The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27


railroad official is the one now used by
w. II. Newman, 7presiden, of the New
York Central. It was originally built for
the Lake Shore railroad, of which Mr..
Newman Is also president It Is Known as
mo. A., This car has an observation
compartment at either end The stateroom
furniture Is Of brown plush, the dining
room is in green leather, and the wood
work is polished mahogany.
The car Of President Harris of the C;1f-
faso,5 Burning ton & Quincy is finished in.
dark leather amt oak. . Va NJ.
Private car No. 1Oi'. Of the New York
Central is known as CIV, ks. car be-
cause 1t is used by Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt
mo. 1927 10 known as "tha Wand arbilt
~, because 1t IS set aside for
the family mo. 1O1' is simple in ap
pet rance. upholstered in leather, and tn.
woodwork contains little concentrations
Most Of the private cars of men con.
nected with railroads bear no designation
otner than a number. The car Of James
J. Hill. president OF the Great Northern
usedNto be known as mo. A." and the
cans for the other officials were numbered
consecutively "A2,'. "A3," etc.
Mr.. Hill has new car now built entire
ly of steel and eighty feet long. The Cal
Of DR.. w. S. Webb is the "HFrieda,'' It
IS claimed that he Travelled more miles in
It than did any other railroad official
in o-e particular car. ~
IE:, number OF persons who are not con-
Eected with railroads, but who own pri-
vate car Is small. One of the most mag
Eificent cars was that recently presented
to Al oiphus Rush by his friends. 1t was
said to hiivs cost $47 900, and one who ha S
seen II may well wonder that it did not
cost more. Every part of this car is ll-ade
OF expensive material It is equipped
with fac table linen, solid silverware
| marble tubs, and shower baths. The beds
are of brass. One Of the main features
IS telephone, which at a moments mo-
system of any city where the may
happen to be. This car 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 car is that of Charles W.
Bunting, a Western millionaire who pai1
$50. 900 for it,
Tie practice of hiring private cars is Of
recent origin, but in the last few years it
has grown to considerable proportions. 1t
has become an important branch Of the
business of the Pullman company and is
Under the supervision of an assistant gen.
eral superintendent Since its origin this
office has been filled by Mr.. Samuel Will
son.
Speaking of his work the other day MI
Wilson said that~the first cars hired were
so-called Hunting cars" originally parlor
ears. remodeled for hunting parties. This
Has about twenty years ago. Soon the
Pullman company found there was a de-
mand for these cars from people who had
no idea of going after game. Then they
began to build special cars for this pur-
/ pose. The first Of these were the Izaak
Walton and the Davy Crockett, which
We're built eighteen years ago. These
have since gone out of commission
f.,..
twenty private cars which are for hi1 q.
They are tie Campania, Cleopatra, Con-
VCV, Coronet. Courier, Edgemere, Glen
Eyre, Grassme1e, Haselme1e, 1dler, I'm
perial, Iolanthe, I.ucania, LEcullus, Oil
etc Oceanic, Olympia, Pilgrim. Ram
blrr and Fiivt. Four new cars Nt:w
under construction, ai,I they viii b.:
known as the Mayflower, Colonial. Area
t!isn and 1lician. Ii.,sles these ;tre l,l;tliv
| ordinary sleeping plrlor and tourist cars
which may be .1ir, e. Tho demand fni
these is so great that al Of them are
booked months ahead.
For the last IIarvard-Yale football
game five private cars were chartered by
various parties of Philadelpnians and
New Workers.
Mr.. Randenbrock, the general mana.
ger Of the Standard Oil company in IIol-
lard. during his stay h"re Inst fall hired
a private Car tor the sole purpose Of see
which. he had heard So much. Ne raw
eled with his family all through New
England. New York and Pennsylvania,
and came back delighted. He had spen:
his time almost entirely in the observa>
ton end
The cars are hired by men and womel,
Of ali professions. and some of them are
by no means millionaires. Gen. Miles
uses a private car, and SO do Secretary
Ellhu Root AMI Richard Mansfield. J. H.
Moor, the tin1nCier, hires the Campania
by The wear. Joseph Jefferson often takes
4 car. bat he has no special preference.
Westinghouse, the inventor, has under
continuous cnlrt.r the private car Glen
Cyre. So. -. - r.. r. &."@ A.
Some people have preference for GER
tain GERS or names. The Yale G1ee club
always charters the private car Riva for
its annual tour. Nine. Nordica. the sing
or, hired recently private car for, her
four months tour of the United States,
and the Pullman company renamed the
ear Brunhilde in her honor. II l.&
/ Some time ago a gentleman came TO
the Pullman Office to hire a car called
kearsarge, because of it's name. He was
disappointed 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 Sc
his: c! erished papers
That there IS something in the n:,rie
oven 1T a private car. is demonstrated by
an Incident in the life of President Nc
kinney. When ne was about to start on
his last tour across .ae continent he re-
j quested the Pullman company to furnish
him with private car. They assigned
for his use the best car they had. 1t was
the Imperial. BY return mail came a let
ter from the president requesting that
some other car be assigned to him. on the
ground that the name Imperial might fur
nish an undesirable Opportunity to his
opponents for, ridicule. ~
Thereupon the Pullman people changed
tn the cGrSto Columbia and as
such it carried the late president over his
tourney
TIE charge for a private car Is made
by the day It ranges from So to $50 a
lay acct rdirg to the length OF time for
" hlcl. it is hi1 ed This charge Includes
service lights and other conVcniences.
but not food or provisions. Besides this.
however, the railroads over whose tracks
tile car: must run charge for hauling it
rate which is equal to eighteen full
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 5increasing.-Neu
York Times.
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