New-York tribune., 1902-02-24
PRINCES SPECIAL TRAIN
IT WILL CONSIST OF SEVEN CARS AND
HAVE A CREW OF TWENTY
FOUR MEN

In choosing the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany for the tour of Prince Henry, DR.. David J.
Hin, assistant Secretary Of State left the seec-
ton Of the train and the details OF management
to the railroad. The outlines of the itinerary
prepared in Washington were developed at the
Broad-st. station. The crew of the train will
consist Of twenty-four men. including stenog-
raDhers, a baggage agent and telegraph opera
tors in addition to the regular force. In the
matter of provisioning, the larder will be stocked
with staple supplies before starting. The menus
Of twenty-one meals. to be served on the route
have already been printed. The train in its en-
tirety will consist of seven cars-frst, the COM
posite baggage and smoking car Utopia, Pull
man sleeping car, Biscay, for the attendants
three Pullman compartment cars the Indiana,
Ohio and Iowa: the dining car Willard, and the
private of his royal highness, the Columbia
The Columbia, which is a counterpart of the
Olympia, the original selection for this service.
will be occupied by Prince Henry Admiral
Evans. Baron Holleben, the German Am
bassador, and Schmidt Won Schwind, the Princes
personal adjutant. will also be quartered in the
Princes 1t had been frequently used by
President Mckinley in his longer trips and IL
comes to the use of the Prince fresh from the
shops. The car is seventy feet long, and con-
tains five private rooms and one section Two
OF the private rooms are large, and are furnished
with brass bedsteads, chests of drawers ward
TODtS ana large mirrors.
The composite contains a large apartment
furnished with leather covered chairs for the
special use OF smokers. There is also a barber
shop and bathroom The forward end of the car
Is used for storing the baggage, and it also con-
tains the dynamo, which, run by live steam from
the engine, supplies the light for the entire train
The dining car Willard, is finished in mahog-
any with high pitched roof. II has ten tables
and ordinary cafe chairs. The kitchen and stor-
ing capacity is ample for a prolonged tour 4
steward, a chef and three assistants and five
walters are the crew Of this car. The conapart-
ment cars, Indiana, Ohio and Iowa, contain ten
staterooms each. all on the side of the car
with a wide passage on the opposite side from
end to end Of the car. Every stateroom con-
tains double berth and is complete in its toilet
and lavatory fixtures. These cars are 20 feet G
inches in length.
The officers OF the Princes suite and the Presf-
dents delegates will be quartered in these com
partments, and each of them has a
card with his name and the designation of his
compartment printed thereon. All the state
connected by communicating doors.
The sleeping car Biscay will be occupied by the
Wallets of the officers composing the party
The private rooms finished in mahogany
maple and koko. The observation ROOM which
is also the dining room. is sixteen feet long fin
ished IN vermilion, and contains an extension
table and two cabinets. Wide windows and a
door inclose the rear end, which is an observa-
ton platform inclosed by nickel ratings The
Prince will receive from this platform at points
where the stop is too short 10 admit OF his
leaving the train. There is vestibuIe connec-
ton through the length of the train