Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-10-22
New Deslsa In sleeping Cars.
VALUABLE INVENTION BY 4 wI1NNoToNIAN-MR.
PULLMAN, ALn1ADY RAs BAR0ATNED FOR THE
EXCLusIvH Use Or IT.

VALUABLE INVENTION BY W1141N0ToNIAN-HR.
PULLMAN, ALREADY HAS sARoANED FOR TEE
ExcLusivs Use or IT.
Mr.. H. B. Cobb. Of 2. Cobb 4 Son, manufac-
tursrs Of Cobbs patent car-ssat and bed spring
in this city, has invented new and improved
desisn in sleeping carr for which patent has
basn asked and which there Il no reason to be-
hsvs will be refused. The design has already
bean inspected BY Mr. A. B. Pullman, second
Vice Presidsnt OF the Pullman Chr Co., who has
bArgAined for the exclusive right 10 use the pat
sns y socn = y shall hays bsse granted. IL
introduction will soon b. made.
The design does mot altar In any way tue gem
sral interior appearance Of the Pullman sleep
Ing coach when adapted TO day purposes, except
per birth and devoees tho whole upper por-
ton to light and ventilation, Just ~ is seen in
the best parlor carr. The whole sleeping appa-
ratus u carried In and under the seats, thus re-
isvng the top Of the car Of the Questionable top
hsavinssa and the increased weight aud strength
In ito construction above the floor, which the
carrying OF such upper bed neesssitates. Mat
traases arc wholly dispenssd with, aud IN their
stead il substituted easy end soft spring beds,
elegantly stuffed and upholstered. producing the
same degree OF comfort which il found in
sleeping chamber. The lower bed Ia formed by
reversing the seats, the under sides Of which
constitute the bed and when pat together the
finely arranged springs At 30 nicely together
that no uneyenness 10 produced at the point Of
Juncture. The portions Of the he'd which are
upholstered portions which are brought up from
beneath the seats. 49,
The upper bed is prepared by the extension of
. walnut division between tho seats to double
where the elevated division Ia fastened by a
spring, and the removal from the side Of the car
Of bar Which rests upon tho outer edges Of
these divisions NO raised and thus forms sup
port for the bed. Tie backs Of the seats are
then pushed up fixed grooves and spread out
ing second comfortable spring bed, tile backs
OF the seata being upholstered ~ the under, or
bed, side OF the seat, aud with ample ventilation
and room, the windows lowering from the top or
raising from tho bottom. Stateroom privacy Ia
Afforded BY Gaping the raised division with an
additional division which il brought up from un-
der the SEATS and separate curtains are provid-
60 for each bed that person getting into one
may not disturb or expose the sleeper in the
In case an entire section il s desired the UP
per bed is spread out upon the under one and
double quantity Of elasticity is thus furnished.
By the rse Of this design, the ordinary day
car may be converted into = sleeper, the whole
car and admitting Of It's putting in or taking out
q WILL. should any emergency arise for greater
sleeping accommodations on trans, and such an
occasion il anticipated in the Centennial. the
ordinary day cars may be converted into sleep-
ers at an expense Of about IL 900, while to CON
form such cars to the present Pullman patent
would cost no less than 5000. Mr.. Pullman
himself estimates that the saving Of the weight
In regular slsepers by this appliance will be
10000 pounds, and in the cost Of construction
Mr.. Cobb, the inventor of this design, has
been resident Of this city only about a year,
but has studied out the plan during his resi-
dence with us. He is Chicagoan, having re-