Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-03
TWo-sToRY CARS.
Palaces on Wheels Which May Be
Used Here.


The Electric Railway company is con-
sidering the introduction of street car
recently constructed at the Pullman
works, of which the following is de-
scription:
The car differs from anything ever
built in the shape OF double-decker,
and at once captivated every one by it's
elegance and beauty. 1t combines some
of the features of the Sessions double
decker, with a great many other inn
provements, the joint invention of @. l..
Pullman and HI. HI. Sessions. 1t is 33
feet inches long, feet inches wide
over all, and IA feet 91a inches high from
track over canopy. The entrances, of
which there are four, are at the side,
and placed in the middle of the car.
Permanent safety gates can be swung to
close the side next the other track. A
roomy platform leads to front and rear
and conducts the passenger into COM
modious roo n, in which the seat extends
continuously around both sides and the
semi-circular end, from the windows OF
which one may look in all directions,
there being nothing to obstruct the
vision, as there are no end platforms.
These two compartments, similar in size
and arrangement, each seat twenty pas
sengers. From the central platform the
| upper deck is reached by four gently
winding and quite ornamental light iron
stairways of seven steps each, and the
room afforded and the ease with which
the ascent is made is really astonishing.
| The upper seats are placed back to back,
with abundant room between the seat
and railing, and extend from the
stairway to the drivers stand.
This resembles small pilot
house, being placed at the extreme
ends and has glass sides, allowing the
driver to look in every direction, and at
the same time affording entire protec-
ton from the weather and any tempta-
tion to visit with the passengers. The
trolley poles are short, not more than
five feet in length. and are controlled by
the driver by pair of ropes passing
under small pulleys, but easily handled.
The canopy is as wide as the car, is sup
ported by neat brass posts, and at the
edge has spring canvas curtains,
which draw down and hook to the top
of the guard rail, making the upper
deck even better protected than the
ordinary open car under like circum-
stances.
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oil lamps maze the upper deck and the
two compartments below as light as a
drawing room. Push buttons permit the
passenger to signal the conductor from
any part of the car. and he in turn COM
municates in tie same manner to the
driver. The car is elegantly finished,
ornamented and upholstered.
Among its special attractive features
are the Stanwood steps, which attracted
! general attention, and the Burton cleo
| trio heaters, which furnished an abund-
ance of warmth from their hiding place
beneath the seat. Allen paper car
wheels are used, and the brake and
truck, the joint invention of H. III. Ses-
sions and H. G. Bird, was genuine
surprise, stopping the car easily in its
own length, without a jerk, when run
ming twelve miles an hour. The ease
with which the car took the most Sc
we're curves and the entire absence oi
any suggestion of oscillation, with the
upper deck loaded and the lower floor
empty, was wonderful. The car seats
eighty passengers, but will carry 16(
with standing loads. The motors used
were two 25 horse power Westinghouse
and ran smoothly, firmly and without
noise"
Already these palatial cars have beer
introduced into several large eastern
cities, and it is reliably reported thai
the inventor bids fair to realize a com
Portable fortune from royalties thereon