The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
NEW STEEL PASSENGER COACHES NOW BEING
 DELIVERED TO THE
 NEW HAVEN ROAD


 The interest of the travelling public and particularly the travelling sales men of the country was recently cen tered on the announcement that or ders had been placed with the Os- good Bradley Car Company of Wor- eesfer Mass, by the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad O. for the construction of one hundred and fifty all steel passenger day coaches
 On Saturday, November 1, the first car was delivered to the railroad com pany, and before the end of the year twenty-five cars will have been re- ceived and placed in service. Be ginning January 1st, 1914, the com pany has been assured that a car a. day will be delivered until the order is completed. These new cars are modern in every detail containing the most improved type of safety devices and include the best of material and workmanship
 Eighty feet in length. ten feet long CT than the coaches now in service. having a seating capacity of eighty eight they are the acmeW of modern car building. The interior has receiv- ed particular attention and is finish ed in a most simple and attractive manner
 The ventflating system, one of the most essential festures, is accomplish ed by an automatic arrangement so that fresh air Is supplied and sfmul- toneously the vitiated air is drawn out.
 Heat Is supplied by means of va DOT system of steam sent to the heat ing coiIz and is regulated automatica1- 1y by pressure valves.
 The unique lighting system with which these cars are equipped is a most pleasing feature. Thirty-two electric lights of twenty watts each are artistica1ly distributed through- out the car insuring an equal diffusion of light Each car is furnished with it's own lighting system. electricity be- ing generated by a dynamo which IS run by a belt from the car axle. The electricity thus generated is stored in batteries that the supply may be sus- tained while the car is not in mo- tion-
 The floor is steel with a composition covering of the most sanitary and ire proof manufacture.
 The cars are protected from heat and cold by a heavy insulation ap- proximateIy three-Quarters of an inch thick which consists of hair felt and Asbestos The material used in the roofing is not quite as heavy as that used In some other sections but is of double thickness and equipped with moulding which the casual ob- server would conclude could be noth- ing but wood
 Tn the underframe especial stress has been laid in the matter of making it durable and capable of withstand ing shock Through the centre of the car are two steel draft members. or known to the railroad world as ship channels, each twelve inches wide and fve-eights of an inch in thickness There are steel cover plates for them at the top and bottom and also truss plates thirty inches wide. with this foundation the sides are Ffvited thus making the cars staunch and sturdy
 The air brake equipment is known ias the Westinghouse P. c. type con sisting of two cylinders, one cylinder to be operated in general service, while both cylinders are available in case of emrgencey. It is believed that this system is doubly safe and that there can be little if any inn provement made upon it. With this arrangement the braking power is doubled and at no time is there hard 1y a chance of the brakes not being in working order
 The six wheel trucks are all steel 'ronstruction with thirty-six inch forg- ,ed steel wheels
 A radical departure is noted in the flavatories at each end of the cars in that the air pressure water system has made possible the installation of white ename1ed wash bowls. The par freI racks above the seats are contin- sE5ous extending the entire length of me car ana are or the most rGcGnt 1Style in design and finish.
 The seats through are of The high back '-wa1k-over" type upholstered in green plush Only a thin ca pping over the arm rests as well as the win How sills are of wood, every remain Ing part being of the strongest steel
 Platforms on the cars are such that passengers may enter or leave Eheuo RI high or low station platforms.
 The first thing which catches the rye of the traveller is the extra. length Df the car and the steel panels riveted 10 the structural framework. Every Ear receives tWenty-two thousand riV- Ets which means that forty-four thou sand holes are drilled in the sheets and beams of steel.
 This new type of car weighing ap- proximateIy 130.0O0 pounds will be Especially attractive to the salesman Travelling throughout New England as well as to those others who spend D great deal of time on the railroad Avain because of its stability and the