently placed upon the market by the S. A. WoodsMachine Company, of South Boston, Mass., and is designed forcutting up lumber into accurate lengths. It will cut off timbers14 ins. x 16 ins., or boards 30 ins. wide, and carries saws upto 40 ins. in diameter. It is claimed to be heavier, stronger and
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COMBINATION BAGGAGE AND PASSENGER CAR a seating capacity of thirty, and there are folding wall seats in thebaggage compartment, which is 10 ft. 6 ins. in length. The seatsare Hale & Kilburn rattan, walk-over spring-edge pattern, withbronze handles on seat back. The interior finish is cherry. Thereare toilet accommodations, and a unique feature is an adjustablepartition which can be placed between any of the seats in accordancewith the laws in certain Southern States requiring separate com-partments for whites and blacks. A number of open trailer cars arebeing built for this road, as well as a magnificent private car ofthe same dimensions as the standard coaches. ■ more rigid in construction than other machines upon the market,being adequate for the heaviest work. The saw carriage is operated by power feed, with three speeds.It is under control of the operator by the action of a treadle, andn provided with quick automatic return. A tension device for thedriving belt keeps the lat