The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-07-06

cars will not bear a comparison with
American ones. The:working officers
Of railroads in the West live in cars
for week or more at time. 1t is
not luxury, but a matter of neces-
sity. The distances are long, the
eating places few and far between,
and there is business to be transacted
at widely different points. Some rail
road systems comprise $500 or 5000
miles of road, and, as may be seen,
it takes some time to go over them.
Almost all roads have Directors cars,
which are used by Directors once
year in making an inspection of their
roads. The remainder of the time
the Superintendents or other officers
use the cars. Directors of Western
roads living ia the East have the Di-
rectors' cars sent to them and take
them 10 the annual meetings and
bring them back.
Others besides railroad officers ride
in special cars. The Pullman Palace
Car Company has, beside its regular
coaches in regular service, one car
especially intended for the use of
families or private parties This
car is house on wheels, and is SIM
liar to the Ramapo. 1t bears no
inscription save the monogram "2. P.
c." 1t has accommodation for ten
persons, and is complete in every
respect. The main saloon is furnish
ed like parlor, and is supplied with
an organ. The Pullman Company
charges $85 day for the use of this
car, which includes the services Of q
conductor, cook and two walters.
Beside this, the person hiring the car
must buy Is full tickets of the rail-
road line over which the car passes
for hauling it. The ear is usually
attached to regular train, and if a
special engine is secured, which is
rarely the case, the expense is great
ly increased. Provisions and liquors
are supplied by the Pullman Com
pany at cost, or the person to whom
the car is let may stock it himself.
Sleeping cars are let at the rate of
sos per day, including conductor
and porter, and hotel cars at $75
day, including conductor, cook and
two walters. The Pullman Company
also has two hunting and fishing cars.
One is named the Davy Crockett and
the other the Izaak Walton. The
charge for these cars is $35 day,
which includes cook and waiter for
each. The cars are provided with
kennels for dogs, and are in every
way adapted for the use to which
they are put They are somewhat
smaller than the ordinary cars, but
are plenty large enough for hunting
or fishing parties OF eight or ten.
These cars are in steady demand dur
ing the hunting season. Mr.. Jerome
Marble, of Worcester, Mass, built
hunting car for his own use and to
let. His venture proved SO success
full that he has constructed two more.
His charges are about the same as
those of the Pullman Com
pany. Noblemen coming to America
frequently hire special car to make
trip across the continent. The
Grand Duke Alexis, the Duke of
Sutherland and the Baron deStreuve,
the Russian Ambassador, are among
those who have made trips in the
American special cars. Dom Pedro
made his tour in Pullman hotel car.
The Brazilian Emperor marvelled at
the magnifcence of the hotel cars
which are now attached to through
trains on all the great lines.
1t is a common thing to see spec
ial car on the rail Rich Americans
ride this way in making long journeys,
and people do not wonder at it here
half as much as they would across the
water. When party of ten or twelve
is made up to go from New York to
San Francisco, for instance, the ex;
pense is no greater, if as much, to hire
a special car, with cooks and walters,
than it would be to ride in an ordi-
nary palace car and stop at first class
hotels on the way. Special cars are
used more on the roads across the
plains than in the East, on account of
the distance between eating stations
and the lack of superior hotel accom-
modations. When whole train is
chartered for any particular occasion
the rates are made according to the
distance aud the number of cars.
The estimate cost of running an en-
CINE, including engineer and fireman,
is 20 cents mile, and no road will
send out an engine, no matter how
short the run, Tor less than S25. 1t
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