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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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estry cur-tains are hung over the rear windows and in the opening betweenthe observation room and the passageway to the dining room. Apleasing effect is added by full-length plate mirrors placed on eachside of the door to the dining room. An ornamental iron and artglass electric lamp is provided for illuminating the table in theobservation room. Two folding card tables of natural mahogany cupboard and refrigerator. The space over the kitchen hallway isutilized for the storage of kitchen supplies. The car is mounted on trucks of the M. C. B. type with a 6-ft.wheel base, designed for inside-hung motors. The axles are 5 in.in diameter and the wheels 33 in. The equipment includes twoGE-73 motors. Standard M. C. B. draw heads arc provided. The car is fitted with an arc headlight, standard classificationlamps and flag brackets. The interior lighting is effected by meansof 30 incandescent lamps set in fixtures of ornamental broi The charge made for renting this car is $25.00. For this amount
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SPECIAL CAR IOWA OF THE INTER-URBAN RAILWAY CO. OF DES MOINES, IA. are available, but usually are stored in a special compartment abovethe lavatory. The carpet and draperies in the dining room are of a deep redcolor. The table is of mahogany, 2 x 4 ft. in size with a heavysquare leg at each corner. The size of the table top can be in-creased by adding a section to any or all of the sides. When allthe sections are in place, the size of the top is 4x6 ft. There are12 chairs of the same wood as the table and finished with darkleather seats. The lavatory walls and ceiling are finished in white and bluemetal tile, the floor being covered with a linoleum in a tile effect.The toilet fixtures are all in nickel and the mirror is a beveled

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