Identifier: streetrailwayjo211903newy (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
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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The acconi()an yiiit; illustrationsshow a private parlor ear vvliiehhas been designed by the DenverCity Tramway Company and Iniiltby the Woeber Brothers CarriageCompany, of Denver, Col., for theuse of the officers and directors ofthe tramway company, and forrental to pleasure parties desiringan e.xee))tionally fine ear. The use of parlor ears of thiskind is growing, ;is it is found thatthey are not only a convenience forthe directors of the railway com-pany, in their periodic inspection ofthe road and its equipment, but, byrenting these cars to trolley partiesof various kinds, they can be madequite a source of income. The Den-ver car possesses several novel fea-tures over similar cars illustrated in these columns. Fig. I shows the exterior of *he car, with vestibule doorsopen, and folding steps down ready for use. Tiiese folding-steps, which are of special design, are operated by the motor-man or conductor in the vestibule. Fig. 2 is a view of the car when running, the vestibule doors
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