Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-03
WEALTH uN WHEELS.
he Enormous Cost OF Railway
Trains

! ne ihprihouS tOst OF RntiWAl
Trains.
'ew persons have correct idea of tn,
chrmous investment represented by
tran of cars. ono passenger coach cos
as 1uch as a comfortable home. while tn,
pre- OF a sleeping car exceeds that of
paI"ial residence. Even the ordinary
freist car Is worth considerable money
ana he usual string OF them represents
the Nue Of a large farm Locomotive,
cost Yell up in thousands OF dollars, and
indiviGals who have never given the sub.
Jeet al thought will be surprised at the
figures
| ENpehe in car construction varies just
/ the sam as expense incurred in construct.
i ing anything else where various degrees OF
/ quality iimaterial and labor must be taken
/ INTO consideration. The highest grade OF
/ Falh service in the world IS maintained
| on the Pennsylvania lines, Coaches used
/ Uh lHlS Nds system do not cost less than
! $500 taa.IH. Every part. metal and wood
| Is tdreiuiiE selected and put together by
| experts IN - carbuildinE art. 1t Is due to
/ the exercise of this care that coaches
uNgu on the Pennsylvania system are not
| surpassed foisolidty and smooth running.
! lntSt thaiateristics are essential when
/ continuous Ioty trips are to be made. Every
/ raE ~, ~ Lh', Etd coaches run over the Penn
| sNINanla lines between Chicago and New
York, ana between st. Louis and New York
| without change The distance between Chi
cago ana New York by this route is gla
| miles, the shofest railway line between
nose cities. Firm s.. Louis to New York
NE distance Is little over 1000 miles by
NE shortest line which is that formed by
Sty = ,Li'iHN lEuHl' coach standing in
New York to-morow' me same ne NAV be-
,Eue OF a Goaeh nN standing in st. Louis
union station. Cotinuous trips are also
maze by coaches 'ver the Pennsylvania
lines between CHICAGO and Cincinnati. and
between chicago AID Louisville through
indlapapolis. En- rNte they are carefully
looked over by car hspectors, and period
really they are sent to the shons for a
G2n9pnin T9m9piigte oyerhaulins In this way their
usttuIhtsS is pfoloned, ana newly in
Nth!sl Improvements ire placed on them,
Soptl6 go t496 thsy are os Hn date and in good
coaches making daily hort runs over the
Pennsylyania lines bet-een points in In
Virginia are as carefuf constricted and
receive the same atter.ion Their con-
as possible, considering tie continual evo-
luton toward the perfe tion point that
ingenuity i, 7. ana SKIN are casing.
putting the cost of sleeping car Ten
thousand dollars is certalny a large sum
to invest in one car but, tht amount rep
Pullman pattern, the most hXuriously fin
ished and furnished car of hat kind The
upholstery and interior fini4 alone. cost
several thousand dollars, = rlor ears of
this pattern cost a little less han a sleep
er aud the Pullman dining RS are each
worth a fabulous price. Evrv through
train between Chicago and Neg York and
between 81. Louis and New Irk as well
as those running between Cicago and
Cincinnati and Louisville over the Penn
sylyauia lines carries Pullman cars.
The equipment of through trim. in ad-
dluon to the locomotive. usual, consists
fast mail car, followed by com,artment
parlor smoking car, several coac.es and
the necessary complement of dining, par
lor and sleeping cars. only the best loco
OF mechanism they are, run oven these
lines and cost fully $1,000 The baggage,