Arizona republican., 1892-11-06
THE PALACE CAR.
,1 IT Costs AND HOW IT is
W.T. USUALLY EQUIPPED.

Train OF Several Cars-If You
-. the Money You Can Take Your
Linen for Palace Cars.
+ costs only $50 day to hire COM
,,,.lv furnished and Rlatial dwell
bonse on wheels, containing seven
W beds In front is an observation
Next come two drawing rooms,
~ fairly spacious. Behind these is
aiming room twelve feet long. The
idle part of the car is occupied by
- which are comfortable sofas
g y~,irg the day. In the rear are good
III .-,J kitchen, china closet, a pantry,
S1 batbroom and cold storage closet.
Al linen for table and beds, tableware,
H,ckery and every other necessary are
'annHed. Three servants are provided
'Ila without extra charge-a skilled
.ook A waiter and porter, who are I'M
-, tbs orders Of u tenant. Heating and
Srbtipg ara ,""pwu in As.er ten days
~. ~ rsntal is five dollars less per diem.
Tbrs luxuriodsly housed. the occupant
.sr travel wherever he wishes all over
ma continent by paying the railways
.;gbteen fares for transportation. How
'rsr II more than eighteen passengers
ava carried in the car, so many extra
sarss must he paid. He can stop at
wbateyer points he desires and have his
ear side tracked, making his home in it
during his stay.
n he chooses he can bring along his
avn servants, linen, tableware and
vines He is at liberty to furnish the
commissariat himself. or the company
will supply everything in that way for
him charging only 10 per cent. over and
.boye cost and rendering to him the
hills, The latter is by far the better
nlap, inasmuch as trouble is saved and
affairs are attended to more SATISFACTORY
" BY the company, which understands
the business and can buy food cheaper
besides. The cook is always capable
person, and, having time schedule for
a tourney across the continent, he will
telegraph ahead to various points for
uch Injuries as may be obtainable at
the markets in different cities, thus ar
ranging for fresh fruits, butter and
eggs, and even for newly cut bouquet
10 be put ON the table every morning at
breakfast. All of this is susceptible Of
variation. One can engage an ordinary
sleeping car for $40, sleeping car with
buffet for Sij, or dining and observation
car combined for $40. A hunting car,
provided with kennels for dogs, racks for
guns, fishing tackle, ETC., costs only $35
sday. Service and all incidentals are
in every case thrown in.
But one can do better than this if he
has plenty Of money TO spare. He can
, hire complete travelling hotel for $2lO
day. in the shape of an entire train,
consisting of four sleeping cars, dining
car and buffet smoker. An obser-
7atiOn car may be added at an expense
$50 more The buffet smoker repre-
sents in some respects the highest de-
yelOpment of the modern parlor Car. Il
includes bar, a barber shop, bath
room and library, wherein can be
found books, writing materials and the
newest magazines and pictorial and
daily papers.
In short, it is a small club on wheels.
There is no other country in the world
where luxury in travelling is so highly
appreciated as 1t is in the United States.
Abroad 1t is said that the only people
who go by rail first class" are the
nobility and the Americans. OF course
the person who charters a whole train
must pay the railways for transporta-
hon at least eighteen fares per car,
though west Of the Mississippi the
minimum rate is usually fifteen fares.
No car can be rented for the prices
above given for less than three days.
1t has recently become the fashion for
actresses to travel in private cars. Now
adsys conspicuous star usually insists
on being provided with such convey
ance as part of the contract for the toIr
which she signs with her manager.
Benhardt always carries a small men,
agerie with her, which could not very
well be accommodated in a public vehi-
cle theatrical companies very COM
monty hire one or more cars while trav-
eling, that being a convenient and
agreeable method of transportation.
Dining cars are usually owned by the
railways and are managed by the palace
car companies. Ordinarily they are run
az a considerable loss, being attached to
trains merely as an attraction to pas
Sngers, The expense of conducting
them is enormous.
Arrangements made between the pal
ace car companies and the railways re-
earning sleeping cars vary very much.
sometimes the latter pay as much as two
VI three cents mile for the use of each
sleeper, where, as is particularly apt to
" the case in the south, the passenger
uailc Is not sufficient to repay the car
'olnpanes. In such cases railroad is
O''eh obliged to provide the necessary
'onFemence at a loss to itself. The item
" washing is a very costly one in the
running Of sleeping cars, inasmuch as
no piece Of linen is ever used twice with
vu' gong to the laundry. A sleeper, on
ITea'ing New York for Chicago or st. |
louiS' receives "stock" of 100 linen
meets rI 40 pillowslips and 100 towels.
iulS gives change for two nights. Fiji
lttn or tWpntv o1ao, fo,,,als ara ,1,pa,,a