Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-01

"THE QUEEN CITY."-This new and
elegant car of which mention was made
in Yesterdays HERALD is for the beauty
of its design, the completeness of its ar
engagements and the perfectness of its
workmanship, probably unequalled by
any car in Vermont, and hardly surpassed
in New England. The inside is divided
into three principal compartments, one
of which may be called common sitting
room with two private dining rooms, one
on each side. The middle or common
room is provided with eight large easy
chairs and two sofas--the wood work be-
ing of black walnut, handsomely and ap-
propriately carved, and upholstered with
gilt nails. The sofas bsing so arranged
that they may be easily drawn out and
converted into beds. The floor is covered
with an English) Brussels carpet. The
whole inside is finished with black wal
nut, satin wood and red cedar all neatly
and appropriately carved. The roof, or
as it is termed "the head lining" is taste
fully ornamented and decorated and was
made expressly for this car. There are
twenty small and four large windows,
made of French plate glass, with silver
plated guards. The slides for the cur
tains are also silver plated, and the cur
tains are of French blue poplin. Above
the curtains are "lambrequins" of the
same material, which are attached to the
cornioe (which extends around the car
and is made of black walnut, carved, and
relieved by gilt trimmings. At each end
are placed mirrors, as large as the size of
the room will admit. There are also four
hat racks, and the same number of hooks
for hats, coats, etc., all of which are sill
yer plated. The car is also lighted from
above by thirty-two lights of figured
- 49, Ill., .-:----,i-,ss of the win
dows and blinds, and in fact, nearly all of
the trimmings where it could be used to
advantage, are silver plated. Proper at
tention has been paid to ventilation, the
ventilators used being the Carroll Pa
tent" manu- otured by II. D. Carroll &
Co., of Springfield, Mass, which are said
to be the best now in use.
The private drawing rooms are fin
ished with raised panels of black walnut,
relieved by satin wood and red cedar
The carving in these rooms is of rosettes
and Grecian heads, the top being sur
rounded with black walnut ornamental
open work. The other finish is substan-
TALLY the same as in the other parts, they
being furnished with similar carpets,
sofas, mirrors, racks, hooks, lamps, etc,
and being furnished in addition with a
blu walnut extension table. The car
VIII be heated by hot water, Baker and
Smiths patent apparatus being used.
In addition to the three principal COM
partments already mentioned, there are
of course the usual entrances, saloons,
closets and wash rooms, and these are fin
ished with all of the modern improve
ments.
The outside of the car is elaborately
yet neatly finished, the corners being
handsomely executed painting, two of
which are fancy sketches, the third is the
residence of Governor Page, while the
other is the house and grounds formerly
occupied by Colonel Merrill, at St. Johns
bury. Each of the outside door posts is
also decorated with the representation of
female head.
The painting was all done under the d.
reotion of Mr. L. T. Southland, superin-
tendent of the paint shop, and is his work
of which he may well be proud.
We understand that the car was de-
signed by the late NJ NJ. Croker, it being
some of his latest work. Since his death
the work has been carried on to compile
ton by Mr.. AFRO B. Allen, and to his pa
tient and watchful care and mechanical
skill the railroad and the public are in
debted for this elegant piece of workman
ship. The entire cost of the car is esti-
mated at $4,000.