The evening times., 1897-03-03
"Sleepi1g Car City,"
A Town on the Tracks

In the various yards Of the railroads re
upward OF SEQ private Pullman Sleeping
cars filled with visitors to the Inauguration
WHO sleep nightly in the cars and take tLeir
meals where It test suits them. or where
they can. These ears came fiOm many
| parts OF tie country, though the greater
| percentage of the visitors hail from the
states OF New York, New Jersey. Penn
| sylvania, ONO, Indiana, Illinois. Iowa.
Wise OTsIn, Minnesota, Kentucky, COrnecti-
/ cut and Massachusetts. There are but
| few delegat o1s that have ccme In private
cars f ON beyond the Mississippi, and CnIy
| two from south of tEe ONO ard Potomac.
| On leads all the otEeT states, with New
/ York and New jersey next IN Numbers.
| The BaltIn. ore OHIO read has upon it's
| tracks upward of geo private ears The
| Pennsylvania has about the same number,
| while the Chesapeake K Oh 10 has in the
/ uergnt OThoOd OF sixty The 1ippacanoe
| Club, OF Cleveland. which comes by the
| BaltinOTe & OniC, has for the Use of its
members six private cars. Tie Mckinley
> and HODaIt Club, OF Philadelphia. which
| falls 1--WE private cars, brings with
| il also one extra baggage car, which is
| used Is a kitchen, where the meals are pre-
pared for tie members
TIE famous Blaine Club, Of Cincinnati.
which comes in over the Chesapeake and
Ohio, occupies sixteen private cars. which
arrive IN three special trains.
There are comparatively few private
cars chartered by parties along the lines
running direct TO the South. The Southern
road brings perhaps the largest contingent.
The Norfolk ana Western, the Atlantic
Coast Line, and the seaboard AIR Line,
together with the Washington and Nor
folk Steamboat Line, bring "a great many
strangers TO the city, but they are perS, rs
who reside not great distance from
Washington.
In the Sleeping Car City" which IL can
well be termed, there Is life in It's many
interesting phases II is not unlike camp
life, though surrounded with a luxury
totally unkD0wn 10 the tent and camp
fire.
The cars are stored upon side tracks.
whittier they are not moved from the
time OF their ARRIVAL until they are switched
To their proper places 10 make up tie
trains Of departure. There ts 10 leaving
the cars ID the morning, after a hIoken
nights rest. 70 return IN tie wee sHa"
bUurs 10 find the car IN which yOu slept
the night before moved 10 aEOther Iart
OF the yard, wnlCh wOuId IN most cases
about dimly lighted railroad yard take
bOurs To find and IN sJme instances
doing the town all night l. preferable
10 buntinga a lost car. TheTaiI rOadstakc all
Necessary precautions % guard against this
inconvenience by placing special side track
ing where storage cars can be placed
and there remain IN one location until they
are ready TO be moved for the return
journey.
The occupants Of the cars VIII average
about tbITty-flve in each. thus making
about 14.OOO persons residents Of the
sleeping car city.
The average cost per day for each car
WIN amount to S45, making a total OF
SIS 600 per day paid TO the Pullman
Company for private cars. The average
use or the cars from the time they are
FIRST placed in service FOR those coming
70 the Inauguration until their return to
the starting point comprises about four
days, az many OF them Will remain for
one OF two days after the new President
has taken the oath OF office. So it will be
seen that S72 900 has been paid 10 the
Sleeping Car Company nv those who make
up this mighty population
The iDha bItants OF this Temporary home
on wheels are not inclined TO view with
alarm the rigid enforcement OF the laws
of the municipality. but upon the contrary
they point with pride 70 the fact that
they are for the time being the privileged
few and " hen within the sacred confines
of Mr.. Pull mans palaces, guarded ao
either entrance by stalwart p0Ttcrs-them-
selves the fine autocrats OF modern times
no guardian of the peace dare enter or to
attempt 70 suppress hilarity-when pos
sihly, good spirits of more kinds than one
apparently hold the balance OF power.
These representatives Of the masses live
like lords, and 70 all appearances they are
the absolute owners OF their temporary
There is anabsence OF the one man power.
There are no bosses" The man who
sleeps in the upper berth Of section 13
has the same rights and privileges as the
president OF the organization who Occu-
pies the lux xuTiant stateroom. Every oc-
cupant has the proud privilege to kick with
all the vigor possible, make as much noise
as he pIeases, and keep the entire pOpu-
lation OF the cars, or all the cars awake al
night. If he so desires. He has paid for
his chance to live in a private car for a
certain number OF days. and as the naugu-
u
four years, no opportunity is to be lost to
make the occasion memorable, from every
point OF view. The man who
makes objection TO the conduct of others
places himself in the unhappy
position OF getting himself dishked, ard
ali OF bis previous popularity at home has
been forever killed, and he is regarded as
the avowed enemy OF the free Institutions
Of America; nor is he q fit person 70 he
allowed to participate in the inaugural
ceremonies.
In some instances delegations have at
,ached to their trains dining cars en- route.
aud have use of the same while here. Nearly
all, however, are patrons Of the uptown
estaurants. and that they live Well need
hot be doubted. Perhaps a body OF 200
practically take peaceable possession Of a
and order anything contained
II it's bill Of fare. The Inhabitants 0f the
sleeping city take possession at one time
)r another during the day Of many of the
eating places.
A 1oIlier set Of good fellows never came
away from home. Col Main. superintend-
ent of the Pullman Company, says that he
mas never handled a Differentiated crowd
Of Americans than the 4. 600 inhabitants
Of the Sleeping Car City" now in Wash
ington He ought to know. He is prac-
.ically their landlord.
1t is natural that the visitors from Ohio
and New Jersey should be possessed OF
the belief that the greater part Of Wash
Dgton is their special property. They con