Identifier: electricrailways01ashe (find matches)
Title: Electric railways, theoretically and practically treated
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Ashe, Sydney Whitmore Keiley, John D
Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: New York, Van Nostrand
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library

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Plate IV.—FLOOR FRAMING, IWTER-URBAN CAR. CAR BODIES. 169 case of long-distance riders who patronize inter-urban carsthan for the short riders using street cars. For bothrequirements the cross-seat is superior to the longitudinaltype. The combination of longitudinal and cross-seats is fre-quently met with on elevated roads where cars are run intrains ; are entered from both ends ; and are operated inboth directions. Under these conditions cross-seats in themiddle third of the car and longitudinal seats near the endsof the car have been found to make a very satisfactorycombination. This is because the cross-seats give the com-fortable accommodation desired by passengers riding longdistances, while longitudinal seats are convenient of accessfrom the door for ingress and egress of passengers, and thewide aisle at each end of the car, between the longitudinalseats, provides the space necessary for the rapid loadingand unloading of cars, which is essential to the operation ofthe high sch

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