The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-29

The more citizen of the United States
lives and travels abroad, the more docs
he learn to respect and appreciate many
American Institutions. and particularly
he learns to respect and appreciate
American railroads. They are in nearly
all respects the best railroads In the
Norld, as I am convinced after five years
Ct experience of Europe. They give the
people more for their money, and yet
work under many disadvantages that nc
railway corporation of Europe would even
remotely think of tolerating.
The Europeans object to our Pullman
sleepers, because of their Lack CT privacy
IN the arrangement of the sleeping
berths: the European does not like to
hear his neighbor snore and swear behind
a carelessly drawn curtain. 1t does not
please him to make his toilet in a COM
mon toilet room, however elegant and
comfortable it may be-. -~---..-.
(The traveller in a compartment sleeper
on the Burlington limited from St. Paul
to Chicago finds all toilet conveniences
in his own COMPARTMENT
7 know what it is to leave Geneva at
1897 and pay just a little less than IS for
a berth in the sleeper to Paris, from
which am forced to descend at hall
past six the next morning. In the United
States I would nay the Pullman COM
pany 50 for the same service, and would
have q more comfortable bed. The tray
eler does not feel the sense of solidity
and security that come to him in a Pull
man sleeper, nor do the European cars.
which are shorter, roll with the, same
easy, gliding movement that character
ICES the Pullman.
The charges for sleeping-car accommo-
daticns vary considerably on the CONT
nent of Europe, but the fares are cheap
est in Germany and highest in France
and Italy.
In France, for example, and on all the
great through trains leaving Paris for
the various continental capitals and fash
itl:able resorts, the fares are excessive.
copied, and all incidental charges are
correspondingly high. Here, for example,
are the charges from Paris to certain
well-known centers of travel on the con-
tinent: ' $3.50. 49,,
Distance, Fare Time, Sleeping
Paris to Miles, dst-class) h. m. car fare.
*Marseilles 80. 5s5 $1,000 1850 $1,000
Hief train e1 Is : 300 n1 1874 200
weekly in each direction between Paris and
Riviera points, and twice week III each d.
rection between Calais, Paris and the Riviera.
express and runs only in the winter and
spring. - " e.. ~ H..
1t will be observed that the -so-called
limited trains de luxe which run be-
tween Calais, Paris, Msrseillcs and the
Riviera, are somewhat expensive AS a
matter of fact, counting the railway and
the sleeping car. together, these are prob.
ably the most expensive fares paid any
where in the world. On the 'limited
train de luxe" from Paris to Nice-a dis
lance of 675 miles-the sleeping car fare
Including the cost of reserving the berth
is $780,. The Limited train de luxe" leaves
Paris at $50 in the evening and reaches
Nice :at:9:15 the next morning. Thus the
passenger has paid $40 for a single berth
in the Steering car for ore night, and $2A
| for his railroad fare, or $44 in ALL
Compare this with the rate on the Bur
slington limited. St. Paul to Chicago. ,S11 81
rare and 81 for berth in open car or $3.50
In compartment car Distance 400 miles
The Most Reasonable Charge.
From Paris to Constantinople, journey
consuming a little less than three days by
the oriental express, the sleeping ca,
fare is $21.5O, or about 81 a day. This IS
considerable cheaper than the charges fol
similar accommodations on the French
lines. but it is still much higher than in
the United tsates. For example, the reg
/ ular sleeping car rate from New York t.
Chicago, a distance, of $50 miles, is IS
from Chicago to Missouri river, 500 miles
the. rate is $3.50; from Chicago to St
Paul. 400 miles, 81 In open car and $2.5(
| In compartment; from Cincinnati to st
Louis, about the same distance, 81.
It should be remembered, also, that
these American charges are for double
bertks. That is to, say, that If two per
1 sons. desire to occupy the same berth they
4 may do SO, upon buying one ticket, al
each Pullman berth is considered 4
double BERTH" although think I be
tray no confidence in declaring that twe
persons occupying one of these so-callet
I double berths, as roomy and comfortable
astthey are, unless they are very lank and
lean persons, are considerably crowded
| Another thing that at once astOund.
the American traveller and impresses hin
IN q tremendous imposition Is tha r1slc q:
nearly all the railroads that requires mo-
only berth fare for each person wf1t
goes to bed in the sleeper, but exacts {
first class railway ticket for every bertl
occupied. For example, II a traveller /:
going by the train de luxe from Paris t.
Nice, having bought himself the neces
sary frst-class railway ticket, at cos
1 of 121.81 francs, and having paid the neo
essary s$16 for a lower berth, should con
4 clude that he would like to occupy tn
to pay second fare OF $40 for the. berth
but would also compelled to buy an
l other first-class railway ticket.
Extra Charge for Reservation.
Arc ther hardship of the rules Of the In
ternational Sleeping Car company - tn
4 extra charge Of from 2 to 3 francs tina
/ is exacted IT one goes to an office o
i the company and reserves a berth aheat
i Of time.t Even with this extra charge 1t
i not permitted to select and reserve Z;
lower berth or an upper berth at will,
i in the United States, and no diagram o
! the car is shown. The traveller simpl.
J pays for his bed, and the agent ascign
i him any berth that he may consider avail
4 able, never giving the traveller any choice
4 Just one more point before aDandonlns
the sleeping car. In the United States
i taking, for example, the Empire State ex'
I press, with through sleepers from New
i York to Chicago, one may reserve sleep
i ing-car space on the train at intermediate
4 points for instance, certain space Il
saved In the sleepers for buffalo, and :
i traveller at that point may reserve hi:
i berth. and take the train upon Its ad
Il rival, paying sleeping-car and RAILROAD
4 fare only. from Buffalo on.
They do 1t differently In Europe. Fo
i instance there is q through sleeper iron
! Basic via Geneva TO Nice. This y th