The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-24
NEW DISSERTATION CAR
HANDSOME COACH FOR THI
 WESTERN RAILROAD.
It Will Come Out of Shops ana e' Into Service Next Monday News of the Rail-
 roads.

Tn the bir paint shop of the western
 Railroad in North Montgomery there is an air of bustling activity. the couse oi
 which is that the new cafe ana oosei
 yation car Is to be sent out oh i.s M
 aueural flight to Atlanta Monoay eVeh
 irg instead of February 1st as oEisinahs
 intended. ,.,-
 The new car is perhaps the most com
 plote thing of the kind ever seen III
 Montgomery, and when put lhto serYies
 it will impart an air of finished elegance
 to the through trains of the Western. In
 one end of the car is the kitchen. a place
 that would be the pride of the neatest housekeper A modern range occuples mart of the cooks domain. numerous Iockers are sunk in the walls for the
 use of crockery. while adjoining are zinc reecptacles for fruit, ice of course peine kept in them.
 In the next partition is the dining room with four tables two on each side. seats for four persons being at each table, the four accommodating sixteen persons at one time In the next partition is the ooser- vation end. a room place filled with most inviting lounging chairs. and a handsome library Gentlemen are allowed to smoke here after their dinner or breakfast in the dining room, and the solid comfort from a good cigar in one Of the easy cnA1rS windows in the end of the car can easily be imagined.
 When the car is backed under the shed Monday evening it will attract considera' ble attention. Yesterday the painters were hard at work on the exterior. The letters, Atlanta and New Orleans Shor'
 Line'' in gold leaf are just above the windows, while on each side will DC painted the red diamond trademark of the Western.
 The reason that the car is to be put in
 service Monday instead of on February 1st, is that the dining car Victoria now in use between here and Atlanta is to be returned to the Pullman Com- pany in Chicago. The Victoria" is the
 car that the Louisville and Nashville
 Company used until they received their
 own dining cars, and since then it has been leased by the Western. The new car will be used only on trains Nos Sa and 36 of the Western. the Southern having a similar car to be used between Atlanta and Charlotte.
 Master Mechanic Walsh of the Western road is having a thorough overhaulins and repainting done on day coach No. 5S and combination baggage car and coach, both of them to be used on one Of the suburban runs from Atlanta to Palmetto Engine No. 12 that went in the ditch near SuSSeId TcCSuS hS0Ns rains has been turned out of the machine shops of the Western us good as new | Several days work will be required or | engine 21 on which Engineer Russell was | killed recently.
 The handsomest piece of railroad literature seen lately is a magazine call.
 ed "The 4O0 published in Chicago and the most artistic advertisement in 1t is | that of the Mobile and Ohio. .. It Is the | work of Assistant General Passenger 1 Agent John M. Beall of that road anc 1 reflects great credit on his taste and l cleverness.
 The carnival folders and time cards is'
 sued by the passenger department are
 also the work of Mir. Beall.
 | F. W. Swann of St. Louis, Travelling | Freight and Passenger Agent of the Den | yer and Rio Grand and Rio Grande ant | Western Railroads spent the day in Mont
 gomery yesterday, going to Atlanta ias l night.