Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-21
Hotel Cars,

ANOTHER GRAND IMPROVEMENT 10 DE
MADE BY THE "PIoNEER' LINE.-DE-
sCRIPTIoN OF THE sUPURB CARS No"
BEING CONSTRUCTED.
For some time we have heard hints OF
line of hotel cars for the Omaha ana Cal-
ifornia line of the Chicago u North w es!-
ern Railway. When asked about tilelr
cars, the officers have unilormerly evadeu
n direct reply. Our "reportorlal instincts us
taught us to investigate for ourselves we
have done so, and are now enabled 10
state positirely that such II line VIII De
started in the early spring, and that lne
cars are now being built The fact VIII
no longer be secret after this days pa
per gets before the public.
Four of the most magnificent MOTEL cars
that have been built Gnylchere are no"
being constructed by the Pullman f@!ace
Car Company expressly for this line.
These cars will be sixty feet long, ten leeI
wide, and ten feet high, with twelve sec,
tons, one drawing room with table room
for six persons), and one state room' De-
sides the kitchen. china closet, dressing
room, etc, The interior will be finished
with black and white walnut, mahogany,
French ash, and curled maple, the place OF
the usual head-lining being filled IN WIN
foreign polished woods; the panels pc
tween the windows will be of California
laurel and other California woods; the
lamp fixtures, window fastenlnlgS' door
hardware, etc., will be of triple pIateu
silver. The upholstery of the seats IS 10
be of rich but plain reps, corresponding
and harmonizing with the wood hniSh Oh
the sides and roof of the cars. Between
each set Of seats is space for table that
will accommodate four persons comlolta-
bly,, but MS n rule are not expected 10 seat
more than two persons. The glass ana
chinaware for the tables are now being
made nj Dresden, Germany, from patterns
selected from the Royal Dresden exhlplG
that was at the Centennial Exposition and
so much admired. Each piece OF silver
ware, glassware and china-ware Will
have the monogram Of the Chicago "
North road marked thereon. The
kitchen of the cars will be so arranged
that no fumes of the cooking viandS can
reach the occupants of the berths. On
each car will be II steward, two COOKS,
three walters, and chambermaid to wait
upon lady patrons. 1t is the intention OF
the company to furnish the best meals that
money can buy, and choice wines and cl-
gars will be attainable by 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, in the afternoon, On this train
supper. breakfast and dinner will be serv-
ed Thus passengers bound in either dl-
rection will be enabled to have all their
meals en- route and yet not leave their pa
atial 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 have 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 rs
soon rs You are through eating you are
showed out and started for the coach or
sleeper, so us to make room for some other
traveller who desires your place. While
in these hotel cars your berth will be Sc
cured through, you will own it absolutely
for the length of your trip, and it will be
your own for lounging, sleeping and eat
ing purposes, as much rs your own seat
in your own house. AS it is not generally
known, dining cars are never run the en-
tire length of any route; they are taken
on and set off of the train ut stated meal
times, while these hotel cars will be made
u part of the train and run through in the
same way us the regular sleeping car.
On the admirable steel rail that is now
laid on the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway, these elegant, sixteen-wheeled
hotel cars will ride as easy and with as
little noise or oscillation as a balloon that
floats serencly through the air; and we
believe ii will be found to be result that
thousands will flock to this "Pioneer
Line" who have hitherto gone some 9TH
or route.
With these and other improvements the
people of Cedar Rapids are very largely
interested and we believe will Join with US
r in congratuating the progressive man
agemcnt of this great line in this its most
advanced step; and unite with us in say
ing, the Chicago & Northwestern Rail.
way has become the foremost road in all
the West.
These hotel cars will be placed in ser.
vice about March LIST, 1877, Republican
Dec. %, 1876.