Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-03-01

or the deck lights, which are usually
highly embossed with some fancy fig
ure. The expense of the glass used in
the construction of a car will not fall
short of $500 and will very often run
over $500.
1T costs at the very least $25 L
month. or 5000 a year. to light a passcn-
ger car With gas. To equip a car for
gas costs at least $40o How many Of
Chicago's millionaires spend $25 a
month for lighting their homes? | lc-
tually believe that if you We're to take
an average monthly expenditure of al
the better class Of hOusehoiders in Chi.
cago for lighting their houses, it would
be less than so per month for each
house. while the railroad company
spends $23 a month for lighting one
passenger car. Gas is an improvement
and a safety appliance, and railroad
companies are always looking for ilu-
prOVementS and safety appliances re-
gardleSs of expense. 1t costs more
money each year to light the passenger
cars with Pintsch gas on the Chicago
and Alton Railroad than the entire eN-
pense for all other Illuminating pur-
poses over the entire line of the road.
and this means all other electric light,
gas, and oil expenses at stations, on the
right of way. switch lamp. lanterns,
etc. and bear in mind. too. that all
passenger cars on the Chicago and Al
ton road are not lighted With gas. Tie
sleeping cars. the reclining chair cars.
D., ~. l-
cars. run in the more important local
and through trains. are lighted with
Pintsch gas, but there are very nearly
as many passenger cars in other ana
less important trains which are onlE
operated for portion OF the evening or
the night, when artificial light rs
Decided, and which are lighted with OIL
The Xestihule feature OF "A car is an
Improvement and a safety appliance. I
protection for passengers in passing
from car To car. a protection in the
case Of accid> ats and it costs over Sl00o
per ear to put Vestibules on train.
Did YOU ever figure that when you
heat a passenger car. as most passen-
ger cars are heated. by improved h1,-
water heaters. that it costs twice. as
much for hard coal fuel consumed IN
one of these cars a year as ii costs 40
heat the houses of the better class Of
our citizens?
Did YOU ever look over the interior
finish of a first class passenger car. and
did YOU notice that the best and most
select woods are used and are brought
10 a high state of poliShed nerfection >
| Did Won eyer cOmpare the interior
finish of the wood work in a
passenger car with the interior
finish of the wood work in the magni-
cent residences of some Of Chica et,'y
millionairesp WHY did Georra NJ Pull
residence insist that all the finished
woodwork on tho inside should ne
| handled and nut in NV his own car
hni,derso Simnlv bacausa he could ret
| hattar articla-to he sure q moro OK.
nensiye articla-but a more dura BILE
| article. better class of wood. and 4
| higher grade of workmanship than
| could be had from the builder of even
| he best of our Chicago residences.
Il can remember some years back
| when We thought our passenger cars
| cost great deal if we paid $4,000 or
| $4,000 apiece for them. We generally
| carried so people very comfortably in
| one of these cars. The total weight Of
| one Of these so-called cheap cars of by
| gone days was about $4,000 pounds, or
| a very good average of half ton 70
| 'ach passenger in the car when the
| ar was full. There was no such thing
| in those old cars of bygone days as
| your separate smoking compartment.
with a loss of five or six seats, or seat
| ing r9n1cjtN for - In DpDD1p. piNnn
up to smoking room There was a
small cubby hole set aside for ladies',
| another for gentlemen. These were
| called toilet rooms If you We're to
| give the travelling public of today the
| class Of toilet room which we gave
them % years ago there would be a
petition to the United States govern