The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-01-29

Especial Correspondence
CHICAGO, Jan. 1891.
Sometimes we ma good resolves at the
beginning of the year and breal em. l
think it Letter to do than merely resolve.
Let me tegin the year Alright hy to Ling
the thousands of daily readers of the RAJ
WAY AND H. TEL News that, no matter " hat
railway managers ay induce railway
milwaukee & St Pau vestib led train that
leaves st. aul for Chicago every evening
at eight is the captain OF all the common
carriers in this neck OF the woods md
say this without desiring in any sense to
de ract from 9 :, erits of other roads
They ali have their peculiar features. ach
has some special inert. But the "Milwau,
kee'' possesses all these and has added
some of her own. This favorite company
recently decided to own its own sleeping
cars, and some of The new Cnes that have
heen put into service in he last II onth are
the most luxurious, most beauti ul aud best
constructed sleepels ever uit by any COM
pany:.. There /, no suggestion OF "ginger-
bread" anywhere, but solid comfort, rest.
a sort Of FEELING as if at last we had found
the great desideratum in sleeping car in
teriOrs.
Business required me- to visit Chicago
last Saturday evening and / selected the
milwaukee" vestlb led because had got
straight tip from very prominent New
YORK theatri al manager VINO had recently
IIleu IT, ne ue ldTeu IL W De Iue greatest
train in America Now this is saying a
good deal for there are some fairly good
trains banging over the American Cont
nent. Well, took his tip. | fortunately
got 'lower l2'' in one of the new sleepers
OF the company. Just over my head near
the window a shaded electric light sent
forth its penetrating CLEANS The temper
AZURE of the train is kept uniformly at ahou
seventy degrees as it is heated by steam
from cheat and 'lower carr next the
engine' This car also furnishes the cleo
trio light for the train.
With sigh of relief after hard days
work aid la k on the upholstered cush-
ions and scanned st Paul evening paper.
The sleeper was rapidly film up. There
were two or three young lad es travelling
acne, apparently as much at home as II
they were under their own roof. 1t is a
maxim with the milwaukee" management
and all train employees are strictly enjoined
on this point tina weak and unpr"tect d
travellers over the lines of the company are,
for the time being, the special charge OF
each and every employe
At eleven D. M wrapped the drapery
Of my couch about me and lay down to
pleasant dreams and if ever one ept the
sleep of the innocent and the Just, it was
the subscriber that night. Snow white
sheets and pillow cases, downy pillows,
warm blan cts, thicl and soft hair mat
tresses all combined to WOO the drowsy
god Somnus in my Lehalf.
At Milwaukee the dining car was at
ia he'd. had thought of breaNfasting at
the Auditor. um in Chicago but friend re-
turned rom his breakfast and assured me
could not afford to let that break asst get
away. And now know couldn't Like the
vestihuled train itself it was ''out of sight"
in all particulars.
had never been able to understand why
4, Al ,.,iE II
petitors as it has in st. Paul and Minneap-
oils, bad cen al lie to hold the ''halan e of
power as it does, with the ,rave ing pub
lie. know now, and don't mind telling
you: In every new departure mar ing a
distinct advance, in utilizing every new de-
vice to add to the comfort and safet OF its
patrons in the affability of its employees,
and in general excellence, the Mil aukee'
is easily first It's the II odel railway line
let" cen Chicago, st. Paul and Minnaapo-
lis, and as compared with some of its
would-be rivals is away "Out OF Sight"
H.