The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-20
THE vEsTIBULEs FIRsF TRIP.

The New York and Florida Special
Inaugurated for the season.
The first New York and Florida special
of the season arrived 10 Savannah at II AZ
o'clock yesterday morning with twenty-five
passengers. The time was 80 hours and
IS minutes from the ferry slip in New
York or 80 hours aud 80 minutes
from the Jersey City station of the Penn.
syIvania railroad. The train was made ur
Of one baggage and five Pullman coaches.
The cars were the ideal, lxion,
Charmion, Alroy and Alhambra.
The Alhambra is a dining car. the Char
mion and Ixion sleepers, the Ideal a drawing
room car, and the AlrOy a smoking and OBJ
servation car. Everything in the Alham-
bra has an inviting and appetizing appear.
ance. The interior is profusely decorated
with flowers and plants.
Passing from the Alhambra, the next car
is the magnificent Ixion. The equipment OF
this car Is superb. The wood Is
carved in handsome and artistic
designs, and the seats are upholstered
in brown brocaded plush. The floors are
covered with heavy velvet carpets and
everything is provided to make travel COM
The next car is the sleeper Charmion.
upholstered and draped somewhat similar
to the Ixion. 1t is arranged in two draw
ing rooms and twelve sections. The wood
work is Of carved cherry. Both the Ixion
and Charmton were in the Florida service
last season. but have been thoroughly over
hauled for this years. travel
Undoubtedly the finest coach yet seen in
the south is the Ideal, the drawing room
car. Nothicg approaching it in design and
elegance has yet been built. 1t took the
prize at the Paris exposition, and is the car
in which President Harrison made his last
western tour. 1t Is subdivided into eight
drawing rooms, each In itself being a hand
somely equipped apartment, and finished
Ia IA different colored wood. The upholster.
ing is Of the finest aud most expensive style
done a variety of patterns The drawing
rooms can be converted into bed chambers
at night.
The Alroy, the last car on the train, is
combination observation apartment. An
extensive library, containing several hun
dred volumes Of standard books is in the
car, which is also equipped with writing
desks and file0 OF magazines and the daily
papers. The car is the paradise of lovers OF
the weed" There the fragrant Henry
Clays and Havanas can be pulled with
absolute comfort and ease.
The coaches are joined by the improved
vestibule connection, fashioned after the
plated skirt, which opens and closes Ike
the folds OF bellows. The rubber springs
are clasped with steel bands, and in that
manner the train is made into one uuhroken
series Of the most elaborate and expensive
coaches built The arrangement obviates
all jostliDg and humping. and in a very
great measure entirely does away with the
olashing Of one car with another. With the
exception OF the absence of the usual plat
form, the makeup" Of the train is identical
with what is seen on any railroad at any
time, that is, on the outside, but to realize
the truth OF the claim of the Pullmans that
the train is the finest in the world one has
to take a walk through the magnificent
structure.
In one corner Of the baggage car is the
Pullman electric light machine which
furnishes the lighting power for the train.
The Pullman conductor in charge was T. X.
Pemberton. The Pullman agent at Savan-
nah, Mr. c. c. Fret, inspected the train
upon it's arrival,