Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-02
OVERLAND ROLLING PALACES
First Of New Trains on Ohioago-'Fr ii Bun
Passes Through.
COST QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS
Larae Party of Railroad OmcIaIs and
others Inspect the Magnificent
Cars During Twenty
Minute wait Here.

Pesp!endent from end to end with the
BRILLIANT gilt lettering on the background
Of rich olive green, undimmed as yet by
SCOT or sun, the first new northwestern
Union Pacific Southern Pacific No. 1 passed
through Omaha yesterday, n train OF ele-
giant cars that we're all on their first jour
ney and that represented a cost value Of
a quarter OF a million dollars as they stood.
A body OF Union Pacific oficials, headed
by President Burt, was on hand at the sta
tion to greet the pioneer edition de luxe OF
railway trains. Almost a hundred outsiders
had also gathered at the station, and during
the twenty minutes that it stopped in
Omaha the train was gone through and in
gpected from buffet TO observation car by
The visitors, who formed a continuous string
of admiring guests all through the mazes
OF green, gold, bronze, white and mauve in
which the cars were tinted.
President Burt looked grim satisfaction at
fhe sight of this series of rolling palaces,
the latest triumph in the handling Of pas
senaer trafic. but he said not a word. other
Union Pacific officials present at the sta
ton we're General Manager Dickinson, SUI
perinbendent Buckingham, Freight Traffic
Manager Munroe, Assistant General Freight
Agent CARAT, Superintendent Of Telegraph
Korty, Advertising Manager Darlow, City
Ticket Agent Abbott. Travelling Passenger
Agent Goodsell and Station superintendent
Haney.
General Agent II. C. Cheyney and City
Ticket Agent George West Of the Chicago
e. Northwestern line were also there. They
went across to Council Bluffs early In the
morning and rode back on the beauty, in
which their road has a share with the
others.
a Of Pullman Sbona
The Pullman Car company representative
Mt Omaha, MIR. Richardson, was on hand to
have a look at the latest product of his
Uompany's construction shops. The cars
we're built by the Pullman company ex-
pressly for this overland service and are
Tow owned outright by the three railroads
in the route.
With General Manager Dickinson was Mr..
Ferris OF Columbus. o., a personal friend
and a railroad man. With President Burt
was Luther Drake. other citizens noticed
were Councilman Whitehorn, w. N. Mason
and DR.. w. A. Mason. All were shown
through the train.
The time scheduled for the arrival of No.
4 is 9:20 a. m. and just at the minute the
shining train slowed up at Union station.
1t was drawn by engine No. 1853, a COM
pound locomotive OF the mastodon type,
with seventy-two-inch driving wheels. John
r. Dolan was the Union Pacific engineer
who pulled the train from Council Bluffs on
west.
There were just eight cars behind the
engine, a dynamo car, baggage car, mail
car, composite car, dining car, Portland
sleeper, San Francisco sleeper and San
Francisco compartment observation car.
The most beautiful was the dining car.
This cost $50, 900 as it stands and is a mar
vel Of mirrors, soft tints, shaded lights
and general luxury. The table service is
exquisite and the kitchen equipment elabo-
rate in its completeness. The color scheme
IS light, shading from cream ceiling with
gilded network to a mauve base. In the
sides of the car above each table is a lit
tie hanging garden built into the wall, from
which ferns droop, backed by small mirrors
that heighten the effect OF greenness and
lulIriant foliage.
Observation Car n Beauty.
T h most modern thing in cars, however,
was found at the end OF the train In the
observation car. This was something new
TO Omaha. In It are six private compart-
ments, with complete toilet arrangements
in each, n provisions for a full section
berth. A narrow passageway down one side
of the car enters upon these rooms. and all
are connected by doors hat may be opened
If desired, so a party may take several
compartments, all communicating. Then
at the end Of the car is a spacious general
observation room OF solid plate glass, sides
and end.
When the train went out at $40 Ad-
vertising Manager barlow took on 1t as
Union Pacific guests a party Of newspaper