The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-29
PALACES ON WHEELS.
The Luxuries Of Travel on the yestibule
Cars---The Richmond and Danville's
New Train.
Washington Post. January lSt.

travellers in these days, and it looked
like the railroads had exhausted the
resources of inventive genius and
money in providing comforts for the
traveller. The modern limited trains
seemed to be the acme of travelling
luxury; but, even in these, improve
ments are still in progress. Think Of 4
traveller stepping into a train and TAX
ing a room as he does at hotel, q room
more luxuriously fitted up than almost
any hotel can furnish, roon where
he can sleep quietly under silken cur
taIns, then rise and find in his apart
ment a washstand, hot and cold water,
and everything else that may be
needed.
Think of him stepping from this
through covered passage to travel
ing dining-room, where he is served
with elaborate and choice meals and
slipping his tea or coffee within sight
Of flying landscapes, while the train
runs so smoothly that he can hardly
realize that he is in motion. Think of
him, after leisurely meal, going
again by covered passages and over
soft carpets to smoking-roonl, where
over newspaper or a book he may
pass the hours in the fullness of con-
tent. Or think Of him passing again
to parlor, where from windows spec
tally arranged he may see all the
glorious landscape, take choice book
from library and entertain himself or
lounge on sofas to his hearts con-
tent.
All !lis is possible on the latest YES
tibuled limited train. One of these
wheeled palaces stands down at the
yards of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad, or Piedmont Alr-Line."
1t is the latest and best product of all
the skill, experience, and inventive
genius that Pullman can command.
It is a complete Pullman vestibuled
train, and it contains every appoint
ment that the most fastidious or lux
nrious could suggest. 1t is just out Of
the Pullman shops, and consists of a
postal car, a combination dining and
baggage car, sleeping car, and an OBJ
servation car, in the order named. All
these are vestibuled. The Piedmont
Airline will, beginning with next
Sunday, run one of these trains out of
Washington every day to Atlanta, and
one out of Atlanta to this city.
Look ct this train as an example of
American attainment. Even the pos
tai car is uniform with the others and
fitted up with every modern appliance
of such cars. Pass next through the
vestibule to the baggage and dining
car Passing small compartment for
the baggage in the front, the kitchen
is reached. There is range for cook
ing, a steam table for keeping things
warm, cooler for keeping things cold,
ample spaces above for hot and cold
water, and convenient receptacles for
placing everything needed in a first
class kitchen. This room is worthy of
study, as furnishing an example of an
economy of space, probably never ex-
celled. Two cooks will officiate 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 hand
some sideboard of carved oak with
chinaware and silver in exquisite de-
signs of the renaissance style and as
fine as any seen upon the side
board at Delmonico's. Passing through
the doorway, through which the side
board reveals itself, one next enters the
dining room, and it would be hard to
fine one with a richer or more pleasing
interior. The finishing is in antique oak,
the upholstering is of white mohalr
cloth, beveled plate-glass mirrors are
set in every available portion of the
wall space, the tables are of heavy oak,
the carpet is a Wilton, the ceiling is
beautifully painted in .arabesque de-
signs, the silver contrasting with the
light colors and producing fine effects.
Wide and spacious windows occupy
most of the wall space, and, as the
train flies through the romantic val,
leys of Virginia, or along the slopes OF
the mountains of North Carolina, the
window borders viii frame ever-chang
ing pictures of farm, forest, hill, and
dale for the traveller who sits and IN
leisurely fashion eats meal in courses,
from everything from soup and fish
to dessert and black coffee prepared oy
skillful cooks and served to him by
trained and experienced walters.
The sleepirg-car, which constitutes
the bed-chamber of this travelling no.
tel, includes every improvement that
has been made, and is fitted up with
palatial richness. 1t is finished IN
notified mahogany, and contains 6
drawing-room and state-room, in ad'
d;tion to twelve ordinary sections. II
is upholstered in white mohair CLOTH
and has draperies Of silk plush EN-
bossed. The slate-room, like the
drawing-room, is finished in satin-wooc
and is as complete as any hotel room
having not only a private lavatory, bu'
retiring-roem of its own, so that there
is no occasion to leave it except 1ol
meals. All the washstands in the cal