Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
HOTEL CARS.

For some time we have heard hints of. a
line of hotel cars for the Omaha and Callfor-
mia line Of the Chicago 81 North-W Western
railway. When asked about their cars, the
officers have uniformly evaded 4 direct re-
ply. Our proportional instincts" taught us
to investigate for ourselves. We have done
SO, and are now enabled to state positively
that such a line will be started in the early
spring, and that the cars are now being built.
The fact will no longer be a secret after this
days paper gets before the public.
-Four Of the most magnificent hotel cars
that have been built auyarAere are now being
constructed by the Pullman Palace Car
company expressly for this line. These cars
will be sixty-siX feet long, ten feet wide, and
ten feet high, with Twelve sections, one
~arawing-room with table room for six per-
sons), and one state-room, besides the kitch-
en-, china closet, dressing-room, etc, The
anterior will be finished with black and
white walnut, mahogany, French ash, and
.curled maple, the place of the usual head
lining being filled in with foreign polished
woods the panels between the windows
will be of California laurel and other Cali
fornia woods; the lamp fixtures, window
~tastenings, door hardware, ETC., will be of
triple plated silver. The upholstery OF the
seats is to be of rich but plain reps, cores
ponding and harmonizing with the wood
finish of the sides and root OF the care. Be
tween each set of seats is space for II table
that will accommodate four persons comfor-
tably, but as a rule are not expected to seat
more than two persons. The glass ana
,nhinaware for the tables are now being made
ut Dresden. Germany. from patterns select
ed from the Royal Dresden exhibit that was
ut the Centennial Exposition. and so greatly
admired. Each piece OF silverware, glass
ware and china-ware will have the mono
gram of the Chicago q Northwestern road
marked thereon. The kitchens of the cars
will be so arranged that no fumes from the
cooking yiands can reach the occupants of
the berths. On each car will be a steward,
two cooks. three walters, and a chamber
maid to wait upon lady patrons. 1t is the
intention OF the company to furnish the best
meals that money can buy. andchoice wines
and cigars will be attainable by those desir-
ing those luXuries.
These hotel cars will leave Chicago on the
'1California 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 "Atlantia express each day, In the
afternoon, On this train SUPPER, breakfast
and dinner will be served. Thus passengers
bound in either direction will be enabled to
have adj their meals en- route and yet not
leave their palatial travelling parlor.
The only objection that has ever been
raised against the use of hotel cars has beer
connected with the odorof the kitchen. AS
we said before. this, i'm these cars. will be
entirely obviated; no person, no matter how
particular he or she may be. will have cause
to make any objections OF this score. II
the dining car you merely get your meals
and as soon as you are through eating yor
are showed out and started for the coach OF
sleeper. so as to make room for some Other
.rsveler who desires your place. While il