Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-02-23
Two new TRAINS
The Central Vermont Railway 10 On.
ernte = PnIatiaI service at the
Opening of summer TrnHic.

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pleasure OF travelling through the fam
Gus and beautiful Green Mountain re-
gion on trains unexcelled for their
magnificent equipment and perfect ap.
pointments. surrounded with every
comfort and luxury that money and
brains can furnish. will be the good
fortune OF those who may travel Over
the Central Vermont railway with the
beginning of the summer season, wher
,he two fine new trains. now being
built to order, are placed in commits
sion. The equipment contracted to-
will place the road on an equal foot
ing with any road in The country foi
luxury and comfort in travelling. The
order includes two parlor cafe obscr.
walton cars which besides the large
observation room at one end of the car
entirely enclosed in plate glass. will
have a parlor, smoking room. ladies'
toilet room. mems saloon and a COM
plete pantry outht. The cars which
will be OF tho latest and highest type
of design and architecture. will be YES
Thule palaces on wheels and will DC
fitted out in magnificent style. The in
terror finish will be of highly polished
Mexican mahogany. with finely fig
urcd veneer panels inlaid with black
ebony and white holly stripes. The
ceilings will be Of that full rich en-
pirc design finished in three ply
veneer, artistically painted and orna-
mentcd with 500, colorings. The upper
windows will be Gothic with art de-
sign glass and the lower WIN
dows will have double sash with
crystal plate glass. with an art
design IN Gothic glass ir a metal frame
extending over the sections of two win
dows and dividing the windows IN sec
tons OF two with intervening panels. The
windows will have silk faced pantdsute
curtains on rollers. All OF the inside trim
mnas will be OF statuary bronze. The
parlor will contain 20 revolving chairs
OF the latest approved design, richly up
hOlstered in silk plush ard an adjustable
| table for each chair. At the end of the
rarlor will be an upholstered sofa and
the smoking room will have a sofa and
two wicker chairs with upholstered Seats
backs and arms and will contain Il white
metal wash stand and water cooler. Tho
mems saloon connects with the smoking
ROOM. The floor of the parlor and snok-
ing room will be covered with Whittall
Wilton carpets. The kitchen and pantry
will be equipped with a steel ceiling.
| cooking range, hot water tanks, i'm
proved rofrigerators and ice boxes. coffee
urps and hot and cold water The table
service will be rich and dainty and meals
will he served on the European plan.
The four firstclass day coaches Will also
be "A pleasing novelty in this part Of tho
| country The cars which are Go feet long
will have an interior finish of mahogany
inlaid with black and white stripes, with
the ceiling of full empire design, double
windows with crystal plate glass and with
art gothic designs over the side windows.
with the upper windows the same
general design as the parlor-cafe
cars. These coaches which will
be a. luxurious and comfortable az
the ordinary parlor cars, Will have be-
sides the main ROOM smoking room and
mems saloon and il ladies toilet room.
The main room will be equipped with g
double reversible and also three corner
seats. upholstered in plush OF approved
design. with Il Brussels carpet in tho
aisles between the seats The smokin9
room Will contain two sofas and wv"
double seats and the ladies' toilet room
uir ho lifted the same as the parlor-cafe
J cars
rb.rc will also bc Two smoking cars OF
tb, same general design az the coaches.
oxccrt that there will be only mems sa-
loon and the seats will be upholstered in
leather
In the design of the cars, every pre-
caution has been taken to make them
AS near danger proof as possible. They
are all equipped with the latest I'M
proved anti-telescopic devices, OF solld
steel plates set on edge and almost IN
dostructiblc. The platforms are OF
the standard steel type, with Miner
tandem spring draft rigging and Pull
man wide vestibulcs. All the cars
will have six wheel iron cased trucks
with Krupp steel tired wheels. The
cars will be heated by the direct steam.
principle and the trains lighted
. throughout with the Pintch Gas
Lighting system. The brake equip
ment will include the Westinghouse
high speed air brake and also the
Westinghouse train air signal, There
will be two baggage and express cars
j, each 80 feet long. of the blind end
| tyne and built to conform to the rest
OF the train. These cars VIII have
banded racks and will be equipped
with complete outfit. including
desks, cupboards, extra equipmen,
boxes and emergency tools.