The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-16

pie. Now the company has from twenty 10
twenty-four of these cars almost constantly
In use.
Persons wishing to charter one of these
cars simply notify the nearest Pullman
agency. If he wishes 1t the company will
also buy the requisite number of tickets Tor
him and save him that bother, although the
railroad transportation is a matter entirely
between the traveller and the railroad COM
panies. He tells the Pullman company on
what day and by what trains he wants to
his car is there awaiting him.
THE CHOICE OF PLACE.
1t is an unwritten law that private cars
are attached to the rear end of the train,
though the exigencies of railroad service
may make it necessary now and then to
put them somewhere else. But II is gener-
ally understood that the person who pays
for hauling a private car is entitled to the
privacy which the rear end of the train
gives.
In chartering a car for private use the
cost includes not only the use Of the car,
but also the services Of attendants and use
Of linen. toilet supplies, etc. Where COM
missary service is included, the rate also
covers the services of cooks and walters
as we'll as the use of tableware, kitchen
utensils, and, in a word, all that goes to
make up the equipment of the travelling
hotel, which the car in reality Is. The cost
for any of the cars above named is $50 a
day for not less than thirty days and not
including either commissary supplies or
railroad transportation. The price of the
commisSary service is the cost of the sup
plies plus 20 per cent. additional for cook
ing and handling them. For all classes
OF cars a reduction of S. a day is made
where chartered for thirty days or over,
and when the charter period exceeds ninety
days the uniform rate is SIS a day. An or
binary sleeping car may be chartered at
the rate OF $40 u day and buffet sleepers
Tor $50 a day, Will 50 q day reduction in
each case when the period Of the charter
extends over thirty days. When the char
ter is for more than ninety days a uni
form rate of $S5 a day for each car is
charged.
When a car is chartered it is supposed
TO be in use, and will be so charged, from
the time ii starts until its return to the
original starting point. So il you decide to
abandon your car. say in California or the
City OF Mexico, you must pay the full rate
per day until 1t is delivered to the place
whence you set out.
The custom of the railroads east of Chi
cago and st. Louis in hauling private cars
is TO charge a minimum of eighteen full
first-class fares, while if your party ex-
ceeds eighteen you will pay the additional
fares. West of the Mississippi the railroads
are a shade more liberal. hauling a pri-
yate car for a minimum of fifteen full first
class fares. The railroad transportation,
however, is a matter of private orange
ment between the traveller and the COM
pany, and sometimes a special dicker is
made.
In round numbers, if you want to take a
party OF half a dozen or so of your friends
on a private car trip of a month to the
Pacific coast, it will cost you in the neighS
borhood of 5000, irrespective of the ex-
penses of travel after once reaching the
coast. 1t is a luxury that costs, but with
every year the number of those who find
themselves able to go in for it is rapidly
increasing.