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SPECIFICATION FOR

(5) Five Cable Cars
for
California Street Cable Railway Co

TO BE MANUFACTURED BY
J. HAMMOND & Co.

LENGTH OVER ALL }
LENGTH OVER CLOSED PART }
LENGTH OVER END SILLS } These measurements to be the same as on
WIDTH OVER ALL } the last 20 cars we have built for you,
WIDTH OVER SIDE SILLS }
WIDTH OVER POSTS OF CLOSED PART }
HEIGHT }

SEATING CAPACITY 30 people 16 on dummies and 14 inside

FLOOR FRAME This frame will be of iron back with oak end sills and
cross pieces. It will consist of four longitudinal sills
of Iron Back and all cross pieces to be tenoned into
these. All mortices and tenons to be painted before being
put together. The whole frame to be trussed with two 7/8"
rods and tied together with rods and bolts.

FLOORING The flooring to be T. & G. pine 1 x 4 laid longitudinal
of car and secured to sills by nails. The floor in the
section between dummy seats to be 1 x 12 dressed pine.

STEPS There will be one step of oak bound on edge with 1 1/4"
channel iron which will extend from the closed portion
form and to the Vestibule front on each side of each open section.

POSTS All posts to be of ash and to be tenoned into side sill
and secured to same by a strap bolt on each post.

ROOF CARLINES All these will be of ash screwed into place.

Vestibule Fronts These to be built of oak same as on the last
20 cars we built for you.