Entering the car, the observer is at once impressed by the amount of room available for passengers.  The seating arrangements are similar to the elevated cars, but the subway coaches are longer and wider than the Manhattan, and there are two additional seats on each end.  The seats are all finished in rattan.  Stationary crosswise seats are provided after the Manhattan pattern, at the center of the car.  The longitudinal seats are 17-3/4 inches deep.  The space between the longitudinal seats is 4 feet 5 inches.

The windows have two sashes, the lower one being stationary, while the upper one is a drop sash.  This arrangement reverses the ordinary practice, and is desirable in subway operation and to insure safety and comfort to the passengers.  The side windows in the body of the car, also the end windows and end doors, are provided with roll shades with pinch-handle fixtures.

[Illustration:  INTERIOR VIEW OF PROTECTED WOODEN CAR]

The floors are covered with hard maple strips, securely fastened to the floor with ovalhead brass screws, thus providing a clean, dry floor for all conditions of weather.

Six single incandescent lamps are placed on the upper deck ceiling, and a row of ten on each side deck ceiling is provided.  There are two lamps placed in a white porcelain dome over each platform, and the pressure gauge is also provided with a miniature lamp.

[Illustration:  EXTERIOR VIEW—­PROTECTED WOODEN CAR, SHOWING COPPER SIDES]

The head linings are of composite board.  The interior finish is of mahogany of light color.  A mahogany handrail extends the full length of the clerestory on each side of the car, supported in brass sockets at the ends and by heavy brass brackets on each side.  The handrail on each side of the car carries thirty-eight leather straps.

Each ventilator sash is secured on the inside to a brass operating arm, manipulated by means of rods running along each side of the clerestory, and each rod is operated by means of a brass lever, having a fulcrum secured to the inside of the clerestory.

All hardware is of bronze, of best quality and heavy pattern, including locks, pulls, handles, sash fittings, window guards, railing brackets and sockets, bell cord thimbles, chafing strips, hinges, and all other trimmings.  The upright panels between the windows and the corner of the car are of plain mahogany, as are also the single post pilasters, all of which are decorated with marquetry inlaid.  The end finish is of mahogany, forming a casing for the end door.

[Illustration:  FRAMING OF PROTECTED WOODEN CAR]

[Sidenote:  Steel Cars]