Identifier: newyorkbysunligh00mcca_1 (find matches)
Title: New York by sunlight and gaslight : a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtu
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: McCabe, James D., 1842-1883.
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Publisher: New York : Union Publishing House
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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veniences for each. They arelighted with gas, as are also the platforms, and in winterare heated. The platforms extend beyond the stationhouses at each end, and are covered with a light andgraceful iron pavilion roof. - The stations are reachedfrom the street by light iron stairways enclosed at theside and roofed over. The up stations are on the eastside of the streets, and the down stations on the westside. Passengers purchase their tickets at the ofiice onentering the station, and drop them in a patent box incharge of an attendant upon passing out on the plat-form. The equipment of the road is excellent. The carsare built after the style of the Pullman palace cars.The seats have spring cushions, and are placed two bytwo in the centre of the car at each side of the passage-way; at the ends they are ranged longitudinally aroundthe car, thus affording ample space near the doors forthe ingress and egress of passengers. The windowsare unusually large, are of plate glass, and are provided
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EQUIPMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN LINE. 183 with adjustable rep blinds. The cars are painted adelicate shade of green, and are among the handsomestto be found on any road in the Union. The platformsare enclosed with iron balustrades, with gates at thesides. The locomotives used are small and of a pecu-liar construction. They make an average speed oftwelve miles an hour, including stoppages. All trainsare provided with air-brakes, and can be stopped in alittle more than their own length. The road is operatedby means of electric signals, and every precaution forsafety is taken. The conductors and brakemen are handsomelyuniformed, as are also the attendants at the stations.They are dressed in blue flannel or cloth, with orna-mental braidings on the shoulders, brass buttons on thecoat and vest, and cap encircled with two gold cordsand marked with silver letters in front above the peak,with the title, conductor, brakeman, etc. Theyhave an air of extreme importance, and hustle passen-gers on an

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