Electric railway review (1906) (14738091576)

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Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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ar Development. The standard car of 1907 is of the same general design asthe cars built in 1905 and 1906. except that, as the resultof a very careful investigation, the cars now under construc-tion have been especially designed to prevent accidents, mini-mize overcrowding and insure the collection of fares. Thecross seats have been lengthened slightly so as to afford moreseating room to passengers. Certain other changes also havebeen made with a view to lessening the noise, improving theventilating and heating arrangements, insuring better protec-tion to the motormen and conductors and giving greatercomfort and safety to passengers. Cause of Accidents. During 1906 approximately 30 per cent of our accidentswere caused by jiersons getting on or off moving cars andmany of the most serious personal injuries resulted there-from. Quite a large proportion of these accidents werecaused by excessive overcrowding of cars during the rushhour, which, under the present method of operation, we have
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Pay-as-You-Enter Cars Chicago—Showing Loading and Unloading While Car Is at a Stop. way was described and illustrated. It is understood thatthese cars, which have now been in successful operation fortwo years, were built so that they might readily be adaptedfor the pay-as-you-enter plan of collecting fares. It may be of interest to recite briefly some of the con-structional details of these cars. The length of the body overend panels is 32 feet 5 inches, length over all 45 feet 9 inches,width inside 8 feet 2Vfe inches, width outside over all 9 feet.As the cars have been operated, the seating plan comprisedseven cross seats on each side of the car and longitudinalseats in each comer with ample room for four passengers,the total seating capacity being 44. Each car body is mounted on two trucks of what is com-monly known as the M. C. B. type. The truck frames,equalizers, bolsters and motor suspension are of forged steel,all parts being machine fitted. A 500-pound double-plate 33-inch c