The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27
NEW STREET CARS
INTERURBAN TO BE EQUIPPED
WITH CARRIERS OF A NEW
DESIGN.
WILL CARRY MORE PEOPLE
THAN THE CLOSED CARS WHICH
HAVE BEEN IN USE
HITHERTO.
LEMON COLOR WILL PREVAIL
In the Exterior AdOrnment of the
New Vehicles for the Public
Convenience.
LEMON COLOR WILL PREVAIL

Before Nov 1 the Interurban street
ear line will be supplied with cars that
weigh 10000 pounds less than the pres
ent Interurban cars. The new vehicles
will not be any smaller, but simply
lighter in construction and in color.
The street railway company in plac-
ing these lighter cars on this most inn
portant Of all the lines is making an
experiment. The new cars. six in num-
Der, will supplement ~the~present Inter
urban equipment. They are as long as
the Interurbans, and the bench seat
system facing the center of the car is
used. The same trucks and gearing
now in operation on all the cars of the
Interurban line will be used with the
new cars, but the body of the car will
be set nearer to the ground, both for
the sake of convenience and safety.
The new cars will seat forty-three peo-
pie. and the standing room is much
greater than in the present cars, owing
to the arrangement of the seats. The
car heater will be situated in tie
motorman's vestibule instead of being
partly in the car as in the present
Interurbans, and hot water heating
pipes will traverse the entire length
The new cars are not entirely new.
They are made as follows: half
dozen good strong trailers are the basis
of construction. These cars are select
ed for their strength and because they
are too heavy to make good travellers
They are cut in two in the middle and
spliced together by section of suf-
ficient length to make the entire car
as long as the Interurban cars now
used. The main bracing under the
flooring is new, the entire length of the
car, and is made especially strong. In
fact, the new cars will be remarkable
principally for their strength and
lightness.
If the experiment with these light
cars proves a success, it is likely that
the Interurban equipment will be made
on that plan. These experimental ears
themselves will ultimately be run on
some Of the busiest line5 IN the city in
place of the double coach trains.
The brand new lemon-colored suits
in which some of the street cars are
BEGINNING to make their appearance is
attracting much attention. At the
street railway headquarters yesterday,
1T was learned that the work of paint
ing all the cars, both in ST Palu and
Minneapolis is being pushed as rapidly
as possible and does not interfere with
the operation of the lines. About
hfteen cars per week are turned out
of the shops, Respondent in their new
coats of lemon, trimmed in green.
bronze and silver. The least scratch or
touch Of dirt will show upon them
plainly. but this very fact may be
good thing for the public, because the
street car company would naturally feel
obliged to keep the cars in a perfect
state of spotlessness, more SO than it
would if the color We're darker and did
not show dirt easily.
The choice of the color is said to have
been made by C. G. Goodrich. the vice
president of the company The mix
ture contains the same stock as the
color formerly used, the shade of color
ing matter only, varying. When, the