The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-04

other 70 priySte bedroom heavily carpet
ed. hung with drapery, and containing
wiuc~ and linen-lockcrs, and full-
sized he'd that shuts up and be-
comes IN imitation wardrobe, OF ma
hopany. rich In carving. The CEN
trail saloon Is beautiful. Many parlor In
this city Is as small as 1t. The curves OF
the ceiling leading up to the fanlights and
ventiiators are followed by light veneer,
painted with grotesque patterns. Respien-
dent brackets Of polished brass and glisten-
Ing crystal depend from II. Eight or ten
good.sized windows give II light by day,
and between them are carved mahogany
panels and mirrors OF bevelled ptatc-glass,
framed in polished brass and fitted under
meath with prettily designed brass recepfa-
ces for bottles, glasses, books, or papers.
There are three or four padded chars,
a big padded lounge, rich Orient,'
drapeiy, an extension dining-iable ND
den under an Indian shawl, desk,
and n buffet OF carved mahogany,
trimmed with brass. Beyond are four seats
patferned like those in an ordinary run
man car. but upholstered more elegantly.
They can be altered into four beds in five
minutes. Further on Is the pantry, with
its I6O-galon tank for fresh water, its lock-
ers for wine, silver and china 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 the heater, enclosed in
closet: the toilet-TOom, fitted with marble,
mahogany, and brass; and last OF all, the
kitchen, with four-hole range and hall
hundred copper and britanna-ware uten-
sis. Under the car are refrigerator lockers
for wine, meat. milk, ice, and so on.
The luxury and magniiicence with which
a capitalist is able to surround himself NJ
home NAV be nc least initiated in one OF
these diminutive Fifth-Avenue houses on
wheels. Mr.. Pullman, the car-builder, mas
such a car for himself, only that 1t differs
from Mr.. Jewett's and Mr.. Wizards in two
particulars. 1t has two windows that
reach within a foot Of the floor, through
which, it Is said, a clumsy engineer might
hurl an occasional passenger OH curve,
and il has cabinet organ, on which, on
one occasion, railroad magnate who
wanted a car for himself and was testing
this one. musical BOBBY played so inces-
sanity that he decided he would rather
walk over his railroad than ride in car
with an organ.
The directors car on the New York,
Lake Erie and Western railroad is less
handsome. but is comfortable. 1t has n
round end with bent windows, a kitchen,
bedroom, parlor. obseryation-ro0m, and
upholstered furniture. Its windows are
large, and the apartments are few enough
TO be roomy. superintendent Bowen's car
is palmer vet. 1t is an ordinary coach
somewhat altered. Ii has an ordinary
range in its kitchen and an ordinary heat
ing-stove for cold weather. The sitting
room, upholstered with red plush, is in the
middle, and the Office and observation
room. fitted with desks and chairs, is at
one end.
JAY Gould's car, the Convoy, bearingtbe
name OF the Missouri Pacific railroad along
its upper panels, and ornamented with
few lines and simple patterns in gold on a
chocolate body, is the least pretentious
presidents car that runs out OF New York.
Ii is an old Pullman altered over, and it has
the original small windows. Ii was once
Commodore Garrison's car. 1t has the old
style big rear platform, and contains Il
kitchen, stewards and cook room, dining
room, stateroom, and observation room.
1t has no bathroom. The apartments are
small but exceedingly convenient They
are finished i'm dark wood, the furniture is
upholstered, and mirrors are set in the
walls here and there.
President c. c. Baldwin, OF the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad, has very
handsome car, whose stOpping-place is the
Pennsylvania railroad depot, in which it is
said there are as many as dozen special cars
at a time whenever anything extraordinary
is going on in or near New Y ork. Mr.. Bald
wins car is not unlike Mr.. Jewctts, but
its Joiner work is carved mahogany, the
ceilings are palmer, it has no bathroom,
and the bevelled glass and polished brass OF
the other cars are lacking. Instead OF COM
bining the saloon and dining-room, and
gaining size and comfort without betray-
ing the double functions OF the furni-
ture, as is done in Mr.. Jewett's and Mr..
Wizards cars, Mr.. Baldwin's coach has a
dining-room with eight seats and tables be-
tween. These can be converted into so
many beds at moments notice. Mr..
Baldwin contemplates changing this.
There are four or five exceedingly hand
some private cars on this end OF the Penn
sylvania railroad-Oir Roberts's, Mr.. Cas-
salts, Mr.. Pugh's, and Mr.. Frank Thorn
sons. Their eXteriors are the same as the
new standard passenger coaches, and they
are distinguished only by their numbers
60, 40, 100, $50. They are commodious
and comfortable, and, like those OF Mr..
Jewett and Mr.. Willard, are filed with cleo
trio call-bells, by which every room is in
communication with the pantry.