The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12
Luxury ON THE RAN.
The Difference.

We have been frequently asked: "What Is
the difference between q railroad dining car
and Pullman Hotel cart" That there is q
vast difference is well known by those who
have had occasion to use either; but the un-
Travelled public arc 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 ut 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 q side track, and is by the
next train hauled back to lis 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 ,clile IL is un-
der fill motion-pass from car 10 car, rum
ming the risks Of falling between the plat
forms-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 risks of your
platform passage while the train is at full
speed. In such ears you pay seventy-fve
cents for each meal, even il you take or need
only cup Of coffee aud q cracker. Bear in
mind, in no case do these dining cars accom-
pany the train from starting point to destina-
ton. They are always I" 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
Dullt strong, SO as to insure steady, quiet
running, without the usual unpleasant side
motion. Each Hotel car contains, in the Or
der named, the following compartments:
LIST. A 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 q sumptuous
meal. - 80 - = at-
ID. A compact China and glass closet, in
which is kept the table ware and table linen,
cutlery, etc.
Sd. 4 passage way, 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 person
TO occupy 1t. At night, as II by magic, this
saloon is changed into 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.
5th An elegant drawiag-room, with room
for six or eignt persons. This is found alone
in these magnificent cars In l. 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.