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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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thickness or pattern. Send drawing or sample forestimate. This material Is nbttolutely free from grit and will not become brittle aiul break. Now In use on the LeadingItallroads, giving general satisfaction. BE SURE TO SEND FOR SAMPIiES AND PRICES. New York Office, No. 14 Dey St. VILCANIZED FIB«E CO., Wilmington, Del. STREET CAR SEATS & BACKS. THREE-PLY CAR SIDES. Having given our three ply white wood car sides a thorough trial for anumber of years in our city street and railway lines, which test has left them asfirm and good as the day they were put In, we unhesitatingly place these sidesin the market as a superior article. They are composed of three white wood (orpoplar) veneers, each M inch thick, the grain of the center layer running at rightangles with the two outside layers. Hence they derive all the special and well-known advantages of glued up wood over single ply, namely:1st. They are fully 75 per cent stronger, for they brace and stiffen thecar. MAIN PANEL.3-a In. W.W.
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2nd. The, much dead weight to the car.3rd. They will not check or split by change of atmosphere.4th. They will not split or crack when nailing into place, y are lighter, being only 3-8 inch thick, and so do •tot add soHoari weight to the car. —j ~- -I— ~j ^ i 1. They will not split or crack when nailing into place , even thoughthe nail be placed near the edge.5th. Being laid over a form to suit the shape of the car frame or postthey cannot buckle or twist, a feature which also adds strength to thecar. For repairing cars these sides have no equal. Our Three Ply Car Seats ami Backs, SO well known all over the world,are now the most popular seat and back in the market, and recommend them-selves especially for their Lightness, Cleanliness, Healthfulnessand Beauty, asalso their Cheapness a?irf Durability- For they are indestructible by moths (thegreat enemy of upholstering), and will not harbor vermin or Insects, or carry orcommunicate contagion or disease. Our trade in this line has

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