The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-03-17
A PALACE ON WHEELS.
Such is the new Twin City and
Omaha Limited"
One of the Finest Equipped and Most At
tractiye Trains Ever "Hitched Up
Can be Seen Any Night.

The old adage thas "a thing worth
doing is worth doing well" has once
again been demonstrated by the ever
progressive North Western Line--C st.
P. NJ. & o. Ry.
improvement seems,to be order of the
age with them, and now the debut of
the Twin City and Omaha Limited
comes as pleasant surprise to the trav-
cling public.
The former service of this line be-
tween Minneapolis, st. Paul and Omaha
has always been looked upon as perfect,
but it is now apparent that the company
is never satisfied with good enough"
but on the other hand are always striv-
ing to improve, and as consequence
| we now have these two new and hand
some trains
As the name implies, these trains are
run between Minneapolis st Paul and
Omaha, and it will be another case of
supper in st Paul and breakfast in
Omaha, or vice versa.
The dining car is au fait and with the
baggage, mail and express car are the
product of the company's own shops. To-
Gated at Hudson, Wis So impressed
was an enthusiastic admirer, with its ap-
pearance, that he remarked to an en-
ployee, why don't you go into the gen
eral car building business, and the re
ply was We'll, we are in the business,
that is, we build cars for ourselves, and
you can readily see that we understand
the idiosyncrasies of our own people
better than builders less familiar, there
fore we can please them more "
The day coaches are all finished in a
very smart manner, and the brilliancy
of the gas lighting is very effective
They contain high backed seats that are
very handsomely upholstered in red
plush. Passengers are not allowed to
stand on the platform" is an old danger
sign travellers are familiar with. But
there is no need of these signs on F'The
Twin City and Omaha Limited" for the
coaches, dining car and sleepers are all
vestibuled, and large wide and perfect
ly lighted vestibules they are too In
fact standing in one of these, one might
imagine himself in an observation car.
Besides the coaches and dining cars,
there are two buffet Sleeping cars on
each of these trains, one going to
Omaha, the other to Kansas City
They are of the Wagner make which
name alone speaks for their elegan ce
and comfort.
Such healthy infants are these trains,
that from the increased patronage and
from the hearty welcome from everyone,
you might easily imagine they had
been running for months instead of
for only 10 days.
The editor of the Free Press had the
pleasure of coming up from st. Paul on
this train one evening last week, and it
is not saying to much to claim that
there is not handsomer or more at
'ioo'i'o 0i"iA oopd 1lnS lloLH Gue IWlH
Cities than the Omaha Limited" 1t
ranks right up to the finest Chicago
trains in appearance, while the equip
ments for the comfort and convenience
OF the travelling public are equal to the
best employed by anybody's road in
this country. 1t is the first full vestibule
train ever run through Mankato, and
| by odds the handsomest home on
wheels ever seen in this part of the
country.