Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-09

made by the sSPIoneers, LIne-De-
scrIPtJOn OF the superb Cars now
Being Constructed.
For some time we have heard hints Of
line of hotel ears for the Omaha and Cali
fornia line of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway When asked about their cars,
the officers have uniformly eYaded a direct
reply. Our ''reportorial instincts taught
us to investigate for ourselves. We have
done so, and are row able to state positive
ly that such line will be started in the
early spring, and that the cars are now be-
ing built. The fact will No longer be a Sc
eret after this days paper gets before the
public.
Four of the most magnificent hotel cars
that have been built anywhere are now be-
ing constructed by the Pullman Palace
Car Company expressly for this line. These
cars viii be Sc feet long, 10 feet wide and
10 feet high, with - sections, one drawing
room-With table room fer six persons
and one state-rOom, beside the kitchen,
china closet, dreSsing-rOOm, etc. The in
terror will be finished with black and white
walnut, mahogany, French ash and curled
maple. the place OF the usual head-hning
being filled in with foreign polished woods;
the panel between the windows will be Of
California laurel and other California
woods; the lamp fixtures window faSten-
ings. door hardware, etc., wiz be of triple
plated silver. The upholstery OF the seats
IS to be of rich but plain reps, correspond
ing and harmonizing with the wood finish
of the sides and roof of the cars. Between
each set Of seats is room enough for Ia
BILE that will accommodate four persons
comfortably, but as a rule are not expected
to seat more than tBo persons. The glass
and china ware for the tables are now be
ing made at Dresden, Germany, from pat
tsgns selected from the Royal Dresden ex-
hibit that was at the Centennial Exposi-
ton. and so greatly admired. Each piece
of silEsy ware. glass ware and china ware
will haze the monogram of the Chicago
and North-Sg eStern road marked thereon.
The kitchens OF the cars Will be so arrang-
ed that no fumes from the cooking vlandS
can reach the occupants Of the berths. On
each car will be a steward, JEo cooks, three
walters. and q chamber-mald to wait upon
lady patrons. II is the intention Of the
Company to furnish the best meals that
money can buy, and choice wines and ei-
gars will be attainable by those desiring
those luxuries.
These hotel cars viii leave Chicago on
the California Express, and run through
to the Missouri river. On the west-b0unq
tram dinner, supper and breakfast viii 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 viii be serv-
ed. Thus psssengerS bound in either di-
rection will be ensbled to have all their
meals en- route snd yet not leave their pa
latial travelling pariOR.
The only objection that has ever been
raised against the use Of hotel cars has
been connected with the OdOFs of the kitch-
en-. As we 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 objection on
this score. In the dining car YOU merely
get your meals, and as soon as YOU are
through eating you are showed out and
started for the coach or sleeper. so as to
make room for some other traveller who de-
sireS your place. While in these hotel cars
your berth will be secured through, you
will own it absolutely for the length Of
your trip, and it will be your own for
lounging, sitting, sleeping and eating pur-
poses, as much as your own seat in your
own home. As it Is not generally known,
dining cars are never run over the entire
length of any route; they are taken ON and
SET of the train at stated meal times, while
these hotel cars will ps made part oI the
train and run through in the same way as
the regular sleeping car.
On The admirable steel rail that IS now
laid ON the Chicago 4 Northwestern Rail
way. these elegant, Sixteen-wheeled hotel
"ors viii ride rs easy and with as little
noise or oscillation as balloon that floats
serenely through the air; and We believe it
will be found to be q result lhat thousands
will flock 10 the Pioneer Line. who have
hitherto gone by. some other route.
With these and other improvements the
people are very largely interested, and We
believe will Join with us in eongratulating
the progressive management Of this great
line in this its most advanced step; and
unite with us in saying that the Chicago
4 Northwestern Railway has become the
foremost road in all the West.
These hotel cars will be placed in service
about March 1st, 1877.
Republican, Dec. %, 1915.