On December 15 two trail cars fed here by the Shire Line str. Cardiganshire from England, response to an order placed by the Shanghai Electric Constroction Ca.
care were landed, however, it was discovered that they had suffered serious damage during the stormy passage of the ateamer, The necessary repairs having been effected to one of the cars an inspection took place at the car sheds, Hart Road, on Tuesday afternoon, Colonel Brace, Captain Superintendent, of Police, Mr H. Godfrey, Acting Engineer and Sarveyor, Public Works Department. and Mr, T. H. U. Aldridge, Municipal Electrical Engineer. The visitors were received by Mr. D. McColl, Mr. J. G. Smeaton and Mr. E. 8. Sh aod after an interesting demon trial trip was rao to the Railway via Bobbling Well, Nanking and Chekiang Roads, thence along Woosung Road to The Bund, along Nanking Road to Carter Road; to the terminus at the Yangkingpang, and then back to the shed at Hart Road where the car was stalled for the night. Throughout the long trip everything worked smoothly, and no farther adjustments are necessary before the car permanently takes op its rouping on the Yangtazepoo section Perhaps the wheels ran in their axle boxes, but a fe ranning will remedy this, The cara are fitted with brakes similar to those in ase on the leading cars; in fact they form a part of the controlling machinery. and when the driver applies the hand brake the trail car is brought to ndstill at the same time as the leading preventing the jolt that always occurs when trail cars not 60 fitted. The emergency brake is also operated in the same manner, for there is an electric connexion between the two cars, so that when the driver has recourse to this brake both cars can be stopped almost within their own lengths, and again without " disposition being the second car to overtake The emergency brake was 4] the tram was proceeding along The Bund, and it acted admirably.
As stated in our issue of December 18 the cars will be on the Yangtszepoo route to relieve the overcrowding that takes place on that line in the busy hours. They are for the accommoda. tion of second-class passengers, and are well fitted. There is " wide space under each of the wooden seats, while about eighteen inches from the roof tennis wooden transverse racks have been fitted. where parcels may be placed daring. the journey. The cars are painted yellow and bear Chinese characters.
The Company has teand that the red psiot used on the cars when they were introduced two years ago is not so darable as the yellow and green lately adopted, so that as re-painting is necessary each car will have a coat of yellow paint for the second-class and green for the first-class, The change will be a gradual one, bat already three cars have been painted in this way
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