The Dickinson press., 1900-03-31
afford the luxurieso Of a first class Pull.

not afford the uxufleS OF a nfSt class Pull-
man sleeping car. Immediately back of
the tourist sleeping car will be a standard
Northern Pacific dining car with appoint
ments complete in every detail. Next
in order m the Pullman frst-class
sleeping car, which will be as finely fur
nished and as handsomely decorated as
any sleeping cars in the country. Two
electric berth lights in each section will
enable the passenger who desires 10
while away an hour with his book, to do
so at his ease and comfort. At the rear
end of each train will be found a crown
ing feature, i. e., an observation car, sew
enty feet in length. These cars will be
entirely new and finished in mahogany,
with Persian brass trimmings throughout;
the exterior finish will be of standard
Pullman color. 1t is claimed for these
cars that they will combine all of the COM
forts of the library car, so-called all the
good points of the observation car, and
new features never introduced in car
building heretofore. At the forward en-
trance of this Car, along the side Of which
runs a corridor forty-two feet in length,
will be found two smoking and card rooms,
seven by eight feet, with folding tables,
and six upholstercA wicker chairs. These
smoking rooms will be entirely shut off
from the remainder of the car, and with
excellent ventilation, will prove a new
and striking feature that will appealto the
lovers Of the weed. Adjacent tothe smok-
ing room will be found the gentleman's
toilet room. In the center of the Car will
be the barber shop, bath room and buffet.
At the end of the corridor and at the en-
trance to the ladies' parlor will be found
a reading room, writing desk, and library
of I25 carefully selected volumes Of the
most recent literature. On the reading
table will be such standard monthly mag
! azines as Harper's, Scribncr's, Century,
McClure's, and such illustrated wccklies
Frank Leslie's, Harper's, Puck, Life and
! Judge. The ladies' parlor will be nine
! feet in width by twenty-three feet in
length. This parlor, or observation room,
will contain fourteen portable wicker
J chairs, upholstered in plush of a color that
will harmonic with the dark green will
ton carpet on the floor. The plate glass
windows will be large-four feet wide
thus giving the traveller every opportu-
nifty to see, at his leisure, the country
through which the train is passing. Elec-
trio fans for ventilating purposes will
keep the air Of this car sweet and pure.
The rear platform, surrounded bya hand
some brass railing, will be six and a half
feet long, partially enclosed by the ex,
tended sides of the car, and entirely COW
cred by a dome.
Attached to the center of the rear rail.
ing of this car there will be a large trade.
mark of the Northern Pacific. This will
be illuminated at night by nine electric
lights and, being thus lighted all night
will be a unique feature of this train as
it speeds across prairie and mountains.
With such trains as these running be.
tween St. Paul, Mimi, and Portland, Ore,
it is certain that the people of the north
west will feel that the enterprise of the
Northern Pacific railway, in thus proyid
ing such splendid accommodations, viii
merit its full share of the passenger traf