Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-07-13
A NEW PULLMAN PALACE
Description of the Beauty,
"Mabel," Finished To-day.
WILL Run THROUGH WILMINGTON

This New Gem VIII BE a Feature OF the
Washington Limited EKpress-Lighted
BY Electricity. Heated BY Steam.
Ventilated BY Hot and Cold Air Pipes,
Fitted Out with Warm and Cold Water
and Richly Furnished.
To morrow morning at z o'clock an
engine will back into the yards Of
Pullman's Palace Car Company. beyond
Eleventh street bridge and take out one
Of the finest specimens Of Wilmington
workmanship that has been produced. It
Is the palace car Mabel" built to run
regularly on the Washington limited ex
press train between Jersey City and
Washington.
To Wilmingtonians who have won
dered what Is being done in the big
plant beyond Eleventh street bridge
this would have been a self satisfying as
well as grand sight. The car has the
usual rich exterior decorations that are
characteristic Of the Pullman cars, but
these are further embellished by
medals and figures Of bronze, highly
polished.
One Corner Cost sI0O.
Some idea of the expense to which
the Pullman Company has gone in this
one instance can be obtained from the
buffet and taking up about five square
feet of room. Assistant General Fore
man ]. NJ. Cannon, who escorted the
EVENING JOURNAL representative
through the rolling palace Just before
- 1.Nk huN l..
corner the company had expended $lY0
and it is the smallest apartment in the
entire car.
Non-telescopIc Devices.
Like all other cars now being manu-
featured In these works. the Mabel has
the non-telescopic device, recently
adopted by the company and which posi-
lively saves every passenger in case of g
collision. Encircling each end Of the
car is a steel angle plate-the strongest
piece Of metal made-having 3x4 angle
Equipped with this car could be driven
through seven day coaches and suffer EC
serious injury, only shaking up the pas
sengers. Then the cars all have the
latest improved couplers Of the Janney-
Miller patent
Lighted BY Electricity.
The car is brilliantly lighted by meRuI
Of twenty. eight incsndescent lights
scattered through the interior and sup
/ piled with electricity from q storagI
battery The boxes used for this storage
system of electric lighting are attached
to the bottom OF the car. These ar
charged at Jersey City and will theI
light the car for three nights.
Water Forced Through BY Air.
From a tank carried underneath tn
car is the water supply obtained, an
from this reservoir the water is force
by air from the engine Full pressur
Of one hundred pounds can lie put o
this water service, but seldom is tn
pressure more than sixty.
Another Improvement on the outsid
Of the Mabel is the new Session vsntila
tor, at each end. These new devices ar
regulated by stop-vslves and, no matte
which way the car is going, they take Il
air. The ventilstor pipes run along tn
interior Of the car near tue bottom an
force the cold air up in summer an
blow the hot air up from the heate
pipes in winter
Even Hot and Cold water.
Inc OOmmluRlef bLehm uehbluB hp
pRratus is used In connection with tn
Pennsylvania return system as it
ualled-of steam heating. Each stoIag
boiler In the ends Of the car have over
head supply tanks in which a portioi
of water from the cars reservoir
heated to boiling temperature.
Portieres and damask curtains sdor
the luxuriRnt ladies' saloon and th
drawing room in one end of the car. Th
latter apartment is upholstered in ric
crushed strawberry and its floor is COZ
cred with the finest Wilton and Smyrr
rugs.
The Main Saloon
is richly upholstered In golden bronx
terra-cotta and there are twenty-tw
beautiful Richards patent panel-bac
chairs, In which the passengers ca
either recline and nap or sit upright an
, read. All around the sides of the car
; damssk drapery with fringe valanc
The window curtains are all Of figure
Holland linen and these goods were In
: ported direct to Wilmington. The Gel
ing is finished in gold and pea green al
the hoor is carpeted with Wilton Of
! select pattern Thirty inch circle FrenS
: mirrors adorn the interior at regul
! intervals.
The smoking-room is furnished with
: Ponto cate leather suit and pAneling al
: gilt nails.