The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-08


| lacks only a half inch of being 70 feet long
is 10 feet wide and "A feet inches high. 1t
| is built to accommodate ten people, but
has been comfortably used by fifteen. DR..
| Webb, however, usually has the car to
| himself and family, giving his lucky guests
! private cars for their own use.
| The Fsmere is furnished with every
convenience and luxury that il is possible
/ TO crown into it. The car proper is said
to have cost $4,000 when II left the shop,
and with the library paintings, tapestries,
etc. which have been put in It probably
! represents an investment of $4,000. All
! the rugs and carpeting, as well as all the
/ linen, china, tableware, and much of the
| furniture were especially imported for il.
! You enter this palace on wheels through
! a deep Yestibule opening into the
! observation room. The walls of this
room are almost all glass, so numerous
and wide are the windows. All the chairs
are movable and the general furnishings
| OF the room have been arranged to III 1t for
smoking and lounging apartment as well
as for observation purposes. From this
you pass into a handsome hall, into which
! the guests staterooms open. There are
two of these, superby furnished and fin
| ished in mahogany. Each is a little over
| 8 feet long by wide, and in them are
| stationary beds, dressers, wardrobes. etc.
and connecting with each is toilet room
with hot and cold water.
Passing these You step into DR.. Webb's
own bedroom4 1t is II feet inches long
| by feet 9Ia inches wide, and is equipped
with every luxury and comfort that in
genuity can suggest or wealth can buy.
Besides a massive open bed five feet wide
three rs dresser, stationary berths for
| the children and an abundance of clothes
press room, closets for hats and shoes and
everything THAI a millionaire could desire
In ar All he pOO1-
work IS mahogany.
The next room Is the parlor and din
ing room. It is IS feet dong and has in it
a massive carved table, at which twelve
people can be seated. In one corner there
is a large mahogany writing desk with
bookcase over il, while in the opposite
end is a Turkish divan. There are invis-
ible berths on the sides, which. when
cupied, have all the privacy of state
rooms, being separated from the main
saloon by an ingenious arrangement OF
curtains.
Adjoining this saloon is another toilet
room and large bath room. Next come
the china closet, pantry, and, in the CO.
| IRENE front the kitchen. All of these
are finished in black walnut. even to the
kitchen. The berths for the servants nd
| Join the kitchen and are models in their
| way.
There IS a general tendency nowadays
| toward special trains or several private
| cars in place of one In fact. In addition
to his ma gnifcent car. the Oneonta Col
| lis P. Huntington has had a car built for
kitchen and for the travelling home of
| his servants.
Private Cars for Pleasure.
Seeing railway officials travelling in
such regal luxury, it was not long before
the multi millionaires of the country not
connected with railroads began to follow
| suit. To-day there are more than 800
| private cars in the United States, and in
| them the owners live the same as they
! &C az hcme having their own servants,
| their favorite books and means for amuse-
ment in abundance.
One of the latest and most interesting
| additions to this class of rolling stock is
| a private car built for Henry NJ. Flagler,
| the Florida millionaire hotel and railroad
| man. 1t is 7S feet inches long. At the
| entrance is large observation room fit
| ted with reed furniture and with d writing
| desk and bookcase. The interior finish is
of white mahogany. The car is lighted
by gas and the chandeliers are fitted with
cut glass globes. There are staterooms
accessible flom the corridor. finished in
| white satinwood. The larger is Mr..
| Flagler's room. It has double open bed,
richly carved and wardrobe with con-
venient toilet room adjoining, fitted with
onyx washstands. There is also a bureau
with an oval beveled mirror and a case
| of drawers with candelabra on each side
The smaller stateroom has two berths,
a folding washstand and toilet convent
! ences. The central part of the car is the
dining room. In it is an extension table
and chairs of white mahogany and the
upholsterings are of green leather with
rich embossings. At one end of the room
| is a buffet and china closet. Opposite
the buffet is a handsome cabinet, with an
onyx fireplace. The upholstery through
out is in varying shades of green, with
| carpets, draperies and ceiling decorations
| to harmonic
Adjoining the dining-room Is the pantry,
fitted with chinaware. lockers and large
| refrigerator. The kitchen has a steel
range and all the conveniences of a
| kitchen In a hotel. In the extreme end is
a stateroom for the servants The outside
of the car is painted orange and the dec
| orations are in gold leaf.
j. Pierpont Morgan does most of his
land travelling in a private car. In one
| corner is a beautiful writing desk, and
| there, surrounded by his books and pa
pers, the millionaire is able to pass vaca-
| ton days in peaceful seclusion, far from
| the din of Wall street. The late Leland
| Stanford always Travelled in private car
named the stanford" although 1t is com
monty known the Golden Car" Ii is
painted gold from top to bottom. f. II.
Green of Texas rides in a beautiful pri-
vate car. which is looked upon as an I'M
pardonabe extravaganza by his frugal
mother Hetty Green.
Many private cars of American manu-
facture have gone to foreign countries
Cecil Rhodes has used very gorgeous
one for several years in South Africa
Two of the finest cars ever made were
built In 1897 for Presiden Diaz of Mexico
One of the handsomeest private cars
that ever passed over rails is A. A. Nc
Leod's Alexander" II is not only veri-
table palace on wheels, but ii is built In
every part as strongly as iron, steel
bronze and the best woods could make it.
The bottom is so constructed that it could
hardly be broken in collision, even were
the car moving at the rate of fifty miles
an hour
The decorations are of empire design
The outside is made of long solid ma
hogany panels, backed by hardwood. The
windows are Gothic and unusually large,
the observation end being composed of one
pane of glass Of all kinds, 100 square feet
being in thirty-three mirrors The car is
perfectly equipped electrically for calls
and lighting.
The observation room Is finished in YER
million, a costly redwood brought from the
| Andaman Islands. There is a writing
| desk in this room. A stateroom opens off
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