Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-28

der that II did NOT cost more. Every
part OF this car Is made OF expensive
material II Is equipped with fine ta-
Die linen, solid siyerw0re, marble tubs
ana shower baths. The beds are of
BRASS One OF the main features is a
telephone, which at moments notice
may be connected with the telephone
system OF any city whore the car may
happen to be. This ear might roll into
the Grand Central station and within
ten minutes after It's arrival Mr.. Bush
could call up any Of his business friends
on the phone.
Another fine ear Is that Of Charles w.
Bunting, a Western millionaire, who
paid $4,000 for It.
The practice Of hiring private cars Is
Of recent origin, but In the last few
years IL mas grown 10 considerable pro-
portions IT has become an important
pfaneh OF the business OF the Pullman
company and Is under the supervision
OF an assistant general superintendent
since its origin this office has been filed
by Mr. Samuel Wilson
speaking of his work the other day
Mr. Wilson said that the first cars
hlred were so-called hunting cars. H."
originally parlor cars remodoled for
hunting parties, This was about twen-
~ years ago, Soon the Pullman COM
pany found there was demand for
these cars from people who had no idea
OF going after game Then they began
10 build special cars for this purpose.
The first Of these were the Tzaak Wal
ton and the Dayy Crockett which We're
built eighteen years ago These have
since gone out Of commission
The Pullman company now operates
twenty private cars which are for hire.
They are the Campanla, Cleopatra, Con-
voy Coronet, Courier, Edgemere Glen
Eyre, Grassmerc, Hasemere, Idler, Inn
perlal, lolanthe, Lucania Luculms, Oil
vette and Riya. -Four new cars are now
under construction and they win be
known as the MayAower, Colonial, Ar
c8dlan and Ilidian Besides these are
many ordinary sleeping parlor and
tourist cars which may be hired The
demand for these Is so great that all Of
them are booked months ahead
For the last Harvard Yale football
game five private cars We're chartered
by various parties Of Philadelphians
and New Workers.,
Mr. Randenbrock, the general mana
ger OF the Standard Oh company In
Holland during his stay here last fail
hired private car for the sole pur-
pose Of seeing the American autumn
foliage, Of which he had heard so much
He Travelled with his family all through
New England, New York and Pennsyl-
yania, and came back delighted He
had spent his time almost entirely In
the observation end.
The cars are hired by men and women
OF all professions, and some Of them are
by no means milllonaires. Gen. Miles
uses a private car, and SO do Secretary
Elihu Root and Richard Mansfield, j.
H. Moore, the fnancier, hires the Cam
pania by the year Joseph Jefferson Of
ten takes q car, but he has no special
preference. Westinghouse, the Invent
or, has under continuous charter the
private car Glen Eyre
Some people have a preference for
certain cars or names. The Yale Glee
club always characters the private car
Riya for It's annual tour Nine Nordl-
ca, the singer, hired recently private
car for her four months tour Of the
United States, ana the Pullman COM
pany renamed the car Brunhilde In her
honor.
Some time ago a gentleman came TO
the Pullman office 10 hire a car called
Kearsarge because OF It's name. lie was
when told that the Kear-
sarge had gone out Of service long ago
He had seen its name IN a prospectus
which was one Of the first sent out by
the Pullman company Supt Wilson
secured the prospectus and holds 1t
among his cherished papers,
That there Is something in the name
even of a private car Ia demonstrated
by an incident In the life of President
When he was about to start
on his last tour across the continent he
requested the Pullman company TO fur
nsh him with a private car They as
signed for his use the best car they had
II was the Imperial BY return mail
came letter from the president re-
Questng that some other ear be as
signed TO him. on the ground that the
name Imperial might furnish an unde-
slrable opportunity to his opponents for
Thereupon the Pullman people
the name Of the car to Column
bia, and as such n carried the late pres
ident over his journey.
The charge for private car Is made
hv the day. II ranges from S25 to $50
day, according TO the length of time
for which II IS hired, This charge In
cludes service, lights and other convent !
ences, hut not food or provisions Be
sides this however, the railroads over |
whose tracks the car must run charge |
for hauling It a rate which is equal to |
eighteen fun fares for the distance to |
be covered The total cost Of a trip |
from New York TO Chicago in a private |
car would therefore come close to $3.50 /
In spite Of this expense, however, the |
use OF private cars Is increasing. New |
York Times
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