The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-07

lprigate secretary. Next comes the dining
| room, the most impressive and beautiful Of
Iall tho compartments Of the two cars. 1t 10
about eighteen feet In length and occupies
the entire Width Of the car It y u the
| italian renaissance style and Is finished -
| dark red East india mahogany. The large
windows arc hung with heavy dark blue
six curtains, embroidered with fleur-de-lis
| IN gold, olive green and lavender. Tho
panels Of mahogany are richly carved.
Along the sides are number Of SEMI
detached Ionic columns The frieze Il hand
somoiy decorated with marquetry work.
Four inches, with tiny brass ratings at tho
bottoms, are between windows near the
center Of the car, o. receptacles for wine
bottles. At the end Of the room next tho
apartment OF the private secretary are
series Of small closets and shelves for Sill
yer, china and glassware. The doors are Of
glass and grilled mahogany and present
beautiful appearance. Here In the corner
Is folding desk and bookcase, finished IN
the samc exquisite style. At the opposite
end OF the car the doorway Is In the middle
| Of the car. On ono side Ia the sideboard
ana on the other folding bed. SO highly
decorated ard embellished with carving
that no one would ever suspect that 1t
could be pulled out OF the wall and turned
| into a bed. Above the windows the root
| 10 yaulted and the ceiling Is adorned with
carved ribs and holdings. At either end
| Of the car the ceiling contains bronze grille
work, in which is worked the Mexican In
| sigma. AT the top OF each window n
small mirror In the window frame, decor
ated with "R. M in gold leaf. The dining
room Is fitted with an extension table OF
solid East India mahogany. The chairs
| are upholstered In leather and decorated In
gold and dark green. Tie table when ex-
| tended will seat twelve persons. over the
doorway at each end OF the car Is carved In
relief the insignia OF the republic.
Next TO the dining room 10 full Pull
man sleeping section upholstered in leather
sld finished In antique oak. Beyond this
Is the kitchen, with the most elaborate fit
tings and convenences. The forward end
OF the car is occupied by toilet room.
wardrobe and baggage locker Thee are
| finished In quartersawed ok. The carpets
used in the finer apartments are Royal
Wilton and the silk curtains and draperies
were manufactured especially for these
cars in Austria.
The cars are furnished with the Pullman
water system, In which the power for pro-
pulsion Is supplied by compressed air. The
pipes carry the water underneath the cars
TO the bathroom and lavatories. new fea-
| ture is introduced for the first time In
these cars by dispensing with the locker
ordinarily found beneath washstands In
some OF the compartments additional space
is saved by the use OF folding washstands,
which, when closed. disappear within the
walls. The cars are heated bpdhe Frum-
weller fireproof heater used i'm connection
| with the New York steam heating system.
| Water for tho uses OF the kitchen Is sup
Piled from tanks in the roof. Arrange
ments are made 80 that II by any chance
the supply In the tanks should become ex
hausted they can be refilled by the water
system underneath the cars. Both cars
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