The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-06

excessive ehsrges Of the Pullman company will
indorse the following from the Indianapolis
Journal: "Puumaa's patent on sleeping
coach berth aud seat will expire, il Is
stated, the present month, and the impress
SION prevails that many Of the through roads
VIII now build and operate sleeping car lines
independent OF the Pullman mouOqoc
Railroad companies that have cut loose from
Pullman, as did the Baltimore * ohio and New
lorA " New Haven, and the Boston * ALBANY
roads, TWO or three years ago. have pTnGtgl
largely by so doing, and have much better
pleased the travel over their lines The New
York, New Haven a Hartford and The Boston a.
Albany now run Sleepers Jointly between Boss
ton and New York nightly, and have made them
very popular by making The price OF lower
berth 81 ~, upper berths 81. Two or three sleep.
ing coaches are ran nightly each way over this
oute, and the Coaches are In some respects
more convenient and elegant than tAe Pullman
coach, and much more rOOmy, they being ten
ttet longer than the ordinary sleeping coach and
have sixteen sections and the upper berth is as
pleasant TO rest IN as is the lover berth, and 50
arranged as to be OF easy access, la the
coSehesare State-roOms, smoking rooms, toilet
rooms, supplied with all modern Couvenieuces.
but what plc0SeS travellers over these roads is
Tue treatment they receive nom the Slccpug-Car
conductor and por,erS II an upper berth is
not TO be taken the conductor Saws 10 ~ pnS>pu-
ger 1t will be pleasauter 10 you. the upper
berth will not be made up Thus the passeu.
ger tesS in cosy lite room, as the bgrthS are
wider AID higher than those of the Pullman
ear, What is better still, the coaches ATE prop.
ely ventilated. Passengers can raise window
aud the conductors have the good sense when.
over the train comes to StQud-Still 20 throw tho
door OF the coach open, and thus chunge the air
completely, and passenger arises in the morn
ing free from headache and the unpleasant feel.
ing after riding in closely confined Pullman
coach where passenger dare not raise win.
dow or ask for some fresh air lest he might be
thrown out of the ear by pompOus s,ecping-,ar
conductor Were western roads to take pattern
from the Yew York, New Haven II Hartford, and
the Boston * Albany roads In this matter excel
lent results would doubtless follow
Creosoting railroad ties TO preserve them hay
lug proved rathcreNpensiye several ofthe roads
have concluded to cultivate the Catolpa and
allantus trees as the best means of securing ser
yiccablc ties. The Iron Mountain company.
that probably owns more heavily tmbcred lend
than any other in the country it is stated, has
contracted for the cultivation OF a catalpN farm
near one OiitS stations in Missouri. On this road
are catalpa ties that were laid nearly fifteen
years ago and are apparently as sound as ever.
II is authenticated that in southern Ohio, where
one species of catalpa is indigenous there
are posts and timbers of this wood that have
been in the ground Il full century and yet show
no signs of decay, These are hardy trees. and
Of u very rapid growth Although The ailantus
is an importation from China still Ii and the
Gstalpa seem to find IN the climates and soils OF
Missouri, Arkansas aud Texas Just what they
require to thrive upon