Daily Republican., 1883-07-24
LONETHING ABOUT CARS.
kHz COST OF A LIMITED EX'
PRESS TRAIN-CARS USED BY
ACTRESSES.

ACT X ENSES.
Very few persons, as they look at or
ide upon all express train, have any
kiea of it's cost or value. The limited
Sxpross train that passess through this
Ity is generally made up of an engine
nd tsndsr, baggage car, smoking car
md Ave Pullman cars, the whole valued
1f08, 200 az follows: engine, $4,000 ;
sggage car, 81 200; I; smoking car, IS, 900
We Pullman cars at SIS, 900 each.
4 An ordinary express train costs from
I'd. 900 to 800, 900, as follows: Engine
md tender, $i2, 900; baggage car, 81, 200;
ostal car, $1,000; smoking car, $4,000
wo ordinary passenger cars, ,OOO
Ssch three palace cars, $4,000; total,
85, 200.
While these may seem to be exag,
erated statements, the facts are that
,ey will fall below rather than exceed
he actual cost. The palace cars, esti
hated at $1,000 each, frequently cost
lis. 900, and Pullman cars are now ran
m some of the roads that cost $1,000,
Raiload men say that the average
Inlue of a freight train is even greater
han a p ssenger train, when the rolling
lock and value of property carried are
Included. Sometimes the freight on "A
through :rain aggregates in valae from
5i5O, 900 to $500 900 but the cost OF the
|ngine and cars is seldom over S4O,O
bome of the principal female theatrical
Stars travelled last season in private
bars, engaged especially for them.
Madam Mohjeska, Miss Nelson and
Mrs. Langtry each had magnificent
ars fitted up for their accommodation.
Modieska rode in the "City of Wor-
hester, which was built in this city by
he jackson & Sharp Company. This
balace on wheels was constructed about
wo years ago for 4 party OF gentlemen
esiding in Worcester, Massachusetts,
" an excursion hunting car, and they
make IL trip in it every summer to the
Ar West 1t was constructed in the
>est manner and furnished luxuriouSly,
but when manager StetsOn leased it for
he great actress he re-furnished IL at an
Expense of $4,000. Patti also used this
bar the season before last.
Mrs. Langtry travelled last season in
the i" Jerome Marble, " which was also
built by the Jackson a. Sharp Com
pany, and is an exact counterpart of
the "City of Worcester. " The "Lily"
liked the car so well that she retained
Il at the close of the season for the pnr-
bose of travelling about the country.
bhe has already visited Atlantic City
Ind Cape May, and is now said to he
sone to the White Mountains. These
bars are costly affairs, and when star
bctresses insist on travelling in them at
he managers expense, make sad in
oads on the profits.
In the first place they cost $50 per
lay for their use, which goes to the
company owning them; this sum is
charged each day covered by the lease,
Including Sunday, whether the car is in
hse or not. This does not include the
hauling of the car over the different
roads, for which the Companies charge
y rate equivalent to the fare Of eighteen
passengers, or $3.50 to bring it from
Philadelphia to this city. Add to this
y porter and cook, with other servants,
BIZ of whom of course are under pay,
Ind it will readily be seen that private
bars are luxuries only to be INDUCED in
by the few, and not By any through
motives Of econOnOmy.
Three cars are now being constructed
In Troy, N. Y, for the use OF the Mapel'
Jon Opera Company during the coming
>easun. One will be for the exclusive
bse of Nine Patti and Nicolini, and no
bains or expense are being spared to
make it one of the handsomest and most
luxurious cars in this country. This
bar will be called the Adelina Patti, and
Rill have dome roof, with the exterior
fnished in dark blue and gold. Along
bne side there will be wide corridor,
while in the centre will bea spacious
lrawing room fitted with divan, table,
bideboard and other appointments.
On one side will he PATHS room, and
Dn the other Nicolini's, and at either
bud will be room for PATHS maid and
EicOlinis valet There will also be linen
clOsets, marble wash stands, toilets and
Dther rooms. The car will be ventila
I'D by a patent process, through which
the temperature during the heated term
pan be reduced at any point desired,
bud a novel heating apparatus designed
Tor the purpose will be used during the
winter months. The car will be uphol
btered in satin even to the walls them
Bslves, and the interior will be well
Supplied with the finest French plate
mirrors.
The other two cars, for the members
of the company, will be of the same
pattern, and finished externally the
Bame as the one described. There will
be corridor the full length, with bou-
aoirs, accommodating four persons
bach, attording room for twenty-four
persons in each car. In every bondoir
there will be u couch On which per-
BON may reclne ut length, and which
At night can he converted into an upper
BERTH while the table can be transform
ed into steps leadiug to it. The walls
will br covered with embossed leather,
heavily padded, which, in addition to
Comfort, will afford protection to the
occupants in case of an accident.
The heating and cooling apparatus
will be the same in each of the cars y
peculiarity about the cars will be the
arrangement Of the berths which will
SANCIni CIoSoWISo iIiSpt" VI "h " ''''
And the motion will not he felt nearly
30 much ,ts in the ordinary palace cars.
The cost of these three cars will be
about SlOO, 900; they were devised by
Colonel Mann, an American inventor.
who has cars of his patents running on
Rixty different lines in Europe, one Of
which, costing $50, 900, was used by
the Grand Duke Mi hael in a four
tour OF Europe.
BALTIMORE, Md.-Dr. Irwin II. El-
deridge, says would recommend
a trial of Browns Iron Bitters in all
Q Uses of anaelnic debility or when a
tonic or appetizer is Indicated