Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-12
Luxury ON THE RAn.


have had occasion TO use either; but the un-
Travelled public are not fully advised as to
the points of difference The old-fashioned
railroad eating house is, alasi too we'll
known: its peculiar, hastily eaten meals have
been partaken of by too many thousands to
be forgotten. The dining car, then, is this
weli-snown eating house placed on wheels.
attached 10 the train at the usual meal hours.
and hauled along for thirty, forty or sixty
miles, until the meal<has been served, when
il is set off on a side track, and is by the
next train hauled back to its starting point,
and so il runs few miles for each meal. To
get meals in this car the passenger has to
work his way through the train ,rl.sie IL Is us-
der fuu nsofiOn-pass from car to car, run
ming the risks of falling between the plat
forms-;lrd finally finding the car at the rear
of the train. Then comes the meal, which
must be hurried through with to give chance
Tor other hungry passengers to take your
place, and you must force your way back 10
your seat, and again run the risks of your
platform passage while the train is at full
speed In such cars You pay seventy-five
cents for each meal, even il you take or need
only cup of coffee and cracker. Bear in
mind, in no case do these dining cars accom-
pany the train from starting point to destina-
ton. They are always cut off" and taken
on as We have described. With the Pullman
Hotel car the case is different in every re-
spect. These cars are sixty to sixty-six feet
long, have sixteen wheels under each, are
built strong. so as to insure steady, quiet
running, without the usual unpleasant side
motion. Each Hotel ear contains, in the or
der named, the following compartments:
LIST. \ cosy, neat and clean little kitchen,
fitted up with range, an ice and meat box,
rows Of shelves covered with bright silver
and brighter glassware, and all the appli-
ances needed for preparing sumptuOus
meal.
I'd. compact China and glass closet, in
which is kept the table ware and table linen,
cutlery, etc.
Sd. A passage way, cutting off the kitchen
and China closet from the rest of the car,
and forming an air-chamber to prevent thu
smell of the cooking vietuals from reaching
the saloon portion of the car.
4th. The grand saloon. This is fitted up
with twelve, fourteen or sixteen sections,
with space for tables between each, and in
these the meals are served. You, while on
this car, own the space you occupy as much
as you do your room at home, and no one
can hurry YOU while at meals, nor are you
forced to give it up TO all. any other person
TO occupy it. AT night, as if by mage, this
saloon is changed into a boudoir, and here
your couch is prepared, and here you rest
yourself isolated, and as separated from
your fellOw-travelers as you would be in your
own bed-chamber.
9Th. An elegant drawiag-room, with room
for six or eight persons. This is found alone
in these magnificent cars IN it you and your
family or party of friends may be as secluded
as YOU please, or you can slide open the end
and have the company OF those in the grand
saloon.
9th. Charmingly-arranged lavatories are
partitioned off, and arranged in two distinct
compartments for the separate use of ladies
and gentlemen. These lavatOries are sup
piled with pure water, clean towels, combs,
brushes, and, in fact, everything the most
dainty may desire for the perfect performance
of an elaborate toilet.
It'll. Then fol ow conductors and porters'
rooms, linen closets, ETC., etc.
II will thus b. seen that this ear is as its
name implies, perfect modern hotel, with
all OF its appliances and comforts complete.
This car is taken on at the commencement Of
the journey, and is part Of the train to its
destination. In it you get your sleeping
and your meal accommoda-
tions, while neither encroach upon the other.
Envious dining-car employees, who are paid
to deery this form of Hotel car, cannot, with
ANYTHING like truth on their side, give any
valid or conclusive reason for preferring the
dining to the Hotel car, and they only chat
ter in favor of their dining car because they
are paid to do SO. These hotel cars have run
from New York to San Francisco and back
with the Emperor Dom Pedro-with Jarrett
lightning speed-with many party Of Cali
fornia bonanza kings; and all join in pledg- |
ing their honor that the cars are incompara-
BILE.
Two lines of these celebrated ears run be- |
tween New York and Chicago, and one line |
only between Chicago and Omaha. 1t may |
be needless to say that this last-named line |
runs over the steel track Of the CHICAGO q |
NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. That these cars /!
are attracting a large share Of the California
travel, both ways. might easily be contec- !
tured. Any road deserves to be patronized
that is enterprisilg enough to give the trav- |
cling public such facilities as are freely ten |
dcred by the CHICAGO & NORTH WIsrE1N
on its California line.
We have neglected to say that, In these
Hotel cars, the meals are a Ia carte-you pay |
for what you get, and nothing more; aud