The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-05-12
LUXURY ON THE RAIL.


The Diherence.
Wehaye been frequently asked: "What is
the difference between a railroad dining car
and q Pullman Hotel car ?" That there is q
vast difference is well known by those who
have had occasion to use either; but the I'M
Travelled public are not fully advised as 10
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 trarat the usual meal hours,
and hauled along fer 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 9cht!stt IS rtE-
der taH m0ti0l-pass from car TO car, run
ming the risks Of falling between the plat
forms-aud 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-lve
cents for each meal, even il you take or need
only cup of coffee and a cracker. Bear in
mind, in no case do these dining cars accom-
pany the train from starting point to destina-
ton. They are always 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
! 'ong, 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 Or
der named, the following compartments:
lst 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 sumptuous
meal.
ID 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-chambcr to prevent tlfe
smell of the cooking victuals from reaching
the saloon portion of the car
4th. The grand saloun,- 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 all W any other person
| TO occupy it. At night, as if 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-trayelors as you would bein Your
own bedchambcr.
| 5th An elegant drawingroOm, with room
| for six or eight persons. This is found alone
| in these magnificent cars In il you and your
family or party Uf 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- lavatories are
! partitioned 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 perfect performance
of an elaborate toilet.
! 9TH. Then follow conductors and portcrs'
! rooms linen closets, etc, etc.
/ 1t will thus be seen that this car is, as its
| name implies, perfect modern hotel, with
| all 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 ii you get your sleeping
compartments and your meal accommodate
| tions, while neither encroach upon the other.
! Enyious dIning-car employees, who are paid
! to dccry this form of Hotel car, cannot, with
anything like truth ON their side, give any
valid or conclusive reason for preferring the
| dining to the Hotel car, and they only chat
| ter in favor of their dining car because they
are paid to do so. These hotel cars have run
! from New york 10 san francisco and back
with the Emperor Dom Pedro-with Jarrett
d Palmer's party, that travelled at almost
| lightning speed-with many party of Cali
! fornia bonanza kings; and all join in pledg-
| ing their honor that the cars are incompara-
! bic.
Two lines of these celebrated cars run be-
tween New York and Chicago, and one line
only between Chicago and Omaha. 1t may
be needless to say that this last-namcd line
! runs over the steel track of the CHICAGO IL
| NoRTHWEsTERN RAILWAY. That these cars
are attracting a large share of the California
| travel, both ways, might easily be coujec-
tured. ANY road deserves to be patronized
that is enterprisilg enough to give the trav-
cling public such facilities as are freely ten
| dcred by the CHICAGO q NORTHWESTERN
| RAILWAY, on its California line.
We have neglected to say that, in these
Hotel cars, the meals are la corte-you pay
for what you get, and nothing more; and
this at very reasonable rates.-The Tribune,
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