Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-14

The GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AND ITS
SLEEPING Cause.-The great through route
between New York and Boston, and Chicago
and the far West, via the New York Central,
Great Western, and Michigan Central Rail
roads, has now become the most popular route
with the leading lines between the West and
the East. The Great Western Railway Com
pany have recently placed upon the road at
their own expense, sleeping car, which, in
point of ease, comfort, convenience, and ad-
mlrable arrangements, surpasses anything of
the kind in the country.
Travellers can now leave New York or Bos-
ton for Chicago or beyond, without losing a
single nights rest by passing over the New
York Central Railroad to the Suspension
Bridge, and over the Great Western Railway
and Michigan Central to Chicago. The car
destined for the Suspension Bridge is the last
one on the train coming up from Albany. On
the arrival of the train here the car is switched
of, and proceeds with the Suspension Bridge
train, by which arrangement passengers going
over the Great Western road are not disturbed
in their rest while here, nor are persons allow
ed to pass through the car from one part of
the train to another.
The sleeping cars on the Great Western
Railway have been built with special refer
ence to the ease and comfort of the passengers,
atfording accommodation to but thirty-sx pas
sengers, while the sleeping cars on other roads
are arranged into berths for from forty-six to
ffty-six persons.
Travellers are each furnished with a COM
Portable seat and bed, which he can occupy at
pleasure without incommoding his neighbors
or being intertered with himself In each car
double row of beds, three tiers high, and
numbering in all thirty-six, runs along the CEN
tire. AT one end Of these is placed double
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filled with water. A handsome mirror, and
some beautiful cabinet work give this end of
the car very attractive appearance. On eth
er side of the car is row of seats-one to each
bed. The bed consists of a hair mattrass, Gov
cred with brussels carpet, and supported by
sofa springs Each bed is provided with a
pillow and comfortable quilt also with beauti-
full silk damask curtains. All the fittings of
the interior are made of black walnut.
A space is set apart by curtains for the use
OF ladies travelling alone, or who desire to
have separate apartments. We have already
stated, that the berths or beds are three tiers
high, and if necessary, can be devided by cur
tains so that party or family of three or
more persons may be entirely shut out from
the rest of the passengers in the car Less
motion is felt on these cars than on the com.
mon passenger car, in consequence of the
greater weight in the centre The conductors
on these cars are intelligent and obliging, and
have instructions to answer all questions as to
connecting routes. Those who have passed
over this route since the new cars have been
running, speak in very high terms of them,
and OF the route to the West. Travelling at
the present is rapidly being reduced to a
science.
Tickets for this route can be obtained of the
conductors of the Worcester and Nashua Rail
Road.