, 1884-07-06
.LUXURYONSffE RAIL.
aooresM NJ. Pullman Dives Some In.
terestihsH5ofmation
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The Popular style OF PaInce-Car-
People Who own Private Cars
-nuntIng-Can and
Equipmsns - ~



Pullman the other day to a reporter, "to
notice the luxury of railroad travel nova
days. Almost every railroad man OF i'm
portanes has a private car OF his o@ns9EIaks
tho Erie railway for instancen BrasIdent
Jewett has q car, the Ramapo, which cost
$4,000; Mr. blanchard has a GRrI 40. 200,
that is a beauty, while Superintendent Ben.
jamin Thomas has car No. 22j, also a fpau V.
Mr.. Jewett's car was one Of three quilt by
the Pullman oompaBy-one Tor Henry VII
lard, and tho other for Thomas W.1Pierce,
president of tho Sunset route in Texas"
What, il the popular style Of private carsI"
%The hard rood. Esstlaks Anish Mr.
Jewett's is q pretty one, but the coach re-
Gently built for T. Fl. Talbot. Of The, Chicago
Railway Age, is one OF the most luxuriou1
affairs yer put on a railroad track It runs
on twelve wheels, six Of which were made in
Germany by Knapp. The obseryatioh-room,
ut Tie end of the car, is finished in oak, With
rlats-glass windows extending to the door,
velvet carpets, and embossed leather ,furni,
turs, Including sofax The bedroom Is fin
ishedIin maple'Aud a~rnaranth, mud opening
into the parlor, the most elegant apartment
u the car. 1t is finished in solid mahogany,
with inlaid panels and carvings OF rare and
costly woods romiail'cofne of the earth,
including tho holy land. The buffers pntry,
the Kitchen, and the sleeping apartments for
bho = Nhlhff u motolS OF tleSulC5 anu conf
d ort To duplicate thu earwonld cost $f5, 900
lit was n present to Mr.. Talbot l-'sH
who own the most costly private cars In
Americaf"
THAT is hard to tell Old Commodore
Vanderbilt used to ride over his roads In a
ear that be thought was fine enough for a
king. That car Is now owned by the Wagner
Parlor Car company, and is called
the lroquois and any one may ride
in 1T who chooses to pay the extra fare.
People who do not own as many pennies as
the commodore did dollars, Gun ride nj more
costly and elegant cars than the elder Van.
derbilt ever dreamed OF. IL costs at least
$4,000 to build a handsome car nowadays;
the Iroquois lid not cost morn than .i6Ali
that.H
What kind Of a car has W. II. Wander
biltTf
HE has a handsome coach: it Ia seventy
Ave feet long. nine feet wide, and about
thirteen fest high. 1t has a Kitchen In front;
back of is Mr.. yanderbilt's stato-room. The
dining-rooui, hitttig-room hhd card-room
come next, while the observatory, OF course,
is at the rear. The fittings arc very-luxur-
ious. and on the sides of the car are four
views, representing the New York Centralis
bri igo Mt West Albany, the q and Central
depot at Foity-secon street, Niagara Fa Is,
and one other 1 don't exactly remember.
The car cost a great deal Of money"
d many people own private carsi" u
very few. Patti, Nilsson, Mrs. Langtry,
Mime. Gerster-jast Il few people like that,
whose managers have built cars especially
for them. Queen Victoria's private car Is
not so luxurious ms the one recently finished
at Utica for Mrs.. Langtry, nor,nssr|yasc
beautiful as the Mann bou loir car built for
Nine, Patti. Toe late Judge Henry
h. Packer, of the Lehigh Valley,
was having a magnificent car, the
Minerva, made for him, when he
died 1t was all fitted up in maho gany, 40
laid with carnatIon pinks and daisies, his IA.
vorite flowers. Formosa MARBLE. cherry,
bird's-eye maple. and embossed leather were
also used in its fittings, while all the hing.
ings and tapestry were imported expressly
for this PURPOSE '1 FAi '
How do American coaches compare with
foreign onesi'
s"Tbere is nothing on the globe that can
compare with our American rolling-stock.
Any one who can pay his way In a buifet-car
cen TO day ride ms luxuriously as the empress
Of India ever does. II a party OF a Dozen
wanted to go TO San Francisco, the cost IL no
greater 10 hire mn hotei-oaI, with cook and
walters, than it would DO to ride in the or
binary coaches aud dine at the eating houses
on the way"
There arc also hunting-cars, ara there
notf' "'
About half a dozen. The Pullmatf com
pany has two handsome ones, the Izaak Wal
ton and the Davy Crockett. The former was
occupied by President Ravsna, OF the VII
mington & Weldon railroad, and a party
OF friends during the late Mardi Gras at New
OrleunA They took the car right into tho
city aud lived in it The charge for these
cars Is $50 a day, which includes cook and
walters, all Of whom expect doucsurs, how
ever. These cars, though smaller than the
ordinary Pullman coaches, accommodate
ten persons very nicely, and are provided
with gun-rucks, kennels for the dogs, and
oil kinds of ingenious fixtures. They are
in great demand. l am told that Jerome
Marble, of Massachusetts, built n car
OF this kind for himself, aud after
ward had two more made to let by the
day, President Arthur took his Floridn
fishing trip last year in a hired car. There
are many coaches made for the express use
OF families and private parties, These rent
from 80 to S25 d Jay, and carry ten people.
There are one or two cars for very high
toned partiez at SIS a day, the fitting iuclud-
ing a piano in the main parlor. These are
used principally by California tourists"
How much money, in your opinion, il In
vested in private cars in Americaf"
. That is a difficult question to answer. Ex-
elusive of this Pullman conpany's eIrs, let us
suppose there are sixty private cars at $780,
900 each, thirty at S2O,OoO each, aud 100 at
$4,000 each; in all 100. cars. represehting
SS.gJ0,0OO cash. That is a moderate asti-
mate"
A scarcity In the Family.