The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-12-12
NOW WE CAN SLEEP
ON WAY TO OFFICE
nterurbans in West to Equip
Trolley Lines With "PuIi-
mans"

Interutban railways are no such novelty
In the west as they are in the east, and
IL is doubtful II people familiar only with
electric lines in this part OF the country
realize the variety of service now being
attempted by some of the fast trolleys in
the states beyond. Express cars, combi-
nation cars, compartment cars with space
reserved for smokers, n even parlor cars
are all familiar on roads of this kind, and
Just at present 1t looks as II the trolley
sleeping car were about to make a place
for itself, says the Boston Transcript.
A sleeping car service has been under
taken since the middle of summer between
Bloomington, ILL.,, and st. Louis, by way
of Decatur and Springfield, over which
route the Illinois Traction company uns
a through car from each terminal every
night. Each car Is Of original design. d.
Vided in the interior or radically new lines.
There are two chairs In each section, and
The combination of the two make UP the
lower berth. The upper berth Is secured
by lowering the frame from the upper
part Of the car. There Is q space Of
Twelve inches between the curtain and
the edge of the couch. The curtains are
OF wood, covered on the inside with flow
cred cretonne n on the outside with
cloth. They roll up by means OF spring
rollers, and are completely hidden from
view during the day. There Is a four
lamp series of incandescent bulbs for each
berth. There are twenty berths, ten on
each side, and In addition there are four
comfortable chairs In the smoking room.
Floors are double and packed with min
eral wool to deaden the sound, and the
windows are of double plate glass.
A Success at Spokane.
Further west, on the Inland Empire sys-
tenn. of Spokane, Wash, a combination
parlor and observation car Is being used
with much popular success. This is an
electric railroad, on which cars are oper-
ated In trains, and the custom Is to make
the parlor observation car the last on its
train. The fittings Of these cars include
Individual rattan chairs with plush cush-
ions and plush backs, M the observation
emu consists of an unusually long plat
form. fenced In with metal railing, within
.,hich eight or ten persons may be COM
fortably seated. Four trains daily be-
tween Spokane n Occur d'Alene have
been operating this summer with parlor
observation cars attached. n one OF
them has been run through to Hayden
Lake. to give a special service for the
campers who make a summer resort
there.
observation cars on street railway lines
are not altogether out Of the question, 10
appears, for the Montreal street railway
has been running two such cars, specially
constructed for the sake CT an open view,
on what is known as the Round-the-Moun-
tain line. They run every afternoon and
evening, Sundays and holidays, weather
permitting. The trip Is through some OF
the most attractive parts Of the city ana
then around Mount Royal. The time 10
one hour, and the cost Is cents. The cars
are built entirely open, and this, with the
seats In tiers. gives the passenger an I'M
.t1rV fPANa nnU nnaiflnN
Arches Of colored incandescent lamps
make the cer attractive for evening tours.
The construction cost OF tie cars was
about $500 each.
An Illinois Novelty.
A novelty in open cars which would ap-
parently do away with the objections
which have decreed the gradual super
sedence OF open cars in Massachusetts, In
the one now used I'm Springfield, ILL.,, con-
ptructed with an aisle through the middle
and with v~estibules at either end. This
gives practically the same arrangement
for receiving, discharging and seat pas
sengers as the modern type Of closed cars,
but has the sides open except for a Ions
bar along the outer ends Of the seats.
The combination plan, applied to cleo
trio baggage and express cars, has de-
veloped an interesting car for interurban
service on the new Central California
Fraction company, OF Stockton, Cal. This
car Is built in two compartments, each
with the regulation doors in the sides.
The division is intended mainly to facili-
tate the classification Of the different
kinds OF express matter accepted for
transportation: There are benches along
the sides which may be folded fiat against
the walls when not In use, suggesting the
use of the car by smokers or other pas
Eengers when passenger traffic Is heavy,
and the compartment car not heavily bur-
aened with express matter.