The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-15
TWO NEW CARS
TO START TODAY
LARGER THAN ANY NOW iN CITY
WITH DECIDED IMPROVE
MEHT m INTERIOR.
COMpANY'S new NAME
Is Cairo Railway and Light System
-Four More Cars Arrive Next
Week-Proqress on Power
House and Track.

| Two of the SIX new summer street
cars ordered fer service In the city by
the Mckinley people arrived early yaa
terday morning from Danville over
/ the Big Four. one Of the cars was ua-
loaded yesterday and made a short
trip over the line The other will be
unloaded today aud beth Will be pul
into service late today or Sunday
! morning. The cars are similar to the
large winter cars now In operation On
, the Belt Line but are wider being
over eight feet, and are nearly thirty
feet long. They are painted an or
ange color with Il buff color for trim
mings aud are very attractive. Both
ends of the cars are enclosed In a
steel and glass cab without any doors.
The seats are run across the car with
an aisle running through the middle
The seating capacity Is forty besid
the number that can stand in the
aisle. The steps are on both sides Of
the cars ard can be turned up ont OF
the way when only one side of the
car is in use The aisle through the
car viii render it unnecessary for con
ductors in collecting fares TO climb
back and forth on the side steps
There are nine destination signs
on both ends Of each car, which can
be easily adjusted by the motorman
The nine signs are North Commercial.
South Commercial, North Walnut
South Washington, Poplar. IIalbrook,
Future City, Special and Chartered
New Name Adopted.
The cars that have arrived here
are Nos so and SO aud have large mi
tials &C. r. & l.. s. on both ends and
on the sides, which stands for the
Cairo Railwas and Light system
which Is the new name under which
the Cairo Electric and Traction Co.
ard the Cairo City Gas Co. will be
known. The old single trucks are
used but are six inches longer on
these cars. There are twos registers
one In each end of the car, one being
for the transfers and the other for
cash fares ard tickets Four of the
cars VIII be used on the Belt Line and
two will be used on the other line
There are two large i0horse power
motors under each car,
The four ether cars have been ship
ped and will arrive here mex weel.
The three iuterurban cars which have
been ordered will arrive here In Aug
ust. They are very large cars with
two trucks.
Work on Power House, Etc.
The large smoke stack at the new
power house has been built to tae
height of 1G0 feet leaving only 20
feet to complete IT, The work on tha
plant will be completed and IN opera
tion in July. Some of the machinery
is being installed now The machin
cry at the present power house viii
be sold as soon as the new plant il
put in operation
The work on the repair shop al
joining the power house which Is F;
portion of the new earn barn is abou
half completed Two large concret,
car pits nearly 100 feet long hav,
Just been finished They are built t.
permit worlmen to repair cars under
meath aud are about four feet deep
Work on the interurban track is go
ing on with energy while the geo.
weather is here The track Is laid
nearly to the Halfway house and tn.
work car is running nearly to Urban
d-le.