Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-08-21

modern conditions. A few decades
ago men did not live on the railroads
as they do now; their business inter
ests We're more centered, and it was
not so essential to success that they
should have travelling as wen as a
home Office
But from the private car for bust
ness reasons the demand has gone on
for the private car for pleasure, and
just now there are more of these cars
in course of construction in the Pull
man shops than ever before at one
time. In addition to these specially
; ordered cars there is scarcely a
special car of the company that is
f, not in service.
This condition is as certainly in
dicative of prosperity as anything else
could be. 1t has been always re-
| marked that one of the first things
men economize in when times are hard
is travel But just now travel has.
been booming; every private car is IN
use, and more new cars are building
than ever before-all indexes of the.
fact that times are unusually pros.
| porous. -
! In the private car, built for the
1 individual for the transaction of bust.
! ness, the sleeping accommodations are
of minor importance in figuriBg or
room. Many owners of such cars
have sleeping quarters for themselves
. and secretaries only in addition to the
car crew. They need plenty of Office
room, with a Longing place that
snacks of comfort in everything.
In pleasure car. however, designed
/ TO carry as many as possible of the
! friends of the owner or renter. the
problem is for room all around. There
may have to be berths for is or 20
persons, together with kitchen and
dining room. More and more the de-
mand is for these cars, completely
equipped, and they grow larger and
heavier with the requirements. It's
average dimensions are Ia by 70
feet; ii is almost a home except in the
matter OF space. 1t is deliberately
finished; it has brass bedsteads, extern
sion dining table, writing desk. arm
chairs, lounges. dressers. wardrobes.
cabinets, hot and cold water and a
fully equipped kitchen with the best
of service. Such car may cost from
$4,000 to $4,000, just as it is trundled
out of the shops and before II has been
coupled to train at mileage rate
And IL is then that such a car begins
to draw upon mans bank account.
From private cars to special trains
a.,
been especially attractive to parties
made up of wealthy people who have
planned junket together. Such
train running over a prescribed route
costs money, but presumably its pas
sengers have the money to spend.
Someone has figured the amount
| which such party might spend an
| hour For a party of so persons,
comfortably housed, train of nse
cars would be needed. A combination
smoking and baggage car, dining
car, car equipped with staterooms
and bedsteads, a drawing room sleep.
ing car having berths, and an obser.
walton car having accommodation for
/ comparatively few sleepers. For a
! 2O-day tour such train OF cars, with
| service. would cost about $215 day:
on straight run from Chicago to
New York the railroad hauling the
train would charge about $500 day
then food-and drink-must be sup
piled. Figuring all in as far as DOS
sible, the guess is that a 20-day tour
for so persons in Il special train of
private cars would knock tremend.
Gus hole in $4,000 bank account
which 10 $50 day for each passea-
ger, or $500 each for a 20-day excur-
sion Which, after all, is about as
cheap as is travel on the Atlantic I'm
some of the floating palaces thar ply
each week between the United States
and Enrope.