Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-28
Private Railroad Cars
And People Who Use Them.
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While It Is popular belief that ev-
cry millionaire has his private car. II IS
fact that many Of them and the
wealthest Of all do not own them, but
are content to hire one as occasion may
require,
Chief among these is ]. Plerpont
Morgan When he wishes to travel he
requests the use Of private car from
whatever road he desires to pass over,
As rule he uses one Of the New York
Central railroads. private cars, Yet
the private car of Mr., Morgan has
been described In detail In the columns
of many a newspaper, and photographs
and sketches of II have appeared in
many an illustrated magazine.
william c. Whitney Is another
wealthy man whose property list Is
incomplete In this respect He finds 1t
convenient to hire ear when he needs
one. The members Of the Vanderbilt
family also, do not own the cars they
use, but the New York Central railroad
has set aside for members of the FAM
ny special private car.
When where, and by whom the pri-
yate car was first introduced into our
democratic system OF civilization is ape
parently question regarding which
no definite and conclusive evidence can
be adduced,
Some old railroad men declare that
from the first day that railroads were
opened In this country coaches were set
aside from time to time for the eXclus-
I've use Of special personages, Old pas
senger officials declare that the custom
was transplanted from the time Of the
stage coach, when every man of affairs
had "A private coach and four to travel
In and when persons Of less degree
could for a little extra money hire a
special coach to enable them to hasten
on their journeys.
Il Is declared and II appears from ac-
counts In the novels Of the stage coach
days that the hiring Of express coaches
was quite n common thing among the
well-to.do people then, just as the hir-
Ing Of private cars has become an or
binary occurrence In our time.
The first private cars were Of n pri-
mitlye character, even after the Sleep
ing cars had been invented, Cars
which could even approach the mag
nifcent palaces OF today were hardly
known In 1876, when at the Centennial
exposition the Pullman company exhib-
tied its two palace ears. the Queen
and the President These cars Great
ed sensation, yet at the present time
they would hardly be considered as
first class cars by the ordinary travel
err. The period OF their usefulness Is
past, they having been sold as old junk
In every private car Of the present
time one of the main points Is the kit
chen. In these days there are many
people who spend whole months ramb-
ling through the country In a private
car. hired or owned. There are not a
few counties In the states where stay
of more than half day without a
restaurant of ones own would be dis
agreeable,
Yet there were many private cars In |
the seventies and even In the early |
eighties which had no facilities for pre-
pairing even a boiled egg or a cup OF |
coffee
The late John Newell, when he was |
president of the Lake Shore railroad |
In the early eighties, had private car |
without any Kitchen, although he was |
travelling over the road almost con-
tInuously. on many Of the divisions |
there were only inferior dining rooms, |
or none at ALL Mr. Newell used to have |
q cupboard stocked with crackers, |
cheese, dried behring's and similar
Cainties
In charge Of Mr. Newells car was
'Bill' colored porter. He bought |
On oil stove which he slowed under his
bunk with some easily prepared food |
Bill was cooking one day when Mr. |
Newell came into that part of the car |
what are We doing, Bill?" he said, |
Uniting The air with evident enjoyment. |
"Cookn nah dlnnah, sah," replied |
the darky with equally evident pride. |
Indeed, what have ye got?' In |
quired the president
"Well, said Bill, "dah's some bacon
an some taters.'
Got more'n you want to eatY'
"Well, ] reckon l kin spare yo' some,
Mstah Newell"
Gan right" said Mr.. Newell, an |
take what you can spare--Im hungry"
The result Of the experiment was
that President Newell had his car re-
modelled so as to allow for an entire
range. Today every private car has
it's kitchen, but even the modern ar
rangements OF these do not altogether
satisfy the requirements.
The late Coils p. Huntington was
probably the first to recognize the linn
itatons of one car which should COM
line within the space Of q good sized
room all the comforts of a luxurious
home. He had built for his use two
cars known as Oneonta No, and No. 2.
One of these contained q kitchen and |
storeroom, a dining room and quarters |
for the servants. The other was d. |
Nided into staterooms, a drawing room |
end an observation compartment
His scheme, however was recently |
outdone when the eastern delegation |
Of the American Society Of Mining En- i
gneers, who wanted to attend the So
ciety's convention in Mexico, had a
baggage car fitted UP as a store and
provision room, with enough food TO
provide for 100 men or more for thirty !