New-York tribune., 1886-05-16
THE LUYURY OF PRIVATE CARS.
PALACES IN WHICH RAILWAY KINGS RIDE

r,,,ors COACHES ASD HOW THEY ARE FUR
N1surp-rHr SUM INVESTED IN THEM.
Tho recent completion of an elegant private car
for ". K. Vanderbilt. carries with IL some sus9e9
t,on of tie elegance Affected by railway naeha'oS
nowadays, in tie fitting MP of Their speclai i""-
way carriages. 1t Is astonlshIrg' sa'u 'e''s
NJ Pullman. the other day TO IA reporter, " 70 op-
.o.vo tho absolute macniGcence Of tie American
nr;vate cars Almost every railroad man OF import
ance has q car Of his own. Take the orh'
| AXE Erie and Western, for instance. Ihc piosi-
dents car cost 0,0oO: the vlcc-pres'ueh' ,"''
No 200 is a regular beauty-it carr.ed ienlS i''
ing to Chicago. you remember '-"niio "'",
sunorintenaept BENJAMIN Thomas also has fine
car. No. 225. The Ramapo." built Tor hugn o.
Jewett WAS one of three built by the Pullman Com
| norv--one was for Jewett one for the unfortunate
Henry Willard. and the other for the late lhoiaS
| w Pierce of Texas" I'LL. .,.s;do
the m Fui,nau una gpet many. The private car built
At the LehiSh Valley shops for Judge liehry
Packer as fine an ahdir & as whs 80 wv IS Phia
| Selnhia-one of the coal Coxes-is handsome one;
named after his daughter, DAISY. me hichiaoru
and Danyille people nave sSny car and Sos. l8
| nUS 10 Tie former oisccu pied by Coionei J.. d..
| 'Tbom a. late of the Cleveland. Columbus oihc.n.
natl and indianapolis road now aenera, na,'sH sHe
| Of the Richmond and Danvilie; the latier 10 We We
nronerty of Colonel A. b. Andrews. president oi tne
Western North Carolina road tmtel STATES a.,,
senator Joseph Brown. president of the Western
and Atlantic, has . tine gar aa Mni,o .no ytr%inin
managers coach of the East tennessee II
and Georgia road is of the hnest on wneei5 !.
was fitted up under the supervision VI MAJOR finh
himself" ~, r ,-;--o.o oor ~
"Tbe hard wood. Eastlakc finish, WIN a great
deal Of artistic and aesthetic 0rapery. Inc coa1L
recently bul,t for f. fl. Talbot. proprietor ol in
T0,Irag Aqe is a fair specimen ~ runs on t"eiNe I
wheels made in Germany by Herr krupp, ne
| lannon's gun founder The observation roohi III VI,
end of the car is finished in oak with fiench p'a,'
glass windows extending from the celhHg 10 tHtt
tioor vel vet curtains, Wilton carpets ana erDosseO
leather furniture, including dlNails Ihe peuiGoH ~
is in maple and amaranth anu opeu,"o - ,ha car
the parlor the most elegant apartment Oh '"e f"i
II Is finished in solid mahogany, WIN rch lill"I'
panes and carvings oil rare ana cosby W"ous iion @
the Holy Land. The buffers room pantH tHc an, an,
;tchen are models 1t would cost at least SUI
to duplicate this car, which was a present W Mi ~
/ Talbpt The materials were furnshel oy AZ III
, friends and the Pullman Company uld 'he o""u
, ing" .,,.,, ro;i,yovc ~
There are Patti Nilsson, Madame Gerster
Mrs Langtrv and few dramatic S'arS, oo' W. We
managers have cars built lor tneii R"VTvm T,', =,
toria's car is not nearly 50 Deaui4Iu' as -h"u'''
'"lIl 'a"Wbo own the most valuable private ears /" -,
a. difficult question IT, answer Years ago OF
c,dnra Vauderb1 used to ride in "A car he con
| sidered simply perfect. That car is now owned D
tLr Wngner Sleeping Car Company, is called IN
Irnnuols and one may rue i'll IL "H' WIN l"
> The rxtra fare The lroquois was III the glel
k | Snnvtsn puyyil snash-up in which GeneIal W az
ner killed The car owned scycnr6ve Cy IN fee
long and extremely luNurlous. 1t had hanusoi
pictures the outside, refloSeh,,is soeno! oh h
tLe Central Railroad. George b. ho,criS Oh IN III
panusvIvania road. has a fine car. Mr.. thomson
C General maraeer OF the same road, VINO sallSu III
o Europe on April 22, has car n"ted loI tS en
n dnrorntons and for the superior excellence Oh IL
y Doo,in~ arrangements. Robert Garrett. OF III
i Baltimore and Ohio and Milton IL. smith. OF tl
e louisville and Nashville both have super
= = How ahout Mr.. Gouldf
II His car is not remarkably elegant; ana Is ca lie
n 7 think Convoy No. 49, Commodore Oarriso
= used to occupy it years ago. IL accomihou III
A, twelve people and is comfortable Dnt hot eAtiaN, y
canly fitted mp. Mr Gould spent more none ;,o
- his Yacht than on his car peca0se he P''soe' nv
d "IIave the southern railroad men any fine ears
Only "A few. Mr GaDbett 0i the Atahtt III
H. West Point road has an extremely plain car :
re has Captain RaOul, Of the georgia Cehtlt'' anu
ID has Colonel Peck OF the SouIn Unaoi'a IL meri
io Gav The Atlantic Coast Line people own son
+ nice cars. but AS rule the Southern roads 10 N
le Law out SO much money in decorative art as u
90 %3rtIrrn corporations. There is no country on u
Globe however that can compare with America
ny " How about hunting ana fishing cars
~ There are several ot these-tWo OF theih dui
famous, the 'Laak Walton ana tue na'
Crockett These cars are net so iaig rs the Iee
'as lar Pullman coaches, yet tncy Will IA, ,cohlnod'
ter ten persons nicely. AID are PROVIDED with =
,re racks. kennels Tor the dogs ana an k'n15 o'
''0 geuious uxtures. These cars rent Tor TH3 a di
we including cook and waltels-who expect liDfl
Ter tins owcver There are also ears iOr ,alli0Il
w. parties they rent for Tn3 IA d"!' WHICH '"oiu'
:; pianos and every elegance
IN How much money is invested IN private cars
Another hard question to answer: EAcrHs '',H
ON or the Pullman cars there are, say, sixty PRIV
i,o ears at $50 600 each; thirty at f2Doo0 each;
'0 at ~ coo each, or altogether i"o cars repeSt
TO inc about 81 OOO, 900 cash. That is IA lnoder'
ian estimate. There is 40 way t. determine ,ichhl.
he the alnonnt This is an era of luxury, ana nowh
,eI is luXu,y carried TO a hiShcr uee''e 'h"' III
'e lifting up of private cars"
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