The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-18
Concerning Cars.

MAJ Winder has purchased the pal
zee car which Col. W. J. Bes, had built
Tor himself during his sho't term IS
Grand high-Cockolorum Of the political
Railroad Syndicate Mis-. Laa.try f.
car, With Freddie Gebha.t a. .ttachee,
attracted great attention a, Long Branch.
The Lily said she was nov A. happy a. q
Big sunrower, ioE she had made . COO
$lO0, 900, and though people would say
some .'nawsty things about MIR Fred
Here Ere Idle laid back both ears aud
yrlnned) she dearly enjoyed America
aud meant to come back next year.
Truly she ought TO enjoy lankeedom,
Tor there are few countries where q pair
I married wou u, each with a ma e
hat holder, -conl | make a fortune in : y
months a the Langtry -Gebhart, aud
Patti Nlccolini couples have done. -
Three cars are being constructed at the
Gilt ri Car Slup>, il Troy, Tor h u>e
I u Maple>ur opera Tue all hc :1r
iue. Pat,i anu NIccoaui Couut ZlcL-
arot, the acting secretary. SAID yesterday
that the company had The ,utrart &
provide the Gals to take Patti aud the rc-
lainder of Col. Naple>ous compau L.
sixty clti"> in the Cniiel STATE, The
diva herself has sent the Count a IN,
patch "a ing II am certainly volug win
Col. Ma le,on. Contradict tn report
10 the contrary" Count Zachar, II ,ai,i
that the cars, which were devised by q"
Mann. an American inventor, were ruu-
ming on sixty lines in Europe. len "rher
cars were to be c instructed besides those
tor Col. Maplesou. and the ompan tx
pected TO have them In service OF the
important lines 10y October Tue car
Tor Patti ; accommodation will have a
dome roof AMI the exterior will be IN
dark blue and god Along one side w,ll
run a wide corrliet. In the center will
lie a spacious drawing room fitted with
~ilvans, a table, >~ideboald and other ap
pointmeuts. Adjoining, on one side, vii
be PATHS room, aud on the other Nicco-
mis-, and at either extreme will be a
room for Patti maid aud Niccollnl 5
violet. There Will be linen closets, lava
tories and other rooms besldes. The car
Will be ventilated by u process similar To
that IN use at the Madison Square The
alter, by which the temperature in the
heated term can be reduced to l0o. The
car will be upholstered IN satin, even t.
The walls themselves. The car will cost
$55 600.
The other two cars will be of the same
pattern as the service ears. There will
be a corridor the full length, with b0u
DORIS accommodating four persons each.
Altogether there will be room for -
persons in a car. In every boudoir there
will be a couch on which "A person may
~recline at length. and which at night
can be converted into the upper berth.
A table can be transformed into steps
leading up to the berth. The walls are
to be covered with embossed leather,
heavily padded, which. IN addition tc
comfort, will afford protection TO pasSen-
gers In case of accident. The heating
aud cooling apparatus will BIZ used II
every car A peculiarly about the cars
is the arrangement OF the berths, which
will extend crosswise instead of lenA tn
wise. and the motion will not be felt
nearly SO much as in the ordinary palace
car. The cost of these cars will be trou
S25, 600 10 80, 900 each. The Crane
Duke ,lichael travelled over Europe tor
four months III a boudoir car costing
$50, 900.