Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-03-30

sixty-twO inches and the engins =
fourteen and q half feet high. These
locomotives are the compound pat
tern, whereby the steam, after hhv- (
ing been used in one cylinder, ia used
the second time in another cylinder,
and the expansive or utmost power
OF the steam is thus obtained. These
engines will also supply steam for
heating the train and operating the-
dynamos to supply electricity for
lighting the cars.
Each North Coast Limited train
will have eight cars, 1. e.. express,
baggage, second-class coach and.
combination smoker, first class coach
tourist sleeping car and IN observa-
ton car, each OF which will be light
ed by electricity. The whole train
will also be equipped with wide ves-
tibules, steel platforms, NJ. c. B.
standard couplers, Westinghouse air
brakes, Westinghouse air train sig-s
nails. the Gold system heat, and pa
per wheels with steel tires. Thenew
baggage and express cars will he
seventy feet in length, and the bag
gage car will contain at the front
end the electric plant This consists
OF an eight and d half by eight-inch
cylindered steam engine, a twenty
five Kilowatt Westinghouse dynamo
with complete switchboard appara-
tus This plant will generate
an electric current Of 300 amperes
at a pressure Of l25 volts. The
smoking cars, or second-class coach
ca, are divided by partition, one
half being for the uso of secOnd-class
passengers and the remainder used
for a smoking car. The first-class
day coach, sixty feet in length. fol-
lows the smoking car. These coach
en- are Of recent manufacture and
along the most modern lines, well
ventilated, roomy, finished in init
hoguny, with separate and comfort
able toilet rooms for men and won,-
en-. A six teen section tourist sleep
ing car, finished In mahogany, up-
holstered in dark green leather, with
aisles cnrpeted. follows Immediately
after the tirst-class coach, aud will
prove Il source OF surprise and de-
light to those who cannot afford
the luxuries of Il first-class Pullman
sleeping ear. Immediately back Ut
the tourist sleeping car will he a
standard Northern Pacific dining
car with appointments complete in
every detail. Next in order comes
the Pullman tirst-class sleeping car,
v hich will I've rs finely finished and
as handsomely decorated III amy
sleeping cars in the country. Two
electric berth lights in each section
will enable the passenger who de-
sires to while away an hour with
his book, to do 80 ut his ease and
comfort. At the rear end Of each
train will be found the browning
feature. l. e., an observation car,
seventy feet in length. These cars
will lie entirely new and finished in
mahogany, with Persian brass
trimmings throughout; the exterior
will he of standard Pullman color.
1t is claimed for these cars that
they will combine all of the COM
forts ri the library car. 80 called; all
the good points Of the Old-style OBJ
srrvation car. and new features
"cver introduced in car building
heretofore. At the forward entrance
of this car. along the side Of hich
runs q corridor forty-two feet in
length. will lie found two smoking
and card rooms. seven by eight feet,
with folding tables, and six uphOl-
stored wicker chairs. These smok-
ing rooms will he entirely shut off
from the remainder Of the car, and
with excellent ventilation, will
prove q new and striking feature
that will appeal to the lovers Of the
weed. Adjacent to the smoking
! room will he found the gentlemen'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 ut the entrance to the
ladies' parlor will be sOund n read-
ing room. writing desk, and library
of 125 carefully selected volumes of
the most recent literature. On the
reading table will he such standard
monthly magazines as Harper's.
Scribner's, Century, McClure's, and
such illustrated weeklies rs Frank
Lcslie's, Harper's, Puck, Life and
Judge The Indies parlor will be
nine feet in width by twenty-three
feet in length. This parlor. or OIL
.orvotion room will contain fOur