Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-17

Central depot. 1t is the private car Of
Henry Willard of the Oregon Railway
x Navigation Company. Mr.. Willard
is fitting his with electric lights. /, has
been cut down in height, in order to
suit the requirem ents OF = tunnel be-
tween Providence and Boston that ap.
pears to practically limit to its hight
the railway coacher of the continent.
When the San reporter saw Mr.. Vii
lard's coach, it was not in suite the
order i'll which he afterwards found Mr..
Jewett's, which was in the Erie depot in
Jersey City ready to go out at a mo
ment's notice. 1t Is about II feet long
or little longer than Pullman palace
car.
The first room is walled with Irish
bog-oak, carved and ceiled with light
wood, stenciled ornately. A chandelier
OF lamps is over head, and on the heavy
carpet are n morocco covered lounge.
a padded chair, and an armchair of
light cane. A big mirror OF beveled
plate glass is over the lounge and the
end windows are more than six feet
long by about half rs wide. A hallway
vide enough for two to pass in leads to
the main saloon. Two doors open
from the passage way--one leading to
the bathroom, whose walls are of pol
lshed mahogany, and containing a
short, deep bath-tub and a marble toilet
stand; and the other to a private bed.
room, heavily carpeted, hung with
drapery, and containing wine and lin
Il h.,
wardrobe ofmahogany, rich in carving.
The Central saloon is beautiful.
Many parlor in this city is rs small
as ii. The curves of the ceiling leading
up to the fan-lghts and ventilators ere
followed by light veneer painted by
grotesque patterns. Resplendent brsck-
cts Of polished brass and g!istening
crystal depend from it. Eight or ten
good-sized windows give it light by day;
and between them are carved mahogany
panels and mirrors of beveled plate
glass, framed in polished brass, and
fitted underneath with pretty designed
brass receptacles for bottles, glasses,
books, or papers. There are three or
four padded chairs, a big padded lounge.
rich Oriental drapery, an extention
dining table hidden under an indian
shawl, desk and a buffet of carved
mahogany trimmed with brass. Be
yond are four seats patterned like
those in an ordinary Pullman car, but
upholstered more elegantly. They
can be altered into four beds in about
five minutes. Farther on is the pantry
with Its lbO-galton tank of fresh water,
Its lockers for wine, silver, and china
and table-service. and provisions, and
the stewards table, which changes by
mechanical magic into two beds one
for the steward and one for the cook.
opposite is he.heater enclosed in closet /;
the tollet-roon,, fitted with marble, ma
hogany, and brass and last of all the
kitchen, with four. hole range and half
a hundred copper and Brtannia-ware
utensils. Under the car are refriger-
ator lockers for wine, meat, ice, and so
on.
The luxury and maGni'icence with
which capitalist is able to surround
himself at home may be at least intim-
ated IN one of these diminutive Fifth.
avenue houses on wheels. Mr.. Pullman
the car-builder, has such.a car iol
himself, only that it differs firm Mr.
Jewetts and Mr.. Wizards in two par.
ticulars: 1t has windows that reach
within foot from the floor, through
which, it is said, a clumsy engineer
might hurl an occasional passenger on
a curve; and it has a cabinet organ