The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
!: A SPLENDID TRAIN
The Best Service for Those In
tending to Travel East. is
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Those of the county who are con-
templating an eastern trip this summer
Will do we'll to look up the Duluth South
Shore & Atlantic, their new tram is
second to none, the following description
is taken from a recent issue of the Du-
lutte Herald.
Sunday morning the Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic road will 1un into Du-
luth for the first time on It's Boston
Limited schedule, one Of the most hand
somely equipped trains in the country.
1t will be brand new and of tho latest
and most luxuriant style and accom-
mediation from the engine to the OBJ
servation platform of the rear sleeper.
and the equipment will be the property
Of the railroad from the pilot to the red
signal light at the rear. These sleepers
have been built expressly for the train
and for the railroad, which tonight will
bid goodbye forever to the Pullman
service it has been having for years.
The same equipment will be run on
each night train, so that passengers
over the "Straight-Awav Line" will al
ways be assured of the best that is to
be had.
The train is archaeological and
steam-heated throughout. The incan-
descent current for the lights will be
furnished from a direct gen.
orator in the baggage car, and the
locomotive will supply the steam for
all purposes. In architecture tho cars
are all of the most modern type, with
oblong stained and loaded glass windows
Tor ornamental purposes, and very large
square windows IN the body Of the cars.
The equipment consists of two frst-class
sleepers OF the most modern and richly
appointed type. first-class Goa oh
finished in almost as costly a style as
the sleepers, a second-class coach and a
baggage coach, all painted 10 the stan
dard South South Shore vermilion,
letters in gold, and of uniform style
from front to back.
One great beauty of the new s1eepers
is that they are four inches higher than
the standard sleeper, which allows two
inches more head room for both upper
and lower berths. People who have
often cracked their heads in getting int o
their berths will appreciate this. The
sleepers, which we're made by the Barney
& Smith company, Dayton. Ohio, are
equipped with standard steel platforms
and the Barney & Smith anti-telescoping
device, which makes the frame works
practically indestructible in case of
accident.
The interior architecture is of the
Empire period, but instead of brass,
which was originally employed with it,
the builders have used marquetry or
lplaid work for ornamenting the wood
work. The main room, corridors and
toilet rooms are done IN St. Jago ma
hogany, and the state room 10 prima
vera or white mahogany. The seats are
made with curved ends, an innovation
in sleeping car building, The windows
are half elliptical in form. with tapering
arches beautifully 1nlaid with 1narquetry
and supported by corbels. The glass is
rich cathedral, heavily loaded. In order
not to detract from the window orna-
mentation, ceiling decorations have
been omitted and d soft green has been
substituted. Wilton carpets, frieze
plush window shades and draperies of a
delicate green harmonize with and CON-
plement the shade of the rich St. Jaqo
mahogany Each berth and eeat are
fitted with reading electric light, and
the builders claim that the cars are the
acme of the modern car.building art.
The day coach. is of co urse lighted with
electricity, something almost unknown
on Grains that do not charge excess fair.
It is finished in Mixican mahogany.
The seats are of the highest type, up.
holstered in the richest plush obtainable.
1t has toilet rooms in each end fitted up
as finely as if it was Pullman car.
The second-cass coaches carries out
the same general style of interior finish
as the first-class car, except that it is
finished in quarter-sawed oak instead of
mahogany. The seats are upholstered
in rattan. It is lighted with electricity,
and toilet rooms are provided in each
end. The day coaches were made by
the American Car and Foundry company
of Jacksonville, Ind.
Ii You are Going East
On your summer vacation. and will