Wichita eagle., 1888-06-22
FINEST PALACE HORSE CARS EVER
MADE TURNED OUT
THIS WEEK.
The Works Being Pushed as Rap
idly as Possible to Fill Orders
Running Sundays
and Nights.


remodeling and repainting were done. But
for the past few weeks they have been at
work upon special contracts for nine of
the most elegant and complete palace
horse cars ever conceived or built any
| where, without any exception. Seven of
| these cars are for the well known
firm of Reed g. Co., of Chicago,
fancy stock farmers. One is for
S. A. Brown & Co., well known breeders of
fine horses at Kalamazoo, Mich. The
other one is being built for the use of Mr..
A. J. Cation, the proprietor of the Cation
stock farm at Joliet, Ill.
These cars are all to be owned by the
Burton company and are to be leased for
terms of years by the several parties who
use them. Each car is capable of carry
ing sixteen large thoroughbred horses and
is model in every respect Although the
Burton car far excels any other, these nine
contain many new and very convenient
improvements, which have been contrived
by the local inventive talent of the COM
pany, and will hereafter prove indispensi-
bic to well constructed car. They are all
constructed SO as to unite to the best possi-
BILE advantage all the elements of strength,
durability, convenience and beauty: and in
this the success of the company has been
very remarkable
The very capable general manager, Mr.
R. c. Vidler, and his competent corps of
assistants are to be congratulated upon
the marked and exceptional success
which has crowned their first eff
forts in these shops The machinery
in all parts. and workmen as well,
performed their parts with a precision
which is most highly satisfactory to all
concerned.
AEoRsE PALACE ON WHEELS.
A minute description of these oars will
not be amiss The Cation car, the first one
finished, was brought down into the city
yesterday morning and placed on the Rock
Island side track prior to its removal to
Chicago last night. To which place it was
taken by Mr.. W. A Caswell the contract
Jug agent of the company in that
city. 1t was viewed by large num-
bers of people and universally
admired. To begin with these cars are the
first stock cars ever made with the "Mon
itor roof" or one which is raised in the
center and has ventilators at the sides of
tie raised part or "Texas," as it is gen
orally called, and a hood over the
platform. This kind of roof, which is
the same as is used upon all coaches, pro-
vides the only plan ever invented for
thorough ventilation.
MrEF Perkins, who will be remembered
as the genial general manager who
planned and superiniended the construc-
tion OF these shops, was years ago the in
ventor of this style of roof, but refused to
"a Sc 81 ,iak iCrht bnI ia
him an untold amount of money, because
he said he wanted the world
to have the benefit OF his
equipped with the Westinghouse air
brake and the Miller platform buffer and
coupler. They ride upon extraordinary
easy springs and are OF much lighter
draught than an ordinary stock car, al
though considerably longer and much
stronger All of the cars here mentioned
are the same size and designed alike, the
material difference being in the painting
and lettering of them.
The very best material throughout, both
of wood and iron, has been selected. The
car is A feet long feet inches vide and
l3 feet high from the bottom of the sill to
the top of thescar
The sides of the car are made of the
very best white pine, the same as passen-
ger coaches. The flooring is heavy yellow
pine, properly grooved and provided with
holes TO afford perfect drainage. The ear
is divided by a partition running across
the car, into two sections connected by a
sliding door. The horses, four abreast on
either side of this partition, stand with
their heels to the same, which is heavily
wainscotted with oak. These eight horses
stand lengthwise of the car, each
one facing another horse, who stands
with his heels TO the end Of the car.
which is also heavily lined with oak. Be
tween the heads of eight horses, four fac
ing four in either half of the car is a pas
sage way, between the side doors of the
car. These doors slide into the side of the
car the same as the doors of an express or
baggage car. In the sides of the car and
even with the back of each horse are cir
cular windows, which turn on their axes
and give lateral ventilation for the car in
addition to the longitudinal ventilation
afforded by the windows in the side of the
Texas" or raised roof which swing on
rods the same as in an Or
dinary passenger coach. These windows
which are of stained glass, are all pro-
tected from cinders, ETC., by wire gauze.
The horses are separated by partitions,
which are suspended upon rods running
cross ways of the car, while the partitions
run lengthwise. These partitions can be
pushed to one side of the car, so as to
make only three, two or one large box
stall. occupying one-fourth Of the car.
In front of the horses heads are sus-
penned galvanized iren troughs, used for
either feed or water, and when not in use,
are drawn to the roof by automatic
weights hidden in the sides of
the car. At either end of
the car under the roof are two
large water tanks with capacity of sew
enty gallons each. Under the middle of
the car is the feed box. capable of carrying
weeks supply of feed for sixteen horses.
There is room and an arrangement for
suspending sulky or buggy under the
roof over the passage way between the
horses heads. Harness, etc., can also be
put away in racks above the horses. When
the cars are not to be used for stock, the
movable stalls (which are held in position
by sliding bolts into holes in the foor) can
be pusded 10 one side and the car used for
ordinary freight purposes.
The body of the Cation car is blue.
Along the side, at the top and on one side
are the words: Built for the Cation Stock
Farm, by the Burton Stock Car Com
pany." On the other side it reads
Built by the Burton Stock Car Company
for the Cation Stock Farm" On the side
OF the car is large shield, bearing the in