The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-12

while their ''credit was good" but be-
fore it gets any worse for .they;Will new
er run out the ADVANCEOr make a for
tune, publishing paper$5in this vicin-
ity. In vain they may *.enlarge, ''aand
use larger type to print their advertise
ments on. It's no go.
l do not believe in Judging a man by
! his stature, but when we see one. small
in size, smaller in brains, and still
smaller in principle, we are apt to have
our opinion of him.
A LOCKER ON IN VENICE.
HOTEL CARS.
ANOTHER GRAND IMPROVEMENT TO
BE MADE BY THE "PIONEER'' LINE
Description OTTHE SUPERB CARS
NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED.
For some time we have heard hints
OF line Of hotel cars for the Omaha
and California line Of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway. When asked
about their cars, the officers have uni
formly evaded direct reply. Our ire
portorial instincts " Taught us to inves-
tigate for ourselves. We have done so,
and are now enabled to state positivelu
that such a line will be started in the
early spring, and that the cars are now
being built. The fact will no longer
be a secret after this days paper gets
before the public.
Four Of the most magnificent hotel
cars that have been built dnyauhere are
now being constructed by the Pullman
Palace Car Company expressly for this
line. These cars will he 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 state room, besides the kitchen,
china closet, dressing room, etc. The
interior will be finished with black and
white walnut, mahogany, French ash,
and curleu maple, the place of the
usual head-lining being filled in with
foreign polished woods; the panels be-
tween the windows will be Of Califor-
MIA l1urel and other California woods;
the lamp fixtures, window fastenings,
door hardware, etc., will he of triple
plated silver. The upholstery Of the
seats is to be of rich but plain reps, cor
responding and harmoniZing with the
wood finish of the sides and roof of the
cars. Between each set of seats is space
for a table that will accommodate four
persons comfortably, but as (. rule are
not expected to seat more than two
persons. The glass and ch;naWare for
the tables are now being made at Dres-
den, Germany, from patterns selected
from the Royal Dresden exhibit that
was at the Centennial Exposition and
SO greatly admired. Each piece of sill
ver-Ware, glassware, and cllina-Ware
will have the monogram of the Chicago
u North estern road marked thereon.
The kitchens Of the cars will be 50 AZ
ranged that no fumes from the cooking
Vitnds can reach the occupants of the
berths. On each car will be q steward,
two cooks, three walters, and a cham
bermaiu to wait upon the lady patrons.
It is the intention Of the company to
furnish the best meals that money can
buy, and choice wines and cigars will
be attainable 10y those desiring those
luXuries.
These hotel cars will leave Chicago
on the ''California Express - and run
through to the Missouri river. On the
West-bound train, dinner, supper and
breakfast will be served. The east
bound hotel cars will leave Omaha on
the Atlantic Express" each day, III
the afternoon. On this train supper,
breakfast and dinner will be served.
Thus passengers bound in either direc-
tio2 will be enabled to have all their
meals on route and yet not leave their
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 said before, this, in
these cars, will be entirely obviated;
no person, no matter how particular he
or she may be, will have cause to make
any objections on this score. In 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 as to make room
for some other Traveller who desires
your place. While in these hotel cars
your berth will he secured through, you
will own it absolutely for the length of
your trip, and it will he your own for
lounging, sitting, sleeping, and eating
purposes, us much as your own seat in
your own house. AS it is not gener,lly
known. dining cars are never run over
the entire length of any route; they are
taken on and set off Of the train at stat
ed meal times, while these hotel cars
will be made Il part of the train and run
through in the same way as the regular
sleeping car.
On the admirable steel rail that is
now laid on the Chicago & North Vest
ern Hallway, these elegant, sixteen
wheeled hotel cars will ride as easy and
with us little noise or oscillation as Il
balloon that floats serenely through the
air; and we believe it will be found to
be Il result that thousands will flock to
this " Pioneer Line" who have hitler
to gone by some other route.
With the~e and other improvements
the people of Cedar Rapids are very
largely interested and we believe will
join with us in congratulaing the pro-
gressive management of this great line
in this it's most advanced step; and
unite with us in saying, the Chicago &
northwestern Railway has become
the foremost road in all the West.
These hotel cars will be placed in
service about March 1st, 1S77.-Re-
publican, Dec. %, 1876.
Our factious contemporary still pratt
ties about +. G.. Taylor, the great C:i-
cagO apitalist.-Journa].
Mr.. Taylor purchased some $4,000
acres Of land in this vicinity on which
lie made considerable payment and is
paying interest on the balance. lie is