The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-27

dining saloon and completely conceals
the pantry behind it.
The dining saloon contains eight tab
les, seating four people each. Its in
terror is the most striking and orig iual
in decoration AMI withal the most bean
tiful ever seen ON Il railroad car in this
or any other country. The entire interior
below the ceiling is enamrlcd The pro
Cess by which this is Accomplished is a
new and very expensive one, but the re
suit as exhibited in this Car is certainly
most attractive. The enamel, which
covers the sides of the car and the frames
OF the seats, presents the appearance OF
ivory i'll its warm and rich finish. 1t is
cream -colored in tone, fretted here and
there with strips and bits of gold, adding
an intense richness 10 the effect. Such
treatment of "a car interior has never be
fore been attempted, yet no other mater
lal could produce the effect of soldity
combined with chaste elegance that this
does. Beside the distinctive character of
simple stateliness with which it endows
the compartment, it possesses the admir-
able quality of cleanliness. Should it be-
come disfigured by smoke, cinders, or
dust, moist cloth will remove all traces
OF the foreign substance and restore its
surface to its pristine brilliancy.
The roof of the car is covered with raw
silk, of the hue of crushed straw berries,
heavily embroidered in vines and tracery
of old gold. 1t is lighted by four pen
dant lights, enclosed in large rejecting
globes, the chandeliers being set in
squares of beaten brass. The backs of
the seats are higher than usual and are
upholstered III olive plush. The window
curtains are of heavy MORE silk to har-
monize in color with the tint of the silken
ceiling. The eutire compartment is sim
pie and transformations, yet it is decorated
in such exquisite taste, aud it's appoint
ments blend so tremendously with the
central idea as to compel the admiration
and enlist the commendation of every be
holder.
The service OF the car. both in glass,
china, and silver, is in keeping with the
surroundings. The entile equipment is
new, and much of the china and glass
ware was made EXPRESSLY for the COM
pany, and cannot be duplicated elsewhere.
The linen is pure and spotless, and when
the tables are set for service their very
beauty would tempt the most Indifferent
appetite.
At the rear of the car is the linen locker
and refrgerating closets for wines, min
eral waters, and berries.
A new system of ventilation has been
adopted in the construction OF this car. |
The ventilators are placed as usual on |
the sides of the roof ridge, but they are |
enclosed in such manner that the air |
enters from either end of the aperture,
passes through cleansing process, and |
enters the car free of all dust.
In the pantry another method. entirely
original, for ventilation through perfor-
ated window stills is adopted, which &C
its purpose of admitting fresh |
air and excluding dust III most admira-
BILE manner
This car is the exemplific ltion of per-
feet success in this field The dining-car
service afforded by the Pennsy lvania
r abroad has challenged and won the ad-
mration of the world, yet the manage
ment was not satisfied that the best and
most effective methods of car building
and equipping had been pursued. The
Motive Power Department, of which MIR.
T. N. Ely is the head, after an exhaus-
tive investigation of the systems en-
ployed both in this country and abroad,
the best features of all sys
TENS, and in building and appointing this
car have produced distinctly novel and
original pattern, which will be followed
hereafter as the Pennsylvania Railroad
Standard Dining Car.
No. 705 is now in regular service on
the Congressional Limited Express, leav-
ing New York for Washington at 3. As p.
m, ana Philadelphia 5.42 p. m.