. The Street railway journal . e to the pleasure trip. Mt. Cenis tunnel is nextapproached. Plunging into utter darkness the sleigh rolls mer-rily along for a distance of 500 ft, and breaks out again uponthe view of the beautiful Matterhorn. Picturesque, indeed, isthis glorious mountain, tipped with the virgin snow, the eveningsun and reflected shadows from the valley below vieing witheach other in tinting its majestic peak. In the matter of construction, Switzerland is a model foramusement venturers. With a front of 85 ft. and a depth of584 ft., it comprises over a mile of rail, twenty-five di
. The Street railway journal . e to the pleasure trip. Mt. Cenis tunnel is nextapproached. Plunging into utter darkness the sleigh rolls mer-rily along for a distance of 500 ft, and breaks out again uponthe view of the beautiful Matterhorn. Picturesque, indeed, isthis glorious mountain, tipped with the virgin snow, the eveningsun and reflected shadows from the valley below vieing witheach other in tinting its majestic peak. In the matter of construction, Switzerland is a model foramusement venturers. With a front of 85 ft. and a depth of584 ft., it comprises over a mile of rail, twenty-five distinctive the side walls. The curtains of the open part may be drawncompletely to the floor and, together with the sashes in thebulkhead, furnish complete protection to this compartment. The length of the car over the end panels is 24 ft. y1/^ ins.,and over the crown pieces, 32 ft. y% ins. The length of theclosed compartment is 13 ft. 5 ins., and of the open compart-ment, 15 ft. 2^4 ins. The width over the sills, including the. INTERIOR OF COMBINATION CAR sill plates, is 7 ft. 5 ins., and over the posts at the belt, 8 ft. 2ins. The sweep of the posts is 5 ins.; centers of posts, 2 ft. 5ins.; length of seats in closed compartment, 33 ins., and widthof aisles, i8l/2 ins. The side sills are 3^4 ins. x 7 ins., with 3^-in. steel plates. The corner posts of the closed compart-ment are 3^ ins. thick, and those of the open compartment,3^ ins. The side posts are, 124 ins. and 2^4 ins. September 10, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 38. FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE Wall Street, Sept. 7, 1904. The Money Market Extreme dullness continues in all branches of the local moneymarket. The demand for funds, and especially for fixed periods, ispractically at a standstill, despite the increased activity andstrength in the securities market, but at the same time there is ageneral disposition on the part of lenders to ask higher rates, inview of the heavy shipment of currency to the South and Westto fa
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