The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-10
LUXURY ON THE RAIL.
The Difference.

We have been frequently asked: "What is
the difference between railroad dining car
and a Pullman Hotel car 2" That there is
vast difference is well known by those who
have had occasion to use either; but the un-
travelled public are not fully advised as to
the points of difference. The old-fashioned
railroad eating-house is, alasl 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 at the usual meal hours,
and hauled along for thirty, forty or sixty
miles, until the meal has been served, when
it is set off on a side track, and is by the
next train hauled back to its starting point,
and so it runs a few miles for each meal. To
get meals in this car the passenger has to
work his way through the train 1c]tjle u is uR-
der full BlOtiOn-pass from car 10 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-tive
cents for each meal, even if you take or need
only a 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
long, 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:
1st A cosy, neat and clean little kitchen,
III loo md how
rows of shelves covered with bright silver
and brighter glassware, and all the appn-
ances needed for preparing sumptuous
meal.
I'd. 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-ehamber TO prevent the
smell of the cooking vietuals from reaching
the saloon portion Of the ear.
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 it. At night, as if by magic, this
saloon is changed into a bOudoir, and here
your couch is prepared, and here you rest
yourself isolated, and as separated from
your fellOw-travelsrs as you would bein your
own bed-chamber.
5th. An elegant drawing-rOOm, with room
for six or eight persons. This is found alone
in these magnificent cars IN 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 company OF those in the grand
saloon: