Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-04

The Fast Through Train on the
CentrsI-TheP Pullman HOtel Cars.


The Inauguration OF the fast through
special train on the Central Railroad to
Atlanta is an important event in the history
OF railroads, and, as We have briefly stated
heretofore, is q part of through system
from Chicsgo to Jacksonville. The time Of
the new schedule Is to be shortened, and 1t
will not be long before passengers can leave
Savannah at ten O'Clock at night and
breakfast in Atlanta. 1t is not, however, Of
this new arrangement that 1t is our pur-
pose now to speak. We have at present
few words to say in reference to the
excellent arrangements for through
passenger travel by this special
train from the West. Attached to this train
is Pullman hotel car, there being five now
almost as comfortable and enioys-
BILE as remaining at home. In fact
this car is resily portable hotel, as
It comprises all the conveniences and com
forts. Yesterday morning, by invitation,
we made thorough inspection, In company
with Major George A. Whitehead, General
Freight and Passenger Agent, and Mr. w.
w. Starr, Jr., Master Of Transports
ton, of one of these hotel csrs, the
train leaving at one p. m, and were
amazed to see how the ingenuity Of man
could compass 50 much in q circumscribed
space, the economy of room being
simply wonderful. The car is
combination palace "a handsome
dsy coach, elegant sleeping apartment and
q cosy, delightful restaurant or hotel. At
one end of the car is the toilet room for
gentlemen, adjoining are the kitchen and
nj ~
ing passage way through to the car proper.
The kitchen is clean and neatly provided
with an improved range, all the necessary
articles of a CUISINE place for every
thing aud everything IN its place. Adjoin-
ing is the pantry, connected with the kitch
en- by large aperture, which can be closed
at will, In which there are various com
partments for the storage OF crock
cry, canned goods, sauces, etc.
These compartments are separate, and when
the doors are closed the ventilation is so
tboroI Oh that the passengers have not the
slightest indication Of the proximity Of q
kitchen. Immediately outside the pantry,
the table in which, by the way, can be
shifted and so placed as to reveal two sleep
ing berths, for the porter and waiter, is a
cabinet In the side, panel OF which is
door. This lowered, reveals In the recess
we'll stocked wine cellar, as It were, there
line. The car proper shows q
full Pullman sleeper, with upper
and lower berths comprising ten sections,
twenty berths with accommodation for
forty persons. When the berths are re-
moved there ere handsome tables, with q
capacity of accommodating four persons
each, introduced, and on these tables are
served the meals. After the meals are served
the tables are removed Tor allowed to remain
So 4Hao uhO ufcr To If rda
or write,) and there is p esented an elegant
and handsomely furnished day passenger
coach. In the side, at the bottom OF the
car, are series 81 zinc lined boxes in which
are kept the meats, game, vegetables and
other articles on ice. These boxes are air
tight, and with plentiful supply Of ice the
perishable products are kept perfectly fresh
throughout the trip. ANY one passing along
the exterior OF the car would little think
that the sides at the bottom were filed with
luscious game, fresh meats and other
| articles. There are also on one side OF the
car, under the floor, apartments for the
storage Of wood, Snd extra articles which
nav be Of value 10 case Of accident. 1t Is
almost impossible, without a personal In
spection, to conceive that an entire hotel,
complete In all its appointments, can be
| arranged out of q car, but such is the
| fact The system IS on the European plan,
and a complete bill of fare, comprising
every luxury and delicacy In the market, is
| furnished the passenger, who may select
what he pleases, "paylng his money and
| taking his choice" The prices compare
with the usual restaurant rates. The bills
Of fare are very handsomely gotten up, an d
the price Of each article is affixed, so that
| in ordering,a person knows exactly what he
is doing.
The hotel car Is under the management Of
a conductor, who has porter, waiter and
cook, all well trained, and the cooking
especially is said TO be of the best a passen-
ger from the far West to Savannah or jack
| sonVille has no trouble or worry whatever.
On retiring at night he can give his order
for breakfast, and the time he wishes to be
called; While he is dressing, his break ak
| fast Is being prepared, and by the
time he has finished his toilet, his berth is
taken down, the table placed in position
and his breakfast served "piping hot" Sep
| arate bills OF fare are furnished for dinner
| and supper, In the same way, and in fact
| the system is exactly the same as that
maintained in hotel on the European plan.
| The. immense convenience Of these cars is
readily seen, and the great inducements
| offered travellers by these comforts and &C
commodatiOns will assurediY attract over
the Central heavy Western travel for the
South. En- PEASANT, we may mention that
the train on Thursday brought down fifty
through passengers from points West to
Jacksonville, and the indications are that
as the season advances the travel will be
greatly increased, and the enterprise OF the
Central Railroad, in forming the comblns-
ton and inaugurating the system,
will have the appreciation of the pub
&c, and can but Prove profitable to
the company. A sleeper through to
Louisville also goes on with these. trains,
and as soon as the schedule is shortened
there will be a through car to st. Louis.
Thus there will be from Savannah, by the
Central Railroad. through connection with
Atlanta, Louisville, st. Louis and Chicago,
without q change Of cars, and with all the
comforts of home en- route. Vive la Cen