Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-11
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We have been frequently asked: "What
is the difference between railroad dining
ear and Pullman Hotel carp That there
is a vast difference is well known by those
who have bad occasion to use either; but
the untraveled public are not fully advised
as to the points of difference. The old
fashioned railroad eating-house is. alas, too
well known; its peculiar, hastily eaten
meals have been partsken Of by too many
thousands to be forgotten. The dining car,
then, is this well known eating house placed
on wheels, attached to the train at the usu-
al meal hours, and hauled along for thirty,
forty or sixty miles, until the meal has
been served, when it is set off on side
track, and is by the next train hauled back
to its starting point, and so it runs few
miles for each meal. To get meals in this
car the passenger has to work his way
through the train, while it is under full
motion, pass from car to car, running the
risk of falling between the platform, and
finally finding the car at the rear Of the
train. Then comes the meal, which must
be hurried through with to give chance for
other hungry passengers to take your place,
and you must force your way back to your
seat, and again run the risk Of your plat
form passage while the train is at full speed.
In such cars you pay seventy-fiVe cents for
each meal, even if you take or need only
cup of coffee and cracker. Bear in mind,
in no case do these dining cars accompany
the train from starting point to destina-
tion. They are always ''cut OF and TAX
en- on as we have described. With the Pull
man Hotel car the case is different in ev-
cry respect. 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 car
contains, in the order named, the follow
ing compartments:
1st. A cosy, neat and clean little kitch-
en-, fitted up with a range, an ice and meat
box, rows Of shelves covered with bright
silver and brighter glass ware, and all the
appliances needed for preparing sumPtu-
ous meal.
2nd. A compact china and glass closet,
in which is kept the table ware and table
linen, cutlery, etc.
3rd. A passsge-wsy, cutting of the
kitchen and china closet from the rest Of
the car, and forming an air-chamber to
prevent the smell of the cooking victuals
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 allow any other per-
son to occupy it. At night as II oy mag
ic, this saloon is changed into bo9doir,
and here your couch is prepared, ana mere
YOU rest yourself, isolated, and as muoh
separated from your fellow-travelers as you
would be in your own bed-eham0er.
5th. An elegant drawing-room, with
room for six or eight persons. ms Is
fonnd alone in these magnificent cars. In
II Won and your family or party Of friends
NAV be as secluded as you please, or you
can slide open the end and have the com
pany Of those in the grand saloon.
9Th. Charmingly arranged lavatories are
partitioned OF, and arranged in two dis
tinet compartments for the separate use OF
ladies and gentlemen. These lavatOries
are supplied with pure water, clean towels,
combs, brushes, aud in fact everything
the most dainty may desire for the most
perfect performance Of an elaborate toilet.
ltn. Ihen IollOW conductor anu poF-
ter's rooms, linen closets, etc.
II viii thus be seen that this car Is, as its
name implies, perfect modern hotel, with
ell 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 sleep
ing compartments and your meal accom-
mOdations, while neither eneroaoh upon
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who are paid 20 decry this form Of Hotel
car, cannot, with anything like truth on
their side, give any valid or conclusive rea-
sons for preferring the dining 10 the hotel
car, and they only chatter in favor Of their
dining car because they are paid to do 50.
These hotel cars have run from New York
to San Francisco and back with the En-
peror Dom Pedro, with Jarrett & Palmer's