The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-07
THE PRESIDENTS SPECIAL.
A Description of the Cars That Carry the
Distinguished Party.

Description of the Cars That Carry the
Distinguished Party.
The train which is now being whisked
through the state of Oregon with the
president and party aboard was chris
tened ''The Presidential Special" lust
before it started on the trip.
1t is perhaps the finest solid train that
has ever been put in service on American
roads. The five cars-the "Aztlan,"
Coronado "New Zealand" s'Ideai"
and "Vacuna"-are miracles of the car
builders art. Each of them cost for
tune and the train they make is worth
enough coin to produce an ugly gap even
in the princely sum that the Pennsylva-
road allows for rolling stock and equip
ments.
All the illumination, even to the lamps
that hang at the rear of the train, is cleo
trio. Oil lamps are provided, but will be
used only in case some accident occurs
and the current from the, dynamo gives
out. The heating of the train is accom-
plished by the safest and best of modern
devices, and every car is provided with
the surest and most practicable brakes,
couplings and bumpers, to keep rough
jars and danger as far as possible from
the chief executive of the nation and
who accompany him on the long journey
through the south and west. -
The forward car, the Aztlan, serves
the double purpose of baggage and smok-
ing car. In the extreme front end, that
next the engine, is the dynamo, SO pro-
tected that it keeps whirling and gather
ing up fiery electricity, no matter how
rough the mountain track or how often
the engine stops. The next compart-
ment is allotted to such baggage, trunks,
boxes and the like as is non-perishable.
IuxURIEs FOR THE MEN
Then comes the smoking room, which
occupies more than half the car. It
would be sacreligious to allow anything
less costly than the choicest Havana to
be turned into wreaths of smoke in such
a compartment. Upholstered as it is in
the finest olive-plush, it seems fit to
serve as a ladies' boudoir. There are
chairs, SOTO, two desks and library
bookshelf, and each piece of furniture is
a gem in its way. There are many
books on the shelves, but none of dis
of them are by authors who have been
and are now active in the "grand old
party"
"Around the World,'' by Andrew
Carnegie, is there; so are 'sThe Fair
God' and "Ben Hur," by Gen. Lew
Wallace. In case any of the occupants
in the yeivety seats finds the air in the
room too fragrant with the weed, all he
has to do is to touch button and an
electric fan will start and clear the at
mosphere in twinkling.
In, the rear end of the Aztlan is bar
Der shop, with a barber always on hand
ready to trim the Presidents locks. or
other locks, into any desired shape or in
any desired style. There is a mirror
handy and the one in the chair can
watch the barber when the train rolls
OI1o OF =
the nose. dainty little bathroom
one that looks hardly large enough for a
full-grown president--completes the list
of uses that make the Aztlan truly a
combination car
There will be water enough on the
train to last in crossing desert twice as
large as that Mojave, for underneath the
smoker is an auxiliary tank containing
fully 141 gallons of the fluid, always
ready for an emergency.
DINING LIKE PRINCES.
The dining-car, the Coronado" is
neat enough to coax sick man to eat.
The curtains, prettily draped above the
tables, are of green plush, and the seats
pearl gray. Silvery lamps and fittings
make these colors harmonic. And to
add to the esthetic effect the other furni-
ture is quarter-sawed oak.
The kitchen is a wonderful thing in
itself. The appointments are as com
plete as those in the cooking-rooms of
the best hotels. There is enough silver
ware stored on the shelves to supply a
down town cafe. The wine chest is
laden with bottles of the finest, bearing
red, orange and green labels. Some of
the bottles have long tapering necks and
the shoppers are covered with gold leaf
and silver leaf, and others are short
necked and black, and have common
corks in them to keep the mysterious
contents from spilling. Stewards, cooks
and walters are trained men.
THE PRESIDENTS OWN.
The President rides at home in the car
Just hack of this palatial dining-room
on wheels. The. car is the New Zea-
| land. The main interior is upholstered
in blue plush with brown curtains and