The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-05
DID YOU SEE THE CAR.

The Boston Exhibited at the Vest
ern Depot Yesterday.
There arrived in this city yesterday,
over the Rio Grande Western, a combina-
ton hotel, parlor, and sleeping car, that
must make the Pullman and Wagner
people sore and distressed as this car is
so Tar superior to them in every way that
there can be no comparison.
The car is the Boston" and is the FIRST
one built by the American Car COMPANY.
at Springfield, Mass. 1t has been out
touring all the principal cities of the
country for four months past, and with
York people, in charge of Mr.. George A
Denham, of Boston. Mr. Denham is the
inventor. He has worked five years on
tne plans, and company of New York
| ing incorporated under the laws of fine
state of Maine. Mr.. Denham is the
senlal manager and treasurer of the COM
pany. nc 0oii-
The railway officers of the country nro-
nounce it the most perfect car ever con
Structed, and its future is in no way prob
! lematical
me Herald man who called upon Gem
erai Manager Denham yesterday was cor
daily received, and shown the features
! that make for it a future
me car is 66 feet on sill measurement
anu u feet over all. 1t rides On six wheeled
wheeled
II is hotel, parlor and sleeping car. If
contains twenty large easy chairs that
may be moved about to any part of the
car at will; They are covered with a
| clotn specially made in France that adj
mits of their being washed with soap and
water. They are high backed arm chairs
mere are no berths overheard to be
| taken doWn-the car isn't built that way
One would not look for them under the
floor. but nevertheless that's where they
are. The floor on each side of the aisle
IS sectional, and in making up the berth.
al that is necessary is to lift up a sec
tlon OF the carpeted floor, and as it at
tains a perpendicular position, it inter-
JOCKS, and there you have the partition
for one end of the berth. Then is lifted
another that makes the other end par
titlon. The porter next sets a long
handled wrench upon the head of the bolt
IN the floor, gives it a few turns-and loi
Inere IS your upper berth in place and
is at the same time locked in position
AUTOMATICALLY. Then he spots another
bolt, few twists of the wrist, and the
lower is locked in position. Where do
the big easy chairs go? They are simply
put down cellar. that is, they are placed
out of the way, and there is still room
Tor lot of baggage with them, and then
a folding front is slipped out and drops
down to conceal the whole. An occupant
OF the upper berth has a window for
light and air. When both berths are
made up, the occupant of the lower can
sit down on the edge and there is no
fear of humping the head against the
upper. The windows are unusually large,
and there are also narrow windows
sandwiched in between. The innocent
looking side mirrors swing outward, and
behind each is snugly ensconced a set of
silyerware for its own particular table
The car is 10 feet and q inch wide and
weighs forty-seven tons when loaded.
There is well-appointed kitchen in one
end, an observation room in the other,
while the toilet rooms have full length
mirrors. Hot and cold water is always on
tap. 1t is fitted for electric lights, Pintsch
gas, or oil.
The interior characters are handsome,
and mahogany finish. Strange to say, it
does not cost so much to build the car
as it does a Pullman. The weight be-
ing so largely on the bottom, it is very
easy riding car.
The party has just come from Los An
geles, and will go out tonight over the
Rio Grande Western and Denver e. Rio
Grande, stopping at Colorado Springs
and Denver. They will then go to Omaha
over the Rock Island and then on to Chi
cago.
The American Car company with but
one car built as yet, is indeed formid-
able rival of the Pullman company, and
time will demonstrate it.