Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-08-24
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bits custom to reward engineers who
please him with speed and comfort when
he travels. 1' tthi a1
n President Jewett of the Erie railroad
has the richest, most complete and most
beautiful private car on any eastern rail-
road. Pullman built that and three 9TH
ers exactly like it. One of its mates is
the private car of Henry Willard, one of
the Oregon railway and navigation
company. Mr.. Willard is fitting his
with electric lights. 1t had been cut
down in height in order to suit the re-
guirements of a tunnel between Proyi-
dence and Boston, that appears to prac-
tically limit to its own oeight the railway
coaches of the continent. Mr.. Jewetts
coach is about seyenty-two feet long, or
little longer than Pullman palace car
The first room is walled with Irish bog
oak, carved and ceiled with light wood.
steneiled ornatedy.i7 A, chandelier of
lamps hangs overhead, and on the heavy
carpets are morocco-covered lounge,
padded chair and an arm chair of light
cane. A big mirror of bevelled plate
glass is over the lounge, and the end
windows are more than six feet long by
about half as wide. "a e.. ..s. =
A HALFWAY wide enough for two to pass
open from this passage-way one leading
to a bathroom, whose walls are of pol
ished mahogany, and containing a short,
deep bath-tub and a marble toilet stand,
and the other to private bedroom
heavily carpeted, hung with drapery
and containing wine and linen lockers,
and a full-size bed that shuts up and be-
comes an imitation, wardrobe of nah og-
any, rich in carving. The central saloon
is beautiful. Many parlor in the city
is as small as it. The curves ofthe ceiling
leading up to the fan-lghts and ventila-
tors are followed by light veneer printed
with grOtesque, patterns. Resplend-
ent brackets of polished brass and glisten-
ing crystal depend from 1t. Eight or ten
good sized windows give it light by day,
and between them are vedmahogany
panels and mirrors of bevelled plate
glass, framed in polished brass and fit
ted underneath with prettily designed
brass: receptacles5 for bottles, glasses,
books or papers. There are three or
four padded chairs, a big padded lounge
rich oriental drapery. an eXtention din
ing table hidden. under an Indian
shawl, desk and buffet of carved ma
hogany, trimmed with brass Beyond
are four seats patterned like those in an
more elegantly II
They can be altered into four beds in
five minutes. Further on is the pantry
with its ten gallon tank for fresh water,
its lockers for wine, silver and china
table service, and provisions, and the
stewards table, which changes by me-
chanical magic into two, beds-one for
the steward and one for the cook. OPP
posite. is the heater, Enclosed in closet;
the toilet room, fitted with marble, ma
hogany and. brass, and last of all the
kitchen, with four hole range and half
hundred copper and britannia ware
utensils. Under the car are refrigerator
lockers for wine. meat, milk, ice and so
on.A
The luxury and magnifcence with
whicha capitalist is able to surround
himself at home may be at least intima-
ted in one of these diminutive Fifth av-
enue houses on wheels. Mr.. Pullman,
the car builder, has such car for him
self, only that it differs from Mr.. jew
ett's and Mr.. Wizards in two partiCu-
lars: 1t has windows that reach within
foot of the floor, through which, it is
said, a clumsy engineer might hurl an
occasional passenger OH a curve, and it
has a cabinet organ, on which, on one
occasion, a railroad magnate who want
ed car for himself and was testing this
one, musical BOBBY played SO incessant-
" that he decided that he would rather
walk over his railroad than ride IN car
with an organ.
Jay Gouid's car, the Convoy, bearing
the name, of the Missouri Pacific rail
road along its upper pannels, and orna-
mented with few lines and simple pat
terms in gold on chocolate body, is the
least pretentious presidents car that
runs out of New York. 1t san old Pull
man altered over, and it has the original
small windows. 1t was once Commo-
dore's Garrison's car. 1t has the old
style big rear PLATFORM, and contains a
kitchen, stewards and cooks room, din
ing room, state-room and observation
room. 1t has no bath room. The apart
ments are small, but exceedingly conven-
lent. They are finished in dark wood,
the furniture is upholstered, and mir
rors are set in the walls here and there