The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-09-11
Dinner on the rail-

Pacific Railroad cerr,spoa1srcs q the y. Y. Times
\ couple Of hours cut, dinner wa announced
an - event 10 tbOse Of Us who had yet to
experience what IL IL % eat in one OF Pullman's
forward of our sleeping palace, we found ourselves
IN the dining car, the /" international" which,
%, muse OF gastrUnony, inspire with me with
language frly TO describe
And first 10 tie mechanism, &c, Of the car
itself. Tie E. international =" Is about 90 feet
long by 10 feet wide, and IL supported ON eight
wheeled trucks, giving 10 wheels to the car.
Thi- arrangement, and an elaborate combination
of steel springs, secures such steadiness that no
serious jcl;ing ~unsettles n dish. The body Of the
vehicles j. or wonderOu5 strength, its exterior
marvellous fine, while its use il indicated 10 the
outside view by it, decorations in carvings and
paintings representing hsh, fruits. game, &c.
This ear IL devoted exclusively TO the purpose Of
cooking and dining. Midway between the two
ends Of the cur. and occupying its entire width
save a narrow passage 10 the left, IL located n
contract kitchen, specially designed for the Pull
Of adoption Of means to ends IL IL | an not
learned in the mysteries OF the baftsTie de cuisine,
but I have IL from an expert that IL affords
facilities for the last ~triumphs of cookery, and as
the proof OF the pudding Is the eating thereof, |
can bear personal witness to the amazing sue
eesses realized in that adyfum OF gastrOnorny.
Now, you may imagine that the presence Of q
kitchen in the dining car i q sacrifice OF aesthetics
10 necessity but such IL not the case. for the
apartment Is 50 effectuaily encased IN rich mir
rVrs and carved decorations that you would not
dream il to be n kitchen, while the ventilation IL
80 perfect that not the faDtest intimatiOn that
cooking is going on reaches the nOstrils. lmrne-
diately beneath the kitchen door, and conmunl-
eating by trap doors, are dust-proOi Ice boxes
and provision cellar, in which are packed the
fresh meats and the butter, egg, and other e'iI-
bles requiI ing cool quarters
Having inspected the cuisine, we come To the
dining SALOONS, which occupy the two ends vt the
car. In each Of these are placed six tables,
twelve in all and, AZ ut each table four can si
comfortably, forty-eight persons may dane at the
same time. These tables ARE portable, and may
De promptly slowed away Out Of sight. Attached
10 the eide OF the ear, By each table, IL u bell,
One stroke upon which Instantly brings n waiter
% YOUR side. The interior Of the dining saloon
j. elegantly finished i'm black walnut, mounted
Will. silver. while all the appointments are in
perfect taste, and the effect l. sIrikingly pleasing.
IL was q revelation 10 us, that dInper ON Sun
iay and though we continued to dine for four
days, and had as many breakfasts and suppers,
our whole party never ceased 10 admire the per-
lection OF the arranSements and the marvellous
results achieved. Upon tables covered with
snowy linen and garnisbed with services Of solid
silver. Ethiop walters, fitting about IN spOtless
white, placed as BIZ magic u repast ut which
Delmonico himself could have had no occasion TO
blush uni indeed in some respects il would be
haru Tor th1r distinguished thJ 10 Ia1tch our
msHn: for, in addition To all that ordinarily
makes up n fret chop dinner, had we not our
antelope steak. 1.-THE gourmet who has not expe-
rieuced this-bah what does be know Of the
feast Of fat things p our delicious mountain brook
trout, our choice OF fruit and berries, and sauce
piauante and unpurciasable, our sweet scented
appetite-eoInPelliDg mir Of the p%rairies? You
may depend upon IL, We all did justice to the
good things and, a. we washed them down with
bumpers of sparkling krug- while We sped
along at the rate Of thirty miles an hour, agreed
IL was the fastest living We lad ever experienced.
eve beat tfAt, however, two days aftcrward,
when we made twenty-seyeu miles in twenty
seven minutes. eEhile our champagne glasses
filed To the brim spilled not a drOPD After
dinner We repaired To our drawing-rOOm car,
and, as il was Sabbath eve, intOned some Of the
grand old hymnz-.s Praise God frOm whom, -
&c; - Shining Shore -. COrOnation," &C.
the voices OF the men singers and Of the women
singers blending sweetly in the evening air. while
our train, with its great, glanng Polephemut
eve, lighting up long yistas Of prairie, rushed
into the night and the Wild. Then to bed in
luxurious e~ouches, where we slept the sleep Ol
the ju-t, and only awOks the next morning Mon
day) ut 6 o'clock, To find ourselves 1T the cross
ing Of the North Platte, coo miles from Omaha.