Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-02-28

COMPLETION or COL. M'coMB's PRIVATE
CARA MASTERPIECE OF WORK BY DURE,
BOWERS A co.

COMPLETION or COL. M'ooMB's PRIVATE
CARA MASTERPIECE OF WORK BY DURE,
BOWERS a co.
Tuesday morning a STATE JOURNAL
reporter examined the private pal
ace car Of Col. Henry s. McComb,
Just completed here by Dure, Bowers
Il Co., and concluded, with all others
who have Inspected II, that II ls the most
consummate piece of workmanship In all
Its details ever turned out Of Whining
ton shop. The car Is not remarkable for
show, but for the good common sense ex-
ercised IN Its construction aud refined
taste in its furnishing.
A brief description of this palace on
wheels cannot fail TO be but interesting
to our readers. At one end OF the car IL
the kitchen, Z by feet, occupied with an
improved cooking stove, culinary utensils,
dishes, etc ETC., and a refrigerator.
Above this room are erected tanks, which
supply the whole car with water. The
kitchen opens into small recess, and
this empties into q passage seventeen
feet long. AT the Intersection of the
recess and passage, on the left, and
Immediately adjoining the kitchen,
Is one Of Bakers heaters, which furnishes
the whole car back of the kitchen with
heat. Bounded by the recess and passage
Is the diuing room. IL by feet, in the
centre OF which is the dining table, occu-
pying but ~ Inches In length, but which
can he extended to Q feet and I inch.
From the ceiling of this apartment
hang three very handsome solid
bronze lamps, made In Michigan
especially for this purpose. The room
Is nicely upholstered, and on each side
are spring sofas, which can he thrown
into double hebs, (. g., the seats of the
sofas can be extended wide enough for
sleeping purposes and the backs can he
elevated and extended by very simple
process and utilized also rs comfortable
hunks. just at the head of this room are
the toilet and water closet and very
| commodious clothes press. The toilet Is
| furnished with water from tank below
aud is pumped by using small galvanized
lever. Two sleeping chambers, each by
feet, occupy the centre of the car to the
left of the passage, and are handsomely
| furnished. Each has IA water closet and
toilet, are divided by communicating
doors, and contain two hunks each with
Cobb's patent elliptic spring bed-bottoms.
| Call bells are within easy reach and every
convenience to be found in our trst.class
| hotels can be seen here. Passing along
the entry again, the drawing room OF tn,
car is reached. Il is II feet long aud q
wide and is richly furnished. Three solid
bronze lamps hang from the ceiling and
directly over a handsome centre table,
which Is surrounded by spring bottom
sofas and chairs, tastcfu,ly upholstered
in green rep.
The floors OF each room are carpeicd
midi .aN o go.
/ richly with all the surroundings. Fin,
/ French mirrors abound throughout III,
/ car, which, we may add here, is of solid
| black walnut on the inside, set with
| French walnut veneer. finished in OIL
The windows in the drawing room are
hung with green satin curtains, trimmct
with canary silk, and the Windows In
the sleeping chambers are hung with
lambrcquiu, lined with bun, aud silk
striped terry curtains are used in other
places.
The car is G. feet long, over both plat
forms, or CO feet inside, aud is Q feet
wide. II rests On Two patent spring
trucks of G wheels each, with patent ad
Unstable aAles. which VIII permit the cal
to run ON guages varying from 4 feet :
inches to feet. Miller's platforms an,
couplings are used, and one Of West
nghOuse's air breaks is attached
The car is not SNOWY from
the outside, at all. and has no other in
scfiption ON ii but the following "Nev
Orleans 81. Louis and Chicago Railroad
No. 4j - This number is also on all TIA,
furniture, bed clothes, etc inside.
This car or portable palace lei
here Tuesday afternoon for New Orleans
going hy way Of Philadelphia, Pittsburr,