The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-19
ACME OF ELEGANCE
Beautiful New Trains Put On the
''West End BY the
500.
They Combine Wonderful Luxury
and Comfort for Passengers
Of All Glasses.


dividend at the last annual meeting of
that Conner among railroad properties.
AS a result Of General Manager Penning-
tons well-deflned policy to place the sys-
tenn in the best possible condition, the 500
has now been relaid with SO-pound steel
rails from Sault ste Marie to Portal swell
new trains have been put into the service
eastward and now comes the newest and
most artistic creation on wheels for the
west end business. @ 4.
This latest addition in the way of rolling
stock comprises the train which leaves
Minneapolis daily at 9:46 a.. m. running
through to Seattle, and the train leaving
at s:1o p. m. daily except Sunday. for
Moosejaw, Assiniboia, with a car for Bis
marck. It was the intention to place this
equipment in service on April l but the
spring travel has assumed such proper
tions that the new cars are already In
commission. a-s.s
In car building the term .'the very lat
est implies ..the very best and this fact
is well evidenced by the Soo's new cars
which are just from the big shops Of the
Barney & Smith Car company at Dayton,
Ohio A fine Discrimination has been
shown in employing designs and materials
which while most artistic, are calculated to
give to high degree, the satisfaction that
won't wear off on an overland trip. This
tendency to cut out the gingerbread, it
| may NC tUtEN, as SSIOltS1y 1IldIAcu III
the newest limited trains put into service
| by other lines even on one night runs.
| But it must not be supposed that the
! new 500 cars are severely plain for there
| is rich and harmonious elegance about
them that is the essence Of the highest art.
The standard sleepers, for instance. have
special features in the shape Of cathedral
| glass deck lights; berth curtain rods that
disappear when the upper berth is closed,
thus giving an unusual sense of height
and airiness to the car by day and, best
| of all the main aisle terminates at: each
end beneath a beautiful dome Of 1eaded
cathedral glass which shelters a cozy seat
for those waiting for one of the twelve
sections to be made up
Conveniences in this car are ideal par
| tculariy so for ladies'. For the fair trav-
elers there are two toilet rooms and lava
! tories with tile floors. For the men there
are large smoking room and ample toi-
! let facilities. The interior tones Of these
/ cars are mahogany and green though the
| elegant stateroom IS done in light ma
hogany. The green appears in the cool
domed ceiling, the draperies, carpets and
upholstery. The woodwork throughout is
/ beautifully inlaid.
steadiness is insured for these cars by
their great weight, 112,000 pounds each
/ They have siX-wheeled trucks, wide YES
! tibules, anti-telescoping platforms and
| great rigidity in construction. A new nj
, chanical feature is a large water tank be-
meath the floor, whence the water Is fec
4 to the lavatories by@air pressure. These
sleepers are eighty feet over all.
For it's second-class passengers the
Soo's new equipment provides more com
fort and possibly even more genuine ele:
gance4 Than was dreamed of for flrst-class
! service fifteen years ago. These touris
sleepers are finished in handsome quarter
1 sawed oak. They have the same disap
pearing curtain ,eods, tarfda the same. sys
tenn Of water supply asl the first-clas:
sleepers. The seats have"deep, comfort
able springs in seat and back and art
upholstered in an expensive green leather
These cars also have two lava tories TO
ladies and there is a smoking room BIZ
enough to accommodate two tables o
six-hand euchre. There are fourteenSsec
tions in the tourist cars, each section pro
Vided with an attachment for buffet ia Bile
as in, the first-class sleepers. The gem o
the tourist sleepers; however, and tn
place where the most telling improvement
has been made. is the "cutest" little kitch
en- naginable slowed away at one end
Instead Of simply a hot stove In an opel
galley shedding bad smells upon. the car
this new style kitchen Is an enclosed, wei
! ventilated room. It has a perfect littl
range, with oven; a wet sink, an icebo:
and private lockers enough to store TIL
eatables Of those who wish to do their owl
cooking en- route. The company will fur
nish the ordinary cooking utensils il
granite ware, but passengers are not ex
pected to become .disgruntled at having t
furnish their own dishes, table silver an
napery, for everything else in connection
) with the. cuisine Is provided free.
The diners that go; with this equip
ment are fully up to9the new frst-clas
! sleepers in style and artistic finish and ar
fitted up elaboratelys with the best Q
china, silver and linen. They were com
pleted some time ago and have beenGi
commission several weeks. S.@tf
Even the day coaches on the new trai
show the same leading characteristics a
;. the other, more costly cars. They hav
!, the green and mahogany, the domed cell
ings and the rootny smoking rooms. Th
!. whole train is wide vestibuled and anti
telescopic throughout and is heated an
5 lighted by the most up date appliance:
!; Externally the new trains are in the ric
wine color and gold which characterize
the 500 passenger equipment.
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