The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-08

luxurious yet manufacturers; Mishawa-
ka,' owned by Charles F. Croker; Sal
vator," owned by ] b. Haggln: ATTAIN
ia" built for the late Jay Gould and now
owned by George Could Marquette"
owned by the late Calvin Brice; mo.
100" Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew's car,
Oriental" built for the late Austin Cor
bin; "Mariqui,a,'' owned by H. Walter
Webb; Ohio owned by John r. Nc
Lean.
Special Cars for Hire.
After the very wealthy men of the coun-
try began having cars built for their ex-
elusive use, the great car building compd-
MES saw in such cars a new source of
revenue, with the result that at the pres
ent time tehre are many rolling pa aces
kept for hire by any one who can afford 10
pay fo- them. Thus il has come to pass
that in this age of unceasing progress and
In this land OF universal equality. a hod-
carrier may enjoy the luxury of speeding
owe our iron thoroughfares for few
days like a prince or a millionare-if he
can scrape up the price.
One of the millionaire private car rent
ers is George Westinghouse. For about
ten years he has continuously chartered
the "Glen Eyre" preferring to pay for il
at the rate of over $1,000 a year rather
tnan purchase 1t outright and have the re-
sponslbility of taking care of It, In order
that he may always enjoy the advantages
of the latest and best in car building,
while he was using the original Glen
Eyre" an entirely new private car wDs
constructed for him and dedicated TO his
exclusive use, the name of the old car be-
ing retained on the new travelling apart
ment,
In round figures the average private car
rents for 81 1900 month. The price paid for
its use for one month would pay a family S
rent for more than four years in advance
in a neat five-roonl-a and bath fiat in New
York or Chicago, and it would pay the
rent for more than twelve years of cot
tage in many of the smaller cities.
The first charge for these cars fully
equipped Is $50 a day for the first thirty
days and $45 day thereafter. When a
millionaire is SO ready to part with his
money as to be willing TO charter an en-
tire train he must pay S2l5 day for it,
the regulation private train consisting Of
one composite. one compartment one
sleeping, one dining and one observation
car. The rental cost of such luxury for
a month would give rent free to the or
binary New York East Side tenemenet
family for more than fifty years.
But the rent is only one item of the
expense For moving a private car the
railroads east of the Mississippi, as a
rule, demand eighteen full first-class
fares for the distance over which they
haul il, no matter whether there are
eighteen people aboard or only one. For
instance If the fare between New York
and Chicago is $50, ii costs $3.50 in fares
TO move the car that far. Railroads west
of the Mississippi demand fifteen fares.
The les see pays for all commissiary sup
plies.
John w. Mackay is regular renter
Of private cars. Matthew S. Quay al
ways hires d private car when going TO
his Florida home and back. The Van
Rensselaers of Philadelphia and the Hos
letters OF Pittsburg always use them
when journeying, and so do D. o. Mills,
Whitelsw Reid Pierre Lorillard, Jr., who
has two cars-one for his servants-Col.
o. H. Payne and j. F. Flood. The mem
berg of the theatrical profession are the
most frequent users of the rented private
cars. William Wesley Young.