Identifier: electricrailway351910newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ion System will inaugurate a newsleeping-car service between St. Louis and Peoria. This is arun of 172 miles. Two cars for this service have just beendelivered from the St. Charles (Mo.) plant of the AmericanCar & Foundry Company. These equipments include a numberof innovations in car building, all designed to make sleeping-carservice more comfortable and more safe. H. E. Chubbuck, later. Passengers from St. Louis to Peoria will have ampletime to reach the electric train after the closing of theaters. The regular Pullman rate of $1.50 a berth will be chargedwith the exception that the upper berths will be 25 cents less.One colored porter will act as attendant on each car. A thirdporter will relieve the regular men on every other trip. Eachday the cars will be thoroughly cleaned and aired at the termi-nals. Every consistent means will be used to insure the com-fort of the passengers. Hot coffee and rolls will be served eachpassenger from a portable fireless cooker provided for each
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Illinois Traction System Sleeper—New Design of Car Body with Turtle-Back Roof general manager, ;ind J. M. Bosenbury, superintendent ofmotive power and equipment, Illinois Traction System, are jointinventors of many of the novel features. An underlying mo-tive in the design of these cars was to offer a passenger meansfor passing a more comfortable night while en route over theelectric line than could be had on the regulation sleepers of anycompetitive steam road. As a step in advance the sleeping carof this new design has upper berths into which daylight and airare readily admitted. An outside view is obtainable throughtwo windows at the side of each upper berth. Other novel fea-tures which will appeal to the night traveler are mentionedbelow. The new type of sleeping car has a turtle-back roof. Theexcellent appearance of this car should attract the especialattention of those railway men who long have held that themonitor deck was an heritage from horse-car days and oflittle value un

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