Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-08-24
LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING.
The Pullman Palace Car Company's
Latest Production for the Pennsylvania
Railroad

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Railroad.
With the marvellous improvement is Of
late days In interior architecture and |
elaborate finish of Pullman cars it re-
quires the exceptional to attract more /
than passing notice and the extraordinary |
to draw foruh comment. Some months |
ago the Pennsylvania Railroad Company |
ordered from the Pullman works, for the |
equipment of the New York and Wash |
ington and Congressional Limited ex
press trains. the very best representative
work the Pullman Company was capable
of creating regardless Of expense, and
the result is now seen in the new cars
running this last week on these two
magnificent solid vestibule trains,
which connect In few hours
the nations metropolis with
her seat of government. What is surely
of much more Importance than the hand
some exterior flush of these cars, over
which even experienced travellers are en-
thusiastic, is the improved and heavy
trucks on which the palaces are built.
They have been, with the wheels and
axles, subjected to the very highest test,
even beyond the standard, which the
Pennsylvania Railroad is highest known,
and at the end of their active journey
came to halt as cool almost as at the
start The designer here has also made
a marked advance, and one promoting
untold comfort, by arranging the connec-
ton of car body and truck so as to re
duce to a minimum the swaying motion
ordinarily felt when under full speed
The entire trains are connected by vesti-
bules, 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 trains seemed impossible
to be improved upon, yet their
perfection of design and finish
demonstrate the capacities of this mod
ern age for wonderful and radical
changes The exterior appearance, aside
from the drawing room angled bay
windows, is identical with the regula-
tion Pullman in color and design, and it
is not until advancing through the vesti-
bule that the revelation of what Ameri-
cans have grown to expect in taking
their few hundred miles jsunts is made
manifest, as illustrated by these luxuri-
ously finished palaces on wheels. The
upholstery of the comfortable, revolving
easy chairs and sofas, affording seating
accommodations for thirty four persons
In each car, Is of white, impoi ted
mohair cloth. worked with figured silk
enclosing. The flooring is covered with
a rich, heavy Turkish csrpeting, whose
color blends harmoniously with the fur
nishings, even to the adjustable ottoman,
ready for foot service at the front of each
chair. Upon entering the aisle way ID is
noticeably wider than in other Pull
man cars, and the wood work is
| polished ash, stained. A perfect effect
| is produced in the hand-carved entrances
| from the drawing-rooms into the main
/ car body, as it arches to centre in a
miniature dome, where scrollwork, loaded
| glass, brass designs and heavy plate
mirrors lend an exceptionally rich finish.
At the windows hang dual set of cur
tains, one a light cream TO neutralize the
| light and shade the eyes, and back a
| heavy set Of some rich brown stuff en-
broidered and tasseled The ceilings are
hand decorations, not elaborate nor over
worked, but very artistic, while every
cornice or where one might expect the
sharp edge is some dainty bit of relief
wood carving. The receptacle racks as
well as the chandler lamps are made OF
oxidized silver the latter being Of very
unique pattern and shedding the softesi
silvery light on the interior decorations
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latest innovation in car construction
one Is closed TO the top of the ceiling
above the average standing height. witt
heavy plate-glass, beveled ana paneled
while the other is open, and its occu
pants screened from the passengers il
the body OF the car By rich sliding cur
tains suspended on brass rods, running
possibly two feet higher than the frame
wood work, aud supported at the carved
corners by thin newell posts Of cufiousl,
twisted brass
These compartments accommodating
six each, have direct connection By
J door with the iavatory and toilet rooms
two spacious apartments well ventilated
and lighted Tue lavRtory basin is mad
J of heavy nickel, and every appoin tmen
In the way of necessary toilet articles i
! in its respective rack of twisted brass
The wood work above each chair in tn
! main car is carved with laurel wreaths
suspended by the graceful flowing string
all most exquisitely carved by band.
The entire arrangement suggests No or
a salon Of Louis XIV g time than regu
J lar passenger express train of the Penn
2 sylvanis Railroad.
! these cars, added to the deserved
popular dining car service Of the Wash
] ington Limited and Congressional Lin
5 tied Express trains, render these train
: absolutely peerless for day use -Phila
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