The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-03
luxury ON THE RAII.


We have been frequently asked: What IL
the difference between a railroad dining car
and Pullman Hotel car ?" That there is 4
/ vast difference is well known by those who
have had occasion to use either; butthe un-
travelled 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 partaken 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 usual meal hours.
and hauled along for thirty. forty or sixty
miles, until the meal has been served, when
II is set of ON side-track, and is BY the
next train hauled back to lis 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 tc1,ile It Is ,s,,
der JsA motion-pass from car to car, run
ming the risks Of falling between the plat
iorms-and finally finding the car at the rear
OF the train. Then comes the meal, which
must be hurried through with to give chance
lor otner hungry passengers to take your
place, and you must force your way back to
your seat, and again run the risks of your
platform passage while the train Is at full
speed. In such cars you pay seventy-i
cents for each meal, even If YOU take or need
only cup Of coffee and cracker. Bear rim IN
mind, in no case do these dining cars ACCOM-
pany the train from starting point to destina-
lion. They are always " cut off, and taken
on as we have described. With the Pullman
Hotel car the case is different in every re-
i!p4t. These cars aresixty to sixty feet
long nave sixteen Eheels under each, are
running, without the usual unpleasant aide
motion. Each Hotel car contains, in the or
der named, the following compartments:
lst. A cosy, neat and clean little kitchen.
ntted up with range, an Ice and meat box.
rows OF shelves covered with bright silver
and brighter glassware, and all the appli-
meal. A 81 {-,T- = = : 2 !.
ID. A compact China and glass closet IN
cutlery, etc. $500
Sd: A passage way, cutting off the kitchen
and China closet from the rest Of the car. 1
and forming an air-chamber 70 prevent the
smell OF the cooking victuals from reachinr
the saloon portion OF the car.
4.h. The grand saloon. This Is fitted mn
with twelve, fourteen or sixteen sections. 4
with space for tables between each. and IN A
these the meals afeserved You, while on
this car, own the space you occupy Is much 4
g you 90 your room ct home, and no one
e sasaa nutry you while ct meals, nor are you
70 occupy II. At night, as if ~ magic, this
saloon u changed into q boudoir. and hero
your couch Is prepared, and here YOU rest
yourself Isolated, and as separated frnm
your Ieiiow-fravelersa as you would be In your
oth. An elegant drawing room, With room
TOT SIX or eight persona. This is found ALONE
~ these magnificent cars In It you ssil vo,.s
lamily or party Of friends may be Is seclud I'd
- you please, or you can Aide omen the end
s sna nave the company Of those "a the grand
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