The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-26
NEW TROLLEY CARS OVER
 TYPE NOW IN USE.
Pay-AS-YOu-Enter Have NTanV
 Points of Safety /
 and Ease.

i car.
 That at least is the assurance given by General Manager J. K. Runderford and General Superintendent Charles H. Chapman of the Connecticut Com pany, backed by the actual sight of two of the cars in the Grand street barns of the traction company in New Haven.
 Bridgeport is to have them not lat CT than December 15, if the General Electric Company can settle their strike, the New Haven railroad can get their cars through from New York to Bridgeport, the Allies do not take all the output of the steel mills and the brass manufa ctories will only let some of their products rest in Am erica rather, than all go to Europe. And they will be some cars when they get here; cars the women can board safely, cars that will accomO-s date passengers in comfortable seatse ears that will be self ventilated and heat regulated without waiting for the command of a starter five miles dis tant, cars that cannot climb into each other should collision occur, and among other things that sound pleas- ant, cars that cannot starh until the
 last passenger is on and the door is fully closed. Furthermore they are larger, higher, have more air-space and light, and bells for signalling for stops without finding the conductors eye when he is busy talking with
 some feminine acquaintance, and can be converted in fifteen minutes from an all steel winter car to summer topen-air car.
 A reporter for the Farmer discov- cred these facts about the car in New Haven on Wednesday: In appearance they are yellow in | 4 q I, 4Z, f-1 1r-3 CT than the big cars now on the streets here. They are constructed through out of steel. no wood entering into the
 makeup from truck to. roof, the front is somewhat round and 5sloped, offer ing a very pleasant contour to the eye. The trucks are novel, being two in number and having one large. wheel and a small .'pilot'' or pony wheel, the idea being to place the weight upon the larger or motor driven wheel The platforms of the cars Aare of all steel, so constructed as to prevent telescoping fin 1co1lisions and in addi- ton, have a peculiar fender bumper in front which prevent the car from upwards in head-on accidents. The platforms are abnormal1y long, having no Pulkhead between the car and the vestibu1e and are accessible by double doors operated singly or in 1 pairs by either the motorman or con- tductor. Through an electrical connec- ltion all circuit is broken when the
 door is slightly ajar and the. operat- I ling mechanism is further arranged lso that upon the doors being closed
 the car may be started upon one speed ahead but not upon the second, third
 or fourth speed. r.
 The controllers are placed beneath
 the cars so that no danger from e1ec- i trica1 short circuit can endanger or
 frighten the passengers. Special pre- caution is taken against slippery rails 1 four boxes of sand being added to
 the equipment, each operated by conn
 pressed air controlled placed on the
 air-brake lever. rather than by foot
 control as in present cars
 1 The seating arrangement is of two designs short side seats aecommodat- 1 ing five persons on one side. frant and rear, and twelve cross seats accommo O. dating two persons each. But few Estraps for islanders are noticeable.f and these are not s1ideab1e on rails.
 In the top of the car several special iventilators are inserted in the steel ceiling, while on the side thermostats automatically regulate the heat ac- i cording to the season and the varied opening and closing of doors The floors are novel in their facilities for cleaning. Push buttons are so lQcat- led that passengers may signal stops
  made by the conductor. No forward signals are required of the Ac6nductoE. The closed f doorways automatically tsignalling the motorman through 9 sIt system of concealed light, visible only I 1on the. motorman's platform.
 1 Several central globes of the mazda type dfffuse light through holloplane l shades. The fender lights of the new car are smaller and brighter than
 those on the present cars.
 1 Through the invention of what is known as the Renifant window post,
 the windows are instantly removable and as they are extremely high and low, when removed leave the car lcomplete1y open for summer. use. 1 Generally speaking the new steel I car is radical improvement over the
 old wooden type and will prove a
 great convenience.
 l General mana ger Punderford as- Isures Bridgeporters that they will be the first city in the state to have them Ipermanent1y, being supplied with com Diet sets for each line as they arrive from the shops. Although paid for in advance war orders for brass has held
 back the manufacturers, strikes in the 1 General Electric Company, Schenec-
 tady, N Y. have delayed delivery of
 the controllers, and lack of shipping facilities from New York have held. up shipments of trucks and cars which are now being sent through specially I by express.
 It is appreciated that Bridgeport
 may face a serious car shortage in this city within a few weeks, but addition al numbers of cars will be sent here
 from New Haven to relieve congestion enter cars will be fully cared for
 Incid dent1y the pay as you enter de-
 vice is a large regis=er into, which tn $
 passenger will drop his or her coins, change being made by the conductor,
 and delays formerly occurring through
 the collection of fares in the cars by
 the conductors obviated..
 Passengers will enter by the rear
 door and leave by the front, direc-
 tions being plainly printed in gold letters on the top and sides of the loorS