Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-02

The Difference.

The Difference.
We have been frequently asked: "What ia
the difference between ra lroad dining car
and Pullman Hotel car? 7" That there Ia A
vast difference is well known by those who
have had occasion to use either; but the un
Travelled public are not fully advised as In
the points of difference. The old fashioned
railroad eating house is, alas! too wen
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
h is set Oft on a side track, and is by the
next train hauled back to its starting point
and SO it runs a few miles for each meal To
get meals in this car the passenger has to
work his way through the train ,cliile it is un
der fuAt nottWi-pass from car 10 car, run.
ming the risks Of falling between the plat.
forms-ald 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 risks of your
platform passage while the train is at full
speed. In such cars you pay seventy-ive
cents for each meal, even if you take or need
only cup OF coffee and a cracker. Bear in
mind, in no case do these dining cars accom-
ptny the train from starting point to destina-
ton. They are always cut off, and taken
on as we have described. With the Pullman
Hot | 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
ru' ming, without the usual unpleasant side
motion. Each Hotel ear contains, in the or.
der named, the following compartments:
1st A cosy, neat and clean little kitchen,
lifted up with range, an ice and meat box,
rows OF shelves covered with bright silver
and Brighter glassware, and all the appl-
ances needed for preparing a sumptu0us
meal.
I'd. A 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 the
smell OF the cooking victuals from reaching
the saloon portion of the ear
h. The grand saloon. This is fitted up
with twelve, fourteen or sixteen sections,
wi 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 w any other person
saloon Is changed into boudoir, and here
your couch is prepared, and here you rest
yourself isolated, and as separated from
your fell J"travel, rs as you would be in your
own bed-chamber.
9Th. An elegant drawing room, with room
for six or Gig persons. This is found alone
in these magnificent cars In i you aud 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 laWatories are
parttioned 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 peIfectperformance
OF an elaborate toilet.
18th. Then fol ow conductors and porterS'
rooms, Linen closets, etc, etc.
1t wiz thus be seen that this car is, as its
name implies, perfect modern hotel, with
all of its appli inces and comforts complete.
his car Ii taken on at the commencement OF
the journey, and is part Of the train to its
destination. In it you yet your sleeping
compartments and your mead accommoda-
tons, while neither encroach upon the other.
Envious diring-car employees, who are paid
to decuy this form of Hotel car, cannot, with
any hing ike truth on their side, give any
Na4iu VI COueilHINt ItoScii itl pr hAS
dining To the Hotel car, and they only chg
ter in favor Of their dining ear because they
are paid to do so. These hGt,l cars have run
from NV York to San Francisco and back
With the Emperor Dom Pedro-with Jarrett
a. Palmer's prty, that Travelled at almost
lightning speed-with many part1 OF Call
fornia bouanzs kings; and all join in piedg-
ing heir honor thai the sars are incompara-
BILE
Two lines of these CELEBRATED cars run be-
tween New York and Chicago, and ons llne
only between Chicago and Omaha 81 may
be needles 10 say that this lastnared lne
runs over the steel Track of the CHICAGO u
N0RTH- WESTERN RAlGsAY. Thai these cars
are attracting large share of the California
t1ayel, both ways, might easily be congo,
tared. ANY road deserves to be patronhea
that Is enterprisilg enough to give the tr's-
ding public such ilcilitie- as are freely 'eo-
dcrel by the CHICAGO 4 NORTH W EsrERS
RAILWAY, on its California line.
We have neglected 10 say that, IN these
Hotel cars, The neil are a Ia ear1-you pay
Tor what you get, and nothing more; auu
this al very reasonable rates.-Ib 4T'0n'~,
Apyst 11s, ~.