Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-02-07
HOTEL CARS.
Another Grand Improvement to be
Made by the a" Pioneer Line.
Deseription OF the superb Car
New Being Oenstructed.

FOR some umc "o oovo ucotu
hints of q line OF hotel cars for the
Omaha and California line Of the
Chicago & North Western Railway.
When asked about their cars, the
officers have uniformly evaded a
direct reply. Our reportorial
instincts taught US to investigate
for ourselves. We have done so,
and are now enabled to state posi-
lively that such line will be start
ed in the early spring. and that the
cars Are now being built. The fact
will no longer be q secret after this
days paper gets before the public.
Four Of the most magnificent
hotel cars that have been built
anywhere are now being construct
. ed by the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany expressly for this line. These
cars will be sixty-six feet long, ten
feet vide, and ten feet high. with
twelve sections, one drawing
room with table room for six per-
.sons). and one state room, besides
the kitchen, china closet, dressing
room, etc. The interior will be
finished with black aud white wsl-
nut. mahogany, French ash. and
,curled maple. the, place of the usual
head lining being tilled in with
foreign polished woods the panels
between the windows will be Of
Californi. laurel and other Cali
fornia woods; the lamp fixtures,
window fsstenings door hard ware,
etc, will be of triple plated silver.
The upholstery Of the seats is to be
OF rich but plain reps. correspond
ing and bsrmonizing with the wood
finish Of the sides and roof OF the
cars. Between each set Of seats is
space for q table that will accom-
modate four persons comfortably.
but as role are not expected to
seat more than two PERSONS. The
glass and'chinaware for the tables
are now being made az Dresden,
Germany, from patterns selected
from the Royal Dresden exhibit
that was at the Centennial Exposi-
ton and So greatly admired. Each
piece of silver-ware, glass. ware, and
china ware will have the monogram
OF the Chicago 4 North Western
road marked thereon. The kitchens
of the cars will be so arranged that
no fumes from the cooking viands
can reach the occupants OF the
berths. On each car will be stew
ard, two cooks. three walters. and a
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 cigars 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 served. Thus passengers
bound in either direction will be en-
.abled to have all their meals en- route
ana yet not leave their palatial
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 Oe-
fore, this, In these cars, will be en-
'tirely Obviated; no person, no mat
ter how particular he or she may be,
will have cause to make any Objec-
stions on this score. In the dining
car you merely get your meals, and
AS soon rs you are through eating
you are showed ont and started for
Fthe coach or sleeper, 30 as to make
room for some other traveller who
desires your place. While in these
hotel cars your berth will be secured
through, you will own 1t absolutely
for the length of your trip, and 1t
will he your own for loungiug, sit
ting, sleeping, and eating purposes,
as much as your own seat in your
own house. As 1t is not generally
known, dining cars are never run over
sthe entire length Of any route; they
are taken ON and set of of the train
at stated meal times, while these