Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-23
HOTEL CARS.
Another Grand Improvement to be made
by the "Ptoneer" Line.
Description Of the Superb Cars now be-
ing Constructed.

Description of the Superb Cars now be-
Ing Constructed.
For some time we have heard hints of
line Of hotel cars for the Om.lla and
California line of the Chicago & North
western Railroad. When asked about
the cars the officers have uniformly eva
ded direct reply. Our "reportoral in
stincts taught US to investigate for our
selves. We have done SO and are now
enabled to state p sitiocly that such Il
line will be started in the early spring,
and that the Cars are now being built -
II e fact will no longer be secret after
this days paper gets before the public.
Four of the most magnificent hotel
cars that have been built nny"h re are
now being constructed by tn, Pullman
Palace Car Company expressly for this
line These cars will be sixty six feet
long, ten feet wide and ten feet high,
with twelve sections, one drawing room
with table-room for six persons), and one
sta,croonl. besides the kitchen. china
closet. dressing room, etc. The interior
will be finished with black and white wal
nut, mahogany, French ash and curlel
maple, the place of the usual head lining
being filed in with foreign polished
woods; the panels between the windows
will lie Of California laurel and other Cal
ifornia woods; the lamp fixtures, window
fastenings, door hardware, etc will be
of triple plated silver. The upholstery
of the seats is to be of rich but plain
reps, corresponding and harnonizing
with the wood finish of the sides and
roofs of the cars. Between each set of
seats is space for Il table that will accom-
modate four persons comfortably, hut as
Il rule are not expected to seat more than
two persons. The glass and CHINA ware
den, Germany, from patterns selected
from the Royal Dresden exhibit that WAS
at the Centennial Exposition and so great
ly admired. Each piece of silver ware,
glass w,rc and china-ware will have the
monogram Of the Chicago & North West
ern road marked ther OH. The kitchens
of the cars will be SO arranged that no
fumes from the cooking v,ands Can reach
the occupants of the berths. On each
Car will be IA steward, two cooks, three
waters. and chambprmaid wit up
on lady patrons. 1t is the intention of
the company to furnish the best meals
that money can buy, and choice wines
and cigars will lie attainable by those de
string those luxuries
These hotel cars will leave Chicago on
the California Expire IS, and run through
to the Missouri river. On the west bound
train, dinner, supper and breakfast sill
be served. The east-bound hotel Cars
will leave Omaha on the Atlantic Elk
press" each day in the afternoo On
this train supper, breakfast and dinner
will he served. Thus passengers bound
in either direction will he enabled to have
all their meals en- route and yet not leave
their palatial travelling parlor.
The only Objection that has ever been
raised against the use of hotel cars has
been connected with the OdorS Of the
kitchen As we id before this, in these
cars, will be entirely ohvinted; no per
son, no matter how particular he or she
may be, will have cause to make any OBJ
jections ON this score. III the dining
Car you merely get your meals, and as
soon as you are through eating you are
showed out and started for the coach or
sleeper, so "s to make room for some 9th
or traveller who desires your place While
in these hotel cars your berth will be Sc
cured through, you will own it absolutely
for the length of your trip, and 1t will be
your own for lounglng, sitting. sleeping
and eating purposes. as much AS your
own seat in your own house. As it is not
generally known, dining cars are never
run over the entire length of any route;
they are taken on and set off of the tram
al stated meal times, while these hotel
cars will be made Il part OF the train, and
run through IN the same way as the regu-
lar sleeping car.
On the admirable steel rail that is now
laid on the Chicago & North Western
r ,ilway, these elegant, sixteen VIII eled
cars will ride as easy and with rs little
noise or oscillation rs Il balloon that floats
serenely through the air; and we believe
it will he found to he result that thous
ands will flock to this pioneer line who
have hitherto gone by some other route.
With these and other Improvement the
people of Cedar Rapids are very largely
interested, and we believe will join with
us III cengratulating the progressive man
agement of this great line in this its most
advanced step; and unite with us in say
ing, the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way has become the foremost road i'll all
the West.
These hotel cars will he placed in ser
vice about March lst, lS77.-Rej Ubhc n,
Dec %, 1876