The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-11
WRECK PROOF COACH.
Will Garry Mckinley from Canton
to Washington.
1T CAN GO THROUGH A SMASH.UP.

Yet IL Is "A veritable Travelling Palace
Was Built for an Omcial of the Pam
han die RaiIway-AlI the Features I'm the
Car Strictly up tn Date--An Oid-fash-
ioned Open Fireplace One of the Lux
uries Campaign Relic.
Washington Feb. 11.-President-e elect
Mckinley will come from Canton to
Washington in a remarkable car. 1t
is a private car without a name, save
that ii is known all over the Panhandle
system as mo. 3S" This car is not
only luxurious in it's appointments, but
remarkably unique in it's construction.
1t belongs to John F. Miller, general
superintendent of the Panhandle lines
west of Pittsburg. He had the car built
to suit his own peculiar ideas, and 1T
rolls along today perhaps the safest
and most ingeniously put-up travelling
palace known TO the railroad world.
world.
The walls of il are white oak, planked
solid, instead of the usual studding. III
1t should roll down an embankment the
sides would not break, and it would re-
sist almost any kind of shock in col
lision. The top is a double frame work
of steel. and the ceiling is thoroughly
cushioned. II the car, therefore, rolls
over and over, those inside would not
be seriously bruised. The floor is four
thicknesses of heavy white oak In
fact, the entire car is huge indestruct-
ible box.
Old Fashioned Log Fireplace.
The interior arrangement is some
what similar to that of other private
cars, and of course is especially adapt
ed to observation and inspection. AL
though heated by steam, 1t has also an
old-fashioned log fireplace in which
only hickory wood is burned. There
are window seats throughout the car,
and the lighting is with movable gas
jets in every convenient place. There
are two palatial bedroom apartments
with brass bedstead in each and a
bath opening from each chamber.
1t is useless to say that the furniture,
| the culinary appointments, and other
necessary features of the car are abso-
lutely up to date and elegant. There
is a magnificent silver service and a
| large collection of rare china, for which
| special burglar proof safes are provid-
ed. 1t is in this car. noted principally
| Tor ltS safety, lHdl the COiilhS iuiSi vi
the United States will make the most
eventful journey of his life. His wife
being an invalid, and his mother being
very aged, Presdent-elect Mckinley l:
very fortunate in having this particu
lar car offered him for the trip.
Relic of the Late Campaign.
When the Mckinley party leaves
Canton on March /, mo. 3S" will have
on its lounging room table an interest
ing relic of the late campaign. Marl
Hanna used this car in going from
Cleveland to the st. Louis convention
with a party Of Cleveland friends. Oh
I the way to the train, Howard Burgess
city clerk of Cleveland, picked up al
} old horseshoe in the street. He brough
and 1t was securely tied to the rea
| gate of No. 3S.
1t was carefully treasured during tn
proceedings at St. Louis which mad
Mckinley the nominee, and was brough
back to Ohio with a great deal of care
occupying it's former place on the rea
platform. Mr. Miller then took charg
of It, and Immediately after Mckinley
election had it gold plated and studded
with sixteen silver nails, in commemo
ration of the famous '16 to l. cam
paign. 1t was connected with an ink
|, stand, and as such was presented t
I Mckinley, who will use ii on the ca
going to Washington, and then trans
fer 1t to the White House for continue
use.