Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-12
BURLINGTON GETS NEW CARS
Diners Are Finest Ever Constructed
by Pullman Company

The Burlington route has just re-
ceived from the Pullman company two
dining cars and two cafe-smoling
cars. These are the finest cars of the
kind ever made by the Pullman COM
pany and are good examples of the
present day tendency to combine sim
plicity of interior design with luxury.
The general plan of the dining cars
resembles that of the popular Vienna
rooms in modern German restaurants.
The style of finish gives the effect of
high wainscoting, which is surmount-
ed by plate rack or shelf bearing
specimens of ancient ware and stems.
The cars are finished in English oak
with brown carpet of an art noveau
pattern on the floor and yellow bur-
lap of Il harmonizing tone used above
the wainscoting to carry out the color
scheme of yellow and brown. The
lamps are of green art glass with ver-
digris-green metal work. Private din
ing compartments at each end of the
cars are features which are expected to
appeal particularly to the travelling
public. In each of the private sections
there are two tables, one seating four
and the other two persons. The seats,
upholstered in leather to harmonic
with the woodwork. are high and sta
tionary. The main dining room. which
is 80 feet inches long, seats eighteen
persons, and with seats for twelve in
the private compartments, a total of
thirty may be served at once. The cafe
smoking cars are finished in Cuban
mahogany with the same general color
scheme as in the dining cars. A nov
city in their arrangement is the semi
circular divan upholstered in leather at
the end of the buffet section. In the
buffet section eighteen persons may
be seated. The cafe section is 10 feet
8 inches long and will seat twelve per-
sons.
In connection with the oak which is
used for the interior finish of the dim
ing cars there is a tale of considerable
interest. The material came from the
famous old English estate of Rocking
ham park, which, following tradition,
has been handed down from genera
tion to generation and maintained with
all possible splendor. Despite a grad
ual decadence, the trees, a feature of
the estate, had been considered sacred,
but a few years ago there came time
when the immediate necessity for rails
ing a large sum of money led to the
sacrifice of a number of the finest oaks.
Twenty-seven of them We're cut and
sold to the Pullman company for use
in car building. The particular tree
which furnished material for the Bur-
lington's dining car was nearly eight
feet in diameter and in making it into
lumber relics of several centuries,
bullets and pieces of iron. We're found.
All the cars are seventy feet long over
end sills and have the standard six
wheel and Westinghouse high speed
brakes. The dining cars are lighted
by the Newbold axle electric system of
the Adams & Westlake company, and
are equipped with acetylene auxiliary
lights. The cafe-smoking cars are
lighted exclusively by the Adams G.
Westlake acetylene system.
In accordance with the Burlington's
custom, the cars have been named for
cities on the road. One of the dining
cars bears the name Peoria, the other
Hannibal, and the cafe-smoking cars
are styled st. Paul and Minneapolis
The Peoria will be placed in service on
the Twin Cities limited between Chi
gaco and st. Paul and Minneapolis, and
the Hannibal will be used on the Eli
limited between Chicago, Kansas City
and ST JOSeDh.