The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-09
NJ Injury OF TRAVEL.
rD PALACES KNOWN AS
LIMITED TRAINS.

So 80 All at Hand-Rich Int riors
y -,oa,ing and Dining Cars-Rlch-
and Danvine's New TT in
,rvurv of modern travel is one OF the
y, If the time. Nothing seems to be
'''- -.5 for American travellers in these
ies - looked like the railroads had
S.'' 81 the resources Of inventive genius
en-, -,onav in providing comforts for the
u = The Washington Post devotes
ps - n a description Of the new wheeled
CO. Of the Piedmont Air Line. The
So So limited trains seemed to be the
- 80 travelling luxury, ut, even In these,
&c. -orameuts are still in progress. Think
traveller stepping into a train and
room as he does at hotel, room
80 Enormously fitted up than almost any
nllTT .e furnish, a room where he cal
h0'eI -rietlv under silken curtains, then
assP and in his apartment washstand,
~ nd nd cold water, and everything else
- may lie needed
in 1ti ~ Of him stepping from this through
II--arad massage to a travelling DIM g
~, Tbere he is served with elaborate
rvG ~ IN ire meals and slipping his wine or
~ ~ - WiIhln sight of flying landscapes,
ey a.Go the train runs so smoothly that he
W. LariIv realize that he is in motion.
M - nf him. after a leisurely meal, going
.-sin by covered passages and over sort
s.ss-rats 10 q smoking-room, where over a
eafsnarer or a book he may pass tue ht urs
y tbs fitness of content. Or think OF him
r = again to parlor, where from VIM
sovs specially arranged he may see all the
-iorious landscape, take choice book from
sIbrarv and entertain himself or lounge on
sofas 10 his be arts content.
All his is possible on the latest vestibuled
rroirai train. One OF these wheeled palaces
EDS down at the yards of the Richmond
.SJ napville railroad, or piedmont Air
1iTan Il is the latest and best product of
al the skill, experience and inventive
-anius that Pullman can command. 1t is a
SSomnlete Pullman vestlbuled train, and it
contains every appointment that the most
fs.tidlous or luxurious could sug gest. 1t is
inst ont of the Pullma shops, and consists
Of nostal car, a combination dining and
baggage car, a sleeping car, and an OBJ
serystion car, in the order named. All these
ara yestibuled. The Piedmont Airline
will beginning with next Sunday, run one
Of these trains out of Washi gton every
dsv to Atlanta, and one out of Atlanta to
this city.
Look at this train as an example of
American attainment. Even the postal
car is uniform with the others and fitted up
with every modern appliance of such cars.
Pass next through the vestibule to the
baggage aud dining car. Passing a small
cJmDartment for the ba gage in the front,
the Kitchen is reached. There is a range for
cooking a steam table for keeping things
warm, a cooler for keeping things cold, and
ample spaces above for hot and cold water,
and convenient receptacles for placing
everything needed in a frst-class kitchen.
This room is worthy of study, as furnish G
an example of an economy of space prooa-
bly, never excelled. Two cooks will otticiate
here. Through two windows the food will
be passed into the pantry, little room
fitted up handsomely enough, with its
shelves of carved oak, brass fittings and
glass, to be part of the dining-room itself.
Back of the pantry and fronting the
dining-room of the car is the handsome
sideboard of carved oak with chinaware
and silver in exquisite designs of the renals-
sance style and as fine as any seen upon the
sideboaTd at Delmonico's. Passing through
the doorway, through which the sideboard
reveals itself, one next enters the dining
roo %, and it would be hard to find one with
a richer or more pleasing interior. The
finishing is IN antique oak, the upholstering
is OF white mohair cloth, beveled plate-glass
mirrors are set in every available portion OF
the wall space, the tables are Of heavy oak,
the carpet is Wilton, the ceiling is beauti.
FULLY painted in arabesque designs, the
silver contrasting with tue light colors and
producing fine effects
wide and spacious windows occupy most OF
nd 4ho
the romantic valleys of Virginia. or along
the slopes of the mou tains of North Caro-
lima, the window borders will frame ever.
changing pictures of farm, forest, hill and
oale Tor the Traveller who sits and in leisurely
fashion eats a meal in courses, from every
tnlng from soup and fish to dessert and black
coffee, prepared by skillful cooks and served
70 MN by trained and experienced walters,
Inc sleeping car, which constitutes the
Dedchamber OF this travelling hotel, includes
every improvement that has been made
ana is htted up with palatial richness. II
Is finished IN notified mahogany. and con,
TAI. S draWlng-room and stateroom, in ad.
altlon to twelve ordinary sections, 1t is
upholstered in white mohair cloth. and has
uIaperles OF silk plush embossed. The state.
room, Ike the drawing-room, is Fl lished in
saIlh'wood, and is as complete as any hotel
tigolh, having not only private lavatory
ouIs retlrlng room of its own, so that there
% an occasion to leave it except for meals
al the washstands in the car are an
paLeluy nlckel-piated, are six in number
t love ooth not and cold wa or. and are of
'le latest improved patterns.
One feature to be added to these trains
never provided on railway trains before i
a4umLer of ladies' maids. There will BIZ
COloIed women in uniform, selected AND
framed for this service, and intended e
nS'.SI isoles and children in their toilets anC
Al ~ Utner ways, as they may be needed.
,. Auo observation car is, however. the chiej
oeVlaction OF the train. 1t contains in from
i iorno Sleeping berths, but the rear anc
raiher portion is fitted up like handsome
p psI IL has windows slightly bowed
Iau thlngs for railroad car. These give +
a oTov'er view of the couLtry. The rear i.
+..iosC an OF glass, to afford the best oppor
ouIlIy Tor seeing. The platform out fde il
:; SA. g for open air observation. The cal
- -, niliShed IN mahogany and silk embossed
ottoSu, contains elegant movable cas-,
Wga WITS, sofas and table and sof
~ carpets are under foot. There are
s onG Inc lI, mahogany secretaries for writing
~ nv all writing impleme is are at hand
p TIeIe are portleres OF silk plush embossed
va 80 Is library of fiction, travel and ad
bo ou lure, and tie leading newspapers will
he he urn he'd. There is buffet, which viii
~ a. ~ charge OF an artist in the mixing line
t; au VIII =, furnish cigars and liquors Of al
fbn s, Ihls room is the lounging room fol
da S "nole tram, and whether the passenger
LIE TO read, see the country, talk Oh
sulse, ne will find an inviting place or
lstial car. 49, '--'A' u 'n4' pa
on, surrounded by such luxury, and looking
VHlt upon the romantic pictures which viii
u ~ presented at every mile of his Journey
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