New-York tribune., 1891-10-14
DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR.


The new car which the marty was invited TO inspect
the Joint invention Of T. c. Sessions, BANKER III
Oakland, Cal. and c. L. Pullran. 1t IS " double
decker" concern operated by the trolley eiecu4c sFs
TEN. Mr. Sessions is responsible for the upper oecA
Of the car, while Mr. Pullman designed the cehtra
entrance and elevated pilot houses. In general ap-
pearance the car resembles the double decked vehicles
in common use in London and Paris, and 1t presented
a handsome appearance as II stood on the ralls ol
the experimental tracks along the western edge Oh e
citv The new car is - feet long; the width Ieeo
and inches; height. II feet IL lnches' Inc onlei
ain, NJ the inventors was 10 design a car with dOuOe
the usual carrying caplcity. The new car VIII o"'
forty passengers on each deck. The car oody Is ~
arranged that passen-e may enter at the ceHoe "a
either SIDE where spiral stairs lead to the upper u
Four stalrways. combined with two at the ootoih'
cpaate toward the top, leading TO either END OF 'e
car The entrances at the centre occupy no HiVrc
spaca than the end platforms on ordinary street cars
The lower car body consists Of two compartments e'
twelve feet long with circular ends seats behg creu
around the ends "a well as at the sdes' Inc uPP0'
deck IS entirely covered with canopy atacheu 10 'e
pilot house. The car IS equipped WIN ele0Ilo '
deuer and double oil lamp in each COMPARTMENT
Ir,c bootars are also Get In the car. Two Westing
bouse motors OF twenty-five horsepower furnish tle
torce The car rests on two trucks OF specia oe7sn
arranged with doube-braIe attachments and iilclon
brake The efficiency Of the brakes was deinoI'u a.u
bv the stoppage Of the within It's own lehgn NIIe
travelling at speed Of twelve miles an hour H. H.
Sasslons manager of the Pullman Car Works IS the
inventor Of the brake attachment.
IT AsTOSIsHED THE PASSENGERS
The operaton Of the motors was perfect giving gea'
roA and beinr under perfect control. The genueme'
s.n+ exnressed themselves being astonshed at the
great advance made In these new Westinghouse nio''
and the remarkable economy In the power consumer
several new conveniences have been introduced on lc
Gov .cb az electric bells for stopping by signal from
the passengers and an electric diagram SHOWN -
,-,can+ seats NAV be found the upper deck Inc
- roo,iros the services Of three employees Inc
vehice xhiblted yesterday was finished w. ttIJ
bardsorely decorated and painted DeauuIu Cs
- we rs p COO pounds. and cost 9J1oO LsaI "egh
II ~ ~ Bos-on electric street railway men Wis
ited Ipuman and made careful inspecuoh - q iuo
merits departing with the promise Of an oIuer lof
Iarrp number OF cars for use next summer. .A -,
' "a ,ncornorated company has been formed Dy
nr-nIor 81 Chicago capitalists the manuiactuIt y
this new car and they nope 20 ue 9'ae u
rihIem during the worlds Fair. Ihe new car WI" ~ ~
known as the Pullman centre vesubue suee'oi' Will
upper seats. go - ..-.o.,or6,r N m
Pullman paiace car. on steam roads, MARKS q ne"
era IN street railruadlns
AN IMPORTANT LOCAL INDUSTRY
II sboud greatly rebound 70 the credit OF u"
| Westinghouse Company that motors manufaccureu os
! tbsm arc the first to he placed under cars OF suci
large dimensions and It showed concluslvey that con
ndence was placed in the motors manuiaCTiet - ~
tbat company This type OF car, on account M ~ ~ ~
novel features and great carrying caPaslY, VII j, ~
donbt meet with much favor ana VIII & 9e Plaou d "
very many street railway whefe [Ie T nrovn bv tb
test that the Westinghouse motors possess tne n
0uIstA qualities for this severe service tnS rsuL m
SrdStrv in largely Increasing the amount OF railway
| business now being done oy them'