Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-08-31
Philadelphia Times. August 9th. iSsI.l
LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING.
The Pullman Palace Car CompaDy's
Latest Production for the
Pennsylvania Railroad.


late DAYS in interior architecture ana
elaborate finish of Pullman cars II re-
ouites the exceptional to attract more
tslsn passing notice and the extraordin-
a 10 draw forth comment. Some
months ago the pennsylvania Railroad
Connanv ordered from the Pullman
works. for the equipment Of the New
York and Washington aud Congression-
- Limited express trains, the very best
representative work the Pullman Com
aanv was capable Of creating regardless
Of expense, ard the result is now seen
ii the new ears aiming this last week
Oh these two magnificent solid yestibule
trains. which connect in a few hours
the nations metropolis with her seat of
government What is surely Of much
more importance than the handsome
exterior finish of these ears, over which
even experience travellers are enthus-
iastic, is the improved and heavy trucks
on which the palaces are built. Ihey
have been. with the wheels and ayies,
subjected to the very highest test, even
beyond the standard, which on TIE
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad is highest
known, and at the end. of their active
Journey came 10 halt as cool almost
as at the start. The designer here has
also made a marked advance, and one
promoting untold comfort, by arrang-
ing the connection of car body and
truck SO as TO reduce TO a minimum the
swaying motion ordinarily felt when
under full speed. TIE entire trains are
connected by vestibules, fitted for steam
heat and equipped with improved air.
brake appliances, which practically
stop the cars almost in their own length.
The former equipment OF these trans
seemed impossible to be imp owed upon,
vet their perfection of design arr finish
demonstrates the capacities Of this / od-
ern age for wonderful ara rad cul cham
ges. The exterior appearance, aside
from the drawing DOM angled bay
windows, is identical with the Tegula-
ton Pullman in color and design, and
it is not until advancing through the
vestihule that the revelation of what
4 Americans have grown TO expect in
taking their few hundred miles jaunts
is made manifest, an illustrated by
these luxuriously finished palaces on
wheels. The upholstery of TIE COM
Portable, revolving easy chairs and So
fas, affording seating accommodations
for thirty-four persons in each car, is
of a white, imported mohair cloth,
worked with figured silk embossing.
The flooring is covered with rich,
heavy Turkish carpeting, whose color
blends tremendously with the furnish
ings, even TO the adjustable ottoman,
ready for foot service at the front Of
each chair. Upon entering the aisle
way it is noticeably wider than any
other Pullman cars, and the wood
work is polished ash, stained. A per-
feet effect is produced in the hand
carved entrances from the drawing
rooms into the main car body, as it ar
ches TO centre in a miniature dome,
where scroll-work, loaded glass, brass
designs and heavy plate mirrors lend
an exceptionally rich finish. At the
windows hang dual set of curtains,
one a light cream to neutralize the
light and shade. the eyes, and back a
heavy set of some rich brown stuff,
embroidered and tasseled. The cell
ings are Neutrality-suspicious., not elaborate
nor overworked, butve yartistic, while
every cornice or where one might ex-
pect the sharp edge is some PANTY bit
of relief wood-carving. The recep.
tacle racks as wei as the chandelier
lamps are made of oxidized silver, the
latter being of very unique pattern and
shedding the softest silvery light on
the interior CecoiaJlOnS.
The drawing-rooms are perhaps the
latest innovation in car construction
one is closed to the top of the ceiling,
above the average standing height,
with heavy plate-glass, beveled and
paneled, while the other is open, and
its occupants screened from the pas
sengers in the body of the car by rich
sliding curtains suspended on brass
rods, running possibly two feet higher
than the frame woodwork, and sup
ported at the carved corners by thin
newell posts of curiodsly twisted brass.
THESE compartments accomm odating
six each, have a direct connection by
door with the layatory and toilet rooms,
two spacious apartments well We tilated
and lighted. The lavatory basin il
made of heavy nickel, and every APP
pointment in the way of necessary toll
ct articles is in its respective rack of
twisted brass.
The woodwork above each chair in
the main ear is carved with laurel
suspended by the gratefully
flowing strings, all most exquisitely
carved by hand.
The entire arrangement suggests
more a salon of Louis XIN.'s time than
a regular passenger express train of
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
These ears, added to the deservedly
popular dining car service of the Wash
ington Limited and Congressional Lini-
ted Express trains, render these trains
absolutely peerless for day use.