The record-union., 1893-03-01
PALATIAL RAILWAY COACHES.
Twenty New SIeepers for the South
ern Pacific Company.
The Most Elegant and Comfortable
Cars in General Use-Heat-
ing and Ventilation.

The San Francisco Examiner of yester-
day gives the following description of the
Santa Paula, the first of the twenty new
Pullman sleeping coaches to arrive for
the Southern Pacific Company from
Chicago, which coaches are intended to
| accommodate the travel to and from the
Worlds Fair this summer:
The sample car, the Santa Paula, ar
rived IN the city Sunday, and was yester-
DAY sIde-tracked near the general offices
at Fourth and Townsend streets, where it
was inspected by the Southern Pacific of
Meals and number OF other people.
Inc sleeper will start on its first run to
chicago this afternoon at ) o'clock. The
car Is said to be the most magnificent Of
its kind ever brought to San Francisco.
BESIDES being richly furnished and gorge
ously decorated it contains all the recent
patents acquired by the Pullmans for
their sleeping cars.
AS to the exterior the coach differs
widely from the general run of cars. 1t
is longer and taller than most sleepers,
and fairly bristles with new contriv-
ances for ventilation, heating and light
ing. 1t is about seventy-tiYe feet long.
! The body of the coach rests on twelve
wheel trucks, thirty eight inch Allen
paper wheels being used. 1t is standard
Vesupuled, with anti-telescoping devices
attached. Mirrors, tapestry, gliding and
carved wood combine to make the in
! terror attractive.
PAINTED THE CAR RED.
The finish is of vermillion wood, elab-
orately carved. In the body of the car
The upholstering is fawn-coIored plush
There are two drawing-rooms, one at
either end OF the sleeper. They are paint
| Ell green, with gliding, and the uphoI-
stery IS green frieze. The smooking-room
IS tltted up in Moorish style. The in
| terror is uniquely designed, nearly all the
arrangements being innovations. AL
though so many things are crowded into
the car, space has been so economical as
| to give travellers more room to move
ABOUT and make themselves comfortable
than in most Pullman coaches. Inde-
| pendent OF the drawing-rooms there are
| ten ordinary sections in the car.
While very attractive the interior deco
| ratlons OF the coach are not its most inter
estlng feature.
The yentilating apparatus is something
new. FRESH air is no longer obtained
from the overhead dust and cinder re-
celVers. Passengers will no longer be in
constant dread and danger of shower of
SCOT ana sand. The overhead ventilators
Will no longer be used. Fresh air will
enter the car from under the seats.
DUsTLEss AIR FOR THE LUNGS.
The air will pass through pipe extend
ing from the top of the coach to reser-
voIr underneath, and before being adj
mitted into the car will be strained or
siited and pass over the heaters, so that it
Will he warm when it reaches the passen-
gers.
The car will be lighted by gas accord
ing TO the Pintsch system. In the reser-
Volr underneath enough gas can be stored
to light the car for six nights.
The water fixtures are complete, afford
ing both hot and cold water. The reser-
voir can hold 20 gallons.
The Santa Paula was sent from Chicago
as sample of what the other sleepers
will be. 1t is said to have cost $4,000.
Twelve of the new coaches now nearing
completion have been named. The
names are all Spanish. They are as fol-
lows: Santa Paula, san Felipe, Capitola.
Los Gatos, San Ramon, Santa Helena,
La Go!eta, Paso Robes, San Ardo, Santa
ISABEL, San Lucas, San Vicente.