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

sixty-twO inches and the engins
and q half feet high. These
are the compound pat
tern, whereby the steam, after hav-
ing been used In one cylinder, ris used
the second time In another cylinder,
md the expansive or utmost power
OF the steam ID thus obtained. These
engines viii 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, /. 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-
ttbules, steel platforms, NJ. G. B.
standard couplers, Westinghouse air
brakes, Westinghouse air train sig-
mails. the Gold system heat, and pa
per wheels with steel tires. Tbenew
baggage and express cars will be
seventy feet in length, and the bag
gage car will contain at the front
end the electric plant This consists
OF an eight and a half by eight-inch
cyltndered steam engine, a twenty
Ave Kilowatt Westinghouse dynamo
with complete switchboard appara-
tus, This plant will generate
an electric current Of 800 amperes
at a pressure Of 125 volts. The
smoking cars, or second.class coach
es, are divided by q partition, one
half being for the usa of second-class
passengers and the remainder used
for q smoking car. The tlrst-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 ma
hognny, with separate and cOmfort-
able toilet rooms for men and WOMB
en-. A sixteen section tourist sleep-
ing car, finished In mahogany, up-
holslered in dark green leather, with
a1sles carpeted, follows Immediately
after the tirst-class coach, aud will
prove n source OF surprise and de-
light to those who cannot afford
the luxuries OF Il first-class Pullman
sleeping car. Immediately back Of
the tourist sleeping car will I've q
standard Northern Pacific dining
cur with appointments complete in
every detail. Next in order comes
the Pullman first-class sleeping car,
y hich will he AZ finely finished and
IA handsomely decorated us any
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 so ut hia ease and
comfort. At the rear end OF each
train will he found the browning
feature. I. e., all observation car,
seventy feet in length. These cars
will he entirely new and finished in
mahogany, with Persian hrass
trimmings throughout; the exterior
will he Of standard Pullman color.
1t IL claimed for these cars that
they will combine all of the COM
forts ~ the library car. so called; all
thu good points Of the old-style Oh
sprvation car, and new features
rover introduced in car building
heretofore. At the forward entrance
Of this car. along the eide OF " hich
runs q corridor forty-two feet in
length. will be 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 Il 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 at the entrance to the
ladies' parlor will be found a 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'a, Century, McClure's, and
such illustrated weeklies as Frank
Leslie's, Harper's, Puck, Life and
Judge The Indies parlor will be
nine feet fl width by twenty-three
feet in length. This par1or. or OIL
.ervation room, will contain four
teen portable wicker chairs. uphol-
stored in plush ola color that will
harmonic with the dark green wiz
ton carpet on the floor. The plate