Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-22
PRINCE HENRY'S TRAIN
Government to Provide Magnif-
cent Flying Palace.
THE OLYMPIA BEING REFITTED.

Kaiser's Brother six Luxurious
PuIImans Being Prepared For the
Royal Party's Use on the Tour.
Prince Henry of Prussia will tour the
eastern half of the United States in q
special train provided by the govern
ment, which in equipment and ornate
decoration could not be duplicated any
where else in the world, says the New
York Herald. Six cars. luXuriously
appointed, will be placed at the dis
posal of the royal party, and for the
princes own use the Olympia. in which
the late President Mckinley rode to
Washington for his second Inaugural
ton, is being prepared.
BY far the larger portion of the stay
of the "Sailor prince" in the United
States will be spent in travel. and the
state department in Washington there
fore has spared no pains to make his
journey comfortable. He will be on
the road the better part of nine days.
His itinerary will carry him through
thirteen of the most populouS states of
the Union, exclusive of the District of
Columbia and Virginia, and he will
catch at least glimpse of fourteen of
the leading cities of the United States.
From the Atlantic TO the valley of the
Mississippi and return, with tangent
trips TO famous battlefieds and the
falls of Niagara, the kaiSers brother
will cover distance of 5000 miles.
Full sway has been given to the
Pennsylvania Railroad company to
make up the imperial train, with the
reservation that the plans must be APP
proved by the state department. The
only condition stipulated in the COM
mission to the railroad company is that
the Olympia shall be refitted as the
princes private car and that in addi-
ton to this there shall be one COM
posite parlor. smoking and baggage
car, one regular sleeper and three state
room cars. This means that solid
Pullman train will he held in waiting
in Jersey City at the call of the visiting
party. The officials of the Pullman
company are already ut work, and they
promise to excel their best efforts.
The Olympia, which is to be Prince
Henry's castle during his tour of in
spection of the United States, is seven
ty feet long and contains five private
rooms and one sofa section for serv-
ants. 1t will accommodate nine per-
sons. Running the full length of the
car is hall four feet wide, finished in
Mexican mahogany. All of the rooms
open into this passageway. In the two
larger rooms of the suit there are large
brass bedsteads, with drawers below
and spaces for steamer trunks. Lava
tories. mirrors and wardrobes complete
the equipment, and close at hand are
the private baths. No two rooms are
finished exactly alike, the wood used
ranging from mahogany to light maple.
At the rear end of the car there is a
dining and observation room sixteen
feet long. This room is finished in YER
million and is bright and CHEEKY. The
car is illuminated by electricity. The
kitchen, which is at the other end Of
the car, is finished in oak and is lack
ing in no detail needed to insure an
acceptable cuisine. Here an American
chef will prepare Prince Henry's meals
unless perchance the royal visitor
should bring his own cook from Ger
many.
Forward of the princes private car
there will be three stateroom coaches,
set apart for the use of government
officials and the reception committees.
In each of these cars there are seven
one at each end-capable of accommo-
dating comfortably twenty-one per-
sons. These cars will be finished in
vermilion, deliberately carved. The
rooms are inlaid with ivory and gold,
and beautiful draperies in keeping with
the decorations have been introduced.
In these cars there are private baths,
barber shops and smoking rooms. For
ty persons can be seated in the dining
car which is finished in vermilion
wood and specially selected draperies.
The sleeper, it is understood. will be
set apart for the railroad officials and
members of the press.
The composite parlor, smoking and
baggage car is one of the most COM
plete coaches in the Pullman service.
The forward end is set apart for bag
gage, but room is reserved in this COM
partment for Il barber shop and bath.
The main portion of the car is a smok-
ing saloon. This is finished in natural
wood and contains a lounge, sofas,
writing desks and reading matter.
In this, as in the other cars of the
train, handsome chandeliers of nickel
or brass depend from the ceiling, fitted
with stationary and movable electric
bulbs. Here the Pennsylvania compa-
ny will station stenographers and type
writer's for the accommodation not on
ly of the newspaper men, but of Prince
Henry himself.
This palatial train, equipped for
two weeks' trip, will be in readiness
by Saturday, Feb. %. Prince Henry
and his suit. according to the official
schedule, viii take possession on Sun
dav- Feb. "a
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