Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-17
TROLLEY SLEEPING CARS.
VARIED Kinds Of service--seen
Only on Steam Roads

Only on Steam Roads,
lnterurban railways are no such novelty
In the West as thoy are in Massachusetts
and 1t Is doubtful II people familiar only
with electric lines in this part Of the coun-
try realize the variety of service now be-
ing attempted by some Of the fast trolleys
In the states beyond Express cars, com.
blnation cars. compartment cars with
space reserved for smokers, and even par
Tor cars are all familiar on roads of this
Kind. and Just at present It looks as IL
the trolley sleeping cars were about 20
make place for itself
A sleeping car service has been under
taken since the middle Of summer be-
tween bloomington, H., and St. Louis, by
way or Decatur and Springfield over
which route the Illinois Traction Company
runs through car from each terminal
every night. Each car is OF original de-
sign, divided in the interior on radically
new lines Every double berth is a state
room In itself There are two chairs in
cach section. and the combination OF the
TWO make up the lower berth. The upper
berth Is secured by lowering the frame
from tho upper part OF the car. There is
space Of twelve inches between the cur
tam and the edge OF the couch. The cur
tains ire Of wood covered on the insld
with lowered cretonnc and on the outside
with cloth. They roll up by means of
spring rollers and are completely hidden
from Wow during the day. There is a four
lamp series Of .ncandescent bulbs for each
north. There are twenty bcrths, ten on
each side, and in addition there are four
! comfortable chairs in the smoking-roOm
Floors arc double and packed with
mineral wool to deaden the sound and tho
windows arc Of double plate glass.
FARTHER west. on tho Inland Empire
| system Of Spokane. Wash. a combination
parlor ana observation car Is being use
VIII much popular success This is an
Itle'tii" r'ilroad. on which cars are operat
cd IN trains. aud the custom Is to make
the MISREPRESENTATION car the last on rs
train. Tho fittings of these cars include
individual rattan chairs with plush cusl-
ions and plush hacks; and the obscrva-
/ ton end consists of an unusually long
| platform, fenced in with metal railing.
within which eight or ten persons may he
comfortably seated Four trains daily
| between Spokane and Occur d'Alcue hsv
been operating this summer with parlor-
|
them has been run through to HAYDEN
Lake. to give a special service for the
campers who make summer resort
! there.
Observation cars on the street ra!lwa,
| lines are not altogether out OF the dues
ton, it appears for the Montreal Stree
! Railway has been running two such cars
specially constructed for the sake Of ar
open view. on what Is known as tn,
round-the- mountain line, They run every
afternoon and evening Sundays and holt
days, weather permitting. The trip Il
! through some of the most attractive part.
Of the city and then around Mt. Royal
! The time Is one hour. and the cost twenty
| five cents The cars are built entirely
| open, and this, with the seats in tiers
! gives the passenger an unobstructed view
| from any position. Arches of colored in
candescent lamps make the car attractiv,
for evening tours. The construction cos
OF the cars was about $500 each.
novelty in open cars which would ap
| parently do away with the objection.
which have decreed the gradual super
sedence of open cars in Ma!sa chusetts /.
| the one now used in Sprin gfield H.. con
structed with an aisle through the middle
| and with vestbuies at either end Thi.
! gives practically the same management
for receiving, dischargng and seatins
passengers rs the modern type of CLOSED
| cars, hut has tho sides open except for {
! long bar along the outer ends Of the seats
The combination plan. applied to cleo
| trio baggage and express cars. has deve,
| oped an interesting car for interlrbar
service on the new Central California
| Traction Company Of Stockton, Cal. Thi.
car IS built in two compartments, eacf
| with the regulation doors in the sidee
| The division is intended mainly to fac!li
tate the classification of the differen
| kinds of express matter accepted fo
| importation. There are benches alont
the sides which may be folded fat agans
| tho walls when not IN use, suggesting
| the use of the car by smokers or Other
passengers when passenger trafic Is
! heavy, and the compartment car no.
heavily burdened with express matter.