Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09
Luxury Oh the Rail.
THE DIFFERENCE,

1dE DlHFEkENCE.
We have been frequently asked
What is the difference between n rail
road dining Car and a Pullman Hotel
carp" That there is vast difference is
well known by those who have had occa-
sion to use either; but the unraveled pub
lie are not fully advised us to the points OF
difference. The old-fashioned rail road
eating house is, alas! too well known; its
peculiar, hastily-ealen meals have been
paraken of by too many thousands to be
forgotten. The dining car, then, is this
we'll known eatng-hoUse placed on wheels,
attached TO the train at the usual meal
hour, and hauled along for thirty, forty or
sixty miles. until the meal has been serv-
ed, when it is set off on side-trlck, and
starting point, and so ii runs II few miles
for each meal To get meals in this ear
the passenger has to work his way through
the train While ii is under fUH motto {, ass
from car to car, running the risks of fall
ing between the platforms, and finally
finding the ear at the rear of the train
Then comes The meal, which must be hur-
ried through with TO give chance for other
hungry pa sengers to take your place and
you must force yonr way back to your
seat, and again run the risks of your plat
form passage while the train is ut full
speed. In such cars you pay seventy-live
cents for each meal, even if you take or
need onl y Il cup of coffee and a cracker.
Bear in mind in no case do these dining
cars accompany the train from starting
point to destination. They are always
"cut off and taken on rs we have de-
srribed With the Pullman Hotel cars the
case is different in every respect. These
cars are sixty 10 sixty six feet long, have
sixteen wheels under each, are built Strong
so us to insure steady, quiet running,
without the usual unpleasant side motion.
Each Hotel ear contains, in the order nam
ed, the following compartments
lst. A cozy, neat and Gle N little kitch-
eli, fitted up with II range, i'm ice and meat
box, rows of shelves covered with SILVER
and brighter glass ware. and I'LL the ap.
plances needed for preparing sumptu-
Gus meal.
2nd A compact china and glass closet,
in which is kept the table ware and table
linen, cutlery, etc.
3rd. A passage way, cutting off the
kitchen and china closet from the rest OF
the car, and forming an ar-chamber 10
prevent the smell of the cooking viutUalS
from reaching the saloon portion OF the
car.
4th. The grand saloon. This is fitted
up with twelve, fourteen or sixteen sec.
lions, with space Tor tables between each,
and in these the meals are served. You
while on this car, own the space you oc-
cupy as much AS You do your room AZ
home, and no one Can hurry you while al
meals, nor are you forced to give it up to
allow any other person to occupy it. AT
night us if hy magic, this saloon is chang
ed into II bouIoir, and here your couch is
prepared, and here you rest yourself iso-
lated, and as separated from your fellow
travellers as you would be in your own
bed chamber.
9th. An elegant drawing-room, with
room for six or eight persons This is
found alone in these magnificent cars Ii
it 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 com
pany of those in the grand saloon.
9th. Charnlingly.arranged lavatores
are partitioned off, and arranged in two
distinct compartments for the separate use
of ladies and gentlemen. These lavatores
are supplied with pure water, clean towels,
combs, brushes, and, in fact, everything
the most dainty may desire for the perfect
performance of an elaborate toilet.
At I'll 3 oJ
porters' rooms, linen closets. etc. etc,
1t will thus be seen that this car is US
its name implies, perfect modern hotel,
with all its appliances and comfort com
pcte. This car is taken on ut the COM
mencement of the journey, and is part of
the train to its destination. In it you get
your sleeping compartments and your
meal accommodations, while neither en-
croach upon the other. Envious dining
Cur employees, who are paid to decry this
form Of Hotel car, cannot, with anything
like truth on their side, give any valid or
conclusive reasons for preterring the din
ing to the Hotel ear, and they only chatter
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-wiJh
jarrett & Palmer's party, hat travelled at
almost lightning speed-with many Il par
ty of California bonanza kings; and all
join in pledging their honor that the cars
are incompatible.
Two lines of these cars run between
New York and Chicago. and one line only
between Chicago and Omaha. 1t may be
needless to say that this last-named line
runs over the steel track of the Chicago d
North Western Rails0ay. That these cars
are attracting a large share OF the Cali
fornia travel, both ways, might easily be
conjectured. Any road deserves to be pat
ronized that is enterprisng enough TO give
the travelling public such facilities as are
freely rendered by the Chicago & North
Western RailWay on its California line
We have neglected to say that, in these
Hotel ears, the meals are Il la carte-you
pay for what you get, and nothing more;
and this at very reasonable rales.-Thc
Tribune, april tn, 1877.