The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-01

Use Of Observation Pullman
Coaches Inangurated.
Old One Abolished and New De-
sign is Adopted.
California Limited Service Be-
gins November |.

The observation Pullman coaches have
at last been placed in service ON the
Colorado Flyer of the Rock Island. The
first observation end coach in regular
service went west last night and here
after one of the coaches will be attach
ed to the Flyer that passes through Io,
peka each evening at O'Clock. as we'll
as on the eastbound passenger daily at
7:45 in the morning.
The Rock Island management has
been so busy extending its jurisdiction
that the coach erecting shops have not
been able to keep pace with the demands
of this road. Orders for equipment have
been in the hands of the car builders
for months. Work is SO rushed that II
has been almost impossible to get new
cars 1t is on this account that the obs
servation car service was inargurated
just one month later than was original
1y announced
The observation car on the rear of
train adds much to the appearance OF
a train as it stands in station. 1t also
adds much to the comfort and convent
ence of the passengers. The cars when
are to be in service on the Rock Island
Colorado Flyer will have ten sections
with a parlor Is feet long, AT one end
of the parlor is a writing cabinet with
book shelves and revolving chair Deep
carpets with prOfuslop OF rugs ada
to the beauty and pleasure OF ride IN
the car. Wicker chairs handsomely up
u,
any place or position desired are also
a convenience. Wide windows furnish
ing an unobStructed panoramic view or
the surrounding country as far as the
eye can see furnishes diversity of en-
tertainment that is not secured in the
ordinary cars.
Perhaps the most attractive place for
the curious minded is the ride on the
rear platform which is built as wide as
the coach and which is surrounded by
tol railing making p
spacious room where one may sit and
enjoy the celebrating sensation of rapid
travel.
The observation Pullman cars are for
the free use of all those holding Put
man transportation regardless OF Whetn-
er they have berth space In the obSer-
walton car or in zone of the other cars.
Unofficial announcement is made that
the California limited service OF the
Rock Island will begin November l. For
this service eleven trains are building
in the Pullman shops at cost of 500,
0O0 per train. Special engines are be-
ing built also for hauling this train as
speed will be a great factor in the ser
vice.
The track between Harrington, Kan,
and Liberal is being relaid with 30
pound steel rails and when this is COM
-pleted, the Rock Island will have a
roadbed laid with 80-pound steel all the
distance from Chicago to Ell Paso. And
from FL Paso to Los Angeles and San
Francisco over the Southern Pacific, the
roadbed is equal to the Rock Island.
The conjectufeS that have arisen over
what would be the policy of the Rock
Island in handling the Choctaw system
have been set at rest by a circular re-
ceived at the general offices of the Rock
Island here yesterday. The circular
says:
Effective at once, the offices of the
general agents and commercial agents
| of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
| cific railway and the ChOctaw. Okla
| homa and Gulf railroad become joint
| offices of both companies
"All such agents will take immediate
| steps to have all signs on or about their
| offices changed to read:
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
RAILWAY
| "CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF
| RAILROAD.
using but one trade mark as follows