The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-05-30
DEER LODGE, MONTANA, MAY 80, 1884.
LUXURIOUS CARS.


Elegant Portable Palaces on Wheels.
IL is astonishing, (said Mr.. George M.
Pullman the other day to reporter Of the
n. Y. Sun), TO notice the luxury of railroad
travel nowadays. Almost every railroad
man Of Importance has . private car of his
own. Take the Erie Railway, for instance.
President Jewett has q car, the Ramspo,
which cost twenty thousand dollars; Mr..
Blanchard has q car, No. 200, that is beau
ty, while Superintendent BENJAMIN Thomas
has car No. 225, also beauty. Mr.. Jewett's
car was one of the three built BY the Pull
man Company--one for Henry Willard and
the other for Thomas W. Pierce, President
OF the Sunset Route In Texas. The popu-
lar, style of private car is the hardwood, East
lake finish. Mr.. Jewetts car Is 4 pretty one,
but the coach recently built for E. II. Tai
bot, of the Chicago Raii,oay Age, Is one Of
the most luxurious affairs ever put on rail-
road track. 1t runs on twelve wheels, six of
which were made in Germany by Krupp.
The observation room st the end Of the car
is finished in oak, with plate. glass windows,
extending TO the floor, velvet carpets, and
embossed leather furniture, including sofas.
The bed room is finished in maple and ANA.
ranth, and opening from it is the parlor, the
most elegant apartment Of the car. 1t 10
finished in solid mahogany, with inlaid PAN
els aud carvings of rare and costly woods
from all corners of the earth, including the
Holy Land. The buffers pantry, the kitch-
en-, and the sleeping apartments for the SER
want, are models Of elegance and comfort.
To duplicate the car would cost seventy five
thousand dollars. 1t was . present to Mr..
Talbot.
Old Commodore Vanderbilt used to ride
over his roads in car that he thought was
fine enough for king. That car Is now
owned by the Wagner Parlor Car Company,
and is called the Iroquois, and any one may
ride in 1t who chooses TO pay the extra fare.
People who don't own as many pennies a.
the Comodore did dollars can ride to-day in
more costly and elegant cars than the elder
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twenty thousand dollars to build handsome
car nowadays; the Iroquois did not cost more
than half that much. w. Fl. Vanderbilt has
. handsome coach; IL is seventy five feet long,
nine feet wide, and about thirteen feet high.
It has kitchen In front; back Of 1t Is Mr..
state room. The dining-room,
and csrd-room come next, while
the observatory, Of course, Is at the rear.
The fittings are very luxurious, and on the
81 les of the car are four views, representing
the New York Csntrsl's bridge at West Al
bany, the Grand Central Depot at Forty Sec
ond street, Niagara Falls, and one other l
don't exactly remember. The car cost q
great deal of meney. Mr.. Vanderbilt does
some very fast driving. When he wants to
take trip he takes a special engine, orders
siiake trains ofrof . certain track, and then
goes As fast a. he can. A time table Is gen.
orally made before the train starts, and is
tslegraphed ahead to every station along the
line, which precludes the possibility of an
accident. Mr.. J. II. Rutter, President Of the
New York Central, travels the same way.
Jay Goulds private car is the Convoy, No.
143, or at least used TO be. II Is the car
Commodore Garrison used to occupy. 1t
has accommodations for twelve people, and
is not strikingly beautiful, though very COM
Portable. George Roberts, President of the
Pennsylvania road, and Frank Thompson,
the General Manager, have the prettiest and
most stylish cars on the road. They are ele-
CANT aud com Portable, and are noted among
railroad men for the excellence of their cui-
sine. Mr.. John w. CARROTS car, the Mary.
land, is strikingly elegant. His son, Robert
Garrett, has q car called the Baltimore.
Frank Coke, Of the Western North Carolina
Railroad, has . beautiful coach, the Daisy,
named In honor Of bis daughter.
There are also half dozen hunting cars.
The Pullman Company has two handsome
ones, the Isaac Walton and the Davy
Crockett. The former was occupied by
President Rsvenal, Of the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad, and . party Of friends
during the last Aardi Grss at New Orleans.
They took the car right into the city and
lived in 1t. The charge for these cars is $35
. day, which includes cook and walters, all
of whom expect douceurs, however. These
cars, though smaller than the ordinary Pull
man coaches, accommodate ten persons very
nicely, and are provided with gun.racks,
kennels for the dogs, and all kinds of inge.
nious fixtures. They are in great demand.
/ am told that Jerome Marble, OF Massschu-
setts, built car Of this kind for himself, and
afterward had two more made to let out BY
fishing trip last year in hired car. There
are many coaches mads for the express use
of families and private parties. These rent
from $40 to $25 day, and carry ten people.
There are one or two cars for very high
toned parties At Ss5 day, the fittings In
cluding piano In the main psrlor.
The laundryiag Of the Pullman Company
amounts to good round sum. Each car
contains twenty. four berths, aud the linen
muss uo CuAheeu aAhy. LscIJ uAy buSTo
are nearly $1,000 sheets, 10000 pillow-slips,
10000 hsnd-towels, and 5000 rollsr-towels
to be washed. The average price paid for
laundrying Is IL cents per piece. Sixty-thrse
thousand pieces day would bring the laun-
dry bill up to s25, 900 month, which may
be maximum; take SIC, 900 month for the
minimum. In addition to the other expenses
Of running the cars, the number Of combs,
brushes, whisk-brooms, feather busters, soap,
towels and tumblers stolen 10 enormous.
One of the leading ladies Of travelling dra-
matte company was detected recently appro-
priating the soap and comb and brush in the
ladies' Toilet room. 1t Is difficult question
to answer how much money IL invested In
private cars In America. Exclusive Of the
Pullman Company's cars, there are sixty
private cars at $50, 900 each; thirty at So, 900
each; and 100 at $4,000 each; In all 100
cars, representing 81, SOC, coo cash. This is .
moderate estimate.
: The Detroit Free Press talks very ssnsi-
bly, to women who hold with Rev. Mr.. Saw
age, Of Boston, that as long as woman is