The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-27
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Pnlladelpnla Record.
 @ HERE are few travellers who fully 0 realize the amount of thought
 and labor expended by railway officials to the end that the passenger may be provided with good meal while en route. How often do you hear of the dining car superintendent? Yet he is one From early in the morning till late at night this official is at his desk in the main office of the company busily devising new ideas that will add to the excellence of the cuisine and the comfort of the patrons of the dining car. Under the su- perintendent is a skillful force of commis- saries, constantly watching the supplies turned over to them by the grocers and butchers, not to speak of small army of chefs, walters and car cleaners. It is the business of the superintendent to see that no effort is spared by his subordinates to the end that the best food obtainable be provided. that it be skillfuly cooked and that it be served in cars irreproachably clean and attractive at all times.
 The average run of dining car Is be- tween 150 and POO miles. It starts on this Journey spick and span; 1t arrives at It's destination in a state calling for immedi- ate attention from the cleaners.
 All roads have at certain points along the line side tracks especially provided for the cleaners to work. Not only do these men clean the diners, but they also look after the Pullman parlor and sleep ing cars, as well as the ordinary coaches. The treatment Is the same in all cases, only the diners and sleepers receive more freauent attention than the day coaches When diner has accomplished its sched- ule run, during which time there have been served on 1t from two to three meals (the latter on rare occasions) to from to twenty to 100 or more passengers, the car is at once switched to the side tracks, where the force of cleaners lose no time in getting to work.
 Uniform treatment Is given to car, save that when necessary, the car is given what might be compared to a Turkish bath or a hot-air treatment. At the end of the cleaning tracks stands huge tank stored with hot air. This Is conveyed to Il e desired place by means of long rub Der hose the air emerging from the noz- gle thereof. not in a round stream, as in A watering hose, but through device known as the comb" This Is an elongat- ed orifice several inches in length, out of which the air comes with such a pressure that if conauers the most obstinate dirt sp6.s.
 While the cleaners have been at work on the interior of the car outside there is a force engaged in cleaning the win dows and in scrubbing and polishing the sides of the car with cotton waste. Others have looked at the journals and axle roxes: the gas man has attached his hose and filled the tanks with gas for illumin- ating and cooking purposes, and still an- ether man has filled the water tanks with drinking water The car that came in dirty and begrimed with the dust and cinders from the engine now looks as good as new. and is once more ready for the commissary.
 This most important individual, with the assistance of several clerks. checks of every pound of meat, vegetables and groceries. likewise looking to the linen and silverware that the car took out on