The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-03-31
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Modern travel Is exacting. It ex.
poets the finest IN everything, and it
usually gets Il. The people OF the
northwest section Of the United States
are no exception 70 the rule, and, 70 far.
1T least, a. concerns the train service
between Chicago. ~. Louis and the Twin
Cities st. Paul and MInneapolis-the
demands have already been met In .
handsome manner BY the railroads. IL
ID also true that the service on the lines
between st. Paul, Duluth and the Pa.
cific coast has been reasonably good for
q number Of years.
Each north coast train will have eight
ears. l. e, express, baggage, seeOnd-class
coach and combination smoker, 6rst-
class coach, tourist sleeping car, dining
car. Pullman standard sleeping car, and
an observation car, each OF which will
be lighted BY electricity. The whole
train win also be equipped with wide
yestibules, steel platforms, n. c. b.
standard couplers. Westinghouse air
brakes, Westinghouse air signals, the
Gold system heat, and paper wheels
with steel tires. The new baggage and
express cars will be seventy feet In
length, and the baggage car viii contain
al the front end the electic plant. This
consists Of an eight and half by eight
inch eylindered steam engine, twenty
FIVE Kilowatt Westinghouse dynamo
with complete switchboard apparatus
This plant viii generate an electric
current Of 300 amperes at a pressure of
l25 volts. The smoking cars, or second
class coaches. are divided by a partition.
one-half being for the use Of second
class passengers and the remainder
used for smoking ear. The first class
day coach, sixty feet in length, follows
the smoking car. These coaches are of
recent manufacture and along the most
modern lines, well ventilated, roomy,
finished In mahogany, with separate
and comfortable toilet rooms for men
and women. A sixteen section tourist
sleeping car, upholstered In dark green
leather, with aisles earpeted, follows i'm
mediately after the first-class coach,
and will prove source of surprise and
delight to those who cannot afford the
Injuries OF first-class Pullman Sleeping
car. Immediately back Of the tourist
sleeping car will be stand ard Northern
Pacific diuing car with appoiutm, nts
c Implete ia every detail. Next 10 order
comes the Pullman FIRST clGs class
sleeping car, which will be 10 finely
finished and as handsomely decorated
as any sleeping cars in IN. country.
Two electric berth lights in each section
will enable the passenger who desires TO
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 the
crOwning feature. /. e., an observation
car, seventy feet in length. These cars
viii be entirely new and finished with
mahogany, with Persian brass trim
mings throughout; the exterior iinisl,
will be Of standard Pullman color. II is
claimed for these cars that they will
combine all of the comforts Of the L.
brary car, socalled: all the good points
OF the old style observation car, and new
features never introduced in car build
ing heretofore. At the forward entrance
OF this car, along the side OF which runs a
corridor forty-two feet in length, will be
found two smoking aud card rooms,
seven by eight feet with folding tables
and six upholstered wicker chairs.
These smoking rooms will be entirely
shut of from the remainder Of the car
and with excellent ventilation, will
prove new aud striking feature that
will appeal to the lovers Of the weed.
Adjacent the smoking room will be
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
I25 carefully selected volumes of the
most recent literature. On the reading
table will be such standard monthly
magazines as IIarpev's. Scribneris, Gen.
tury, McClure's, and such illustrated
weeklies as Frank Leslies, IIarper's
Puck, Life aud Judge. The ladies' par
lor will be nine feet in width by twenty
three feet in length. This parl, r, OF
observation room, will contain fourteen
portable wicker chairs, upholstered in
plush Of a color that viii harmonic
with the dark green wilton carpet on
the floor. The plate glass windows will
be large-four feet wide-thus giving
the traveller every opportunity to see
at his leisure, the country through which
the train is passing. Electric fans for
ventilating purposes will Keep the air
sweet and pure. The rear platform.
surrounded by handsome brass railing
will be six and half feet long, partially
enclosed by the extended sides of the
car, and entirely covered by dome.