. The Street railway journal . piece of special cable work recently madefor the West Side Company, of Chicago, for its tracks on WashingtonStreet near the tunnel, where they change from the West Side to theState Street cable. The company was represented by Mr. A. W. Paige,president, and Mr. E. S. Nethercut, engineer. The Local Committee. The thanks of the attendants at Atlanta are certainly due thelocal committee for the care paid by them to all present. No effort wasspared by these gentlemen to make the time of all pass agreeably, andwe cannot speak too highly of their work. William W. Kingst
. The Street railway journal . piece of special cable work recently madefor the West Side Company, of Chicago, for its tracks on WashingtonStreet near the tunnel, where they change from the West Side to theState Street cable. The company was represented by Mr. A. W. Paige,president, and Mr. E. S. Nethercut, engineer. The Local Committee. The thanks of the attendants at Atlanta are certainly due thelocal committee for the care paid by them to all present. No effort wasspared by these gentlemen to make the time of all pass agreeably, andwe cannot speak too highly of their work. William W. Kingston,Ernest Woodruff, Eugene P. Thomas and S. A. Trawick were particu-larly assiduous in attending to the wants of the delegates. The J. G. Brill Companys Exhibit. The J. G. Brill Company, the well known car and truck makers ofPhiladelphia, made one of its characteristic exhibits, both inside andoutside the exhibition hall. There were in operation on the tracks ofthe Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company three elegant and. GENERAL VIEW OF J. G. BRILL CO-S EXHIBIT. entirely different types of motor cars. All attracted considerable atten-tion, notably the Coronado railroad car, built by the Brill Coronado Beach, Cal., and which is shown in the accompanyingillustration. This car is called a combination car, combining open andclosed features. The finish is elaborate and beautiful. The woodworkis in solid mahogany, hand carved, the ceiling is decorated in trans-parent green, and the seats and backs are handsomely upholstered. Thiscar attracted especial attention, and finds its place in cities where thereis a uniformity of climate, like those in lower California or otherSouthern states. Another car represented in operation was a twenty foot motorcar, mounted on Brills well known Eureka maximum traction ease of riding of this car was its notable feature, and as the BrillCompany is constructing some 200 odd cars of this same pattern forthe New Orleans Tractio
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