Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-15
STEEL FIRE-PROOF CARS
ON NORTHWESTERN LINE
This Railroad Makes Extensive Pur-
chases of New Equipment and
Motive Power

chases of New Equipment and
Motive Power
Orders have been placed by the
| Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Company for one hundred and twenty
five steel, fire proof coaches, reclining
chair cars, parlor cars, dining cars
and baggage cars, and this equip
ment is now under construction for
early delivery.
All of these cars are fully equipped
with collapsible, heavily rein
forced steel frames, with the most
modern safety vestibules. Westing
house high speed air brake equipment,
and the latest improved draft gear.
The floors are laid with a sanitary
composition that adds strength to the
car and deadens the noise of the train.
Even the frames of the seats are
built of steel, and no combustible
material enters into any part of the
construction.
The new dining cars will have
features that are of direct interest to
the public. Each car is arranged
to seat thirty-six people, which is
six more than the usual standard, and
special improvements have been
effected in the arrangement of the
kitchen and pantry, which will in
sure greater capacity and mure prompt
service and at the same time remove
all odors from the kitchen.
The day coaches and reclining chair
cars are, to be five feet longer than the
largest cars heretofore used and will,
in consequence, have greater seating
capacity. The parlor cars will be of
the most ample dimensions, and the
interior fittings and finish will be in
accordance with the usual luxurious
North Western standard. Special at
tention has been given to the sanitary
arrangement of all of this equipment
and it will all be fitted with the
latest devices for insuring cleanliness
and satisfactory ventilation.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way will be the first western road to
provide all-steel, safety, 6Ie-proof
equipment on all of its through
passenger trains.
The announcement is also made
that seventy-five new Pacific Type"
locomotives for use on all through
passenger trains are now under con-
struction and will be delivered dur
ing the nsxt two or three months.
Their immense capacity will enable
them to haul, at high rate of speed
ana with the greatest ease, a loaded
train of fourteen standard Pullman
sleeping cars.
The country reached by the North
western is very prosperous; so
prosperous in fact that it is going to
require skillful handling on the part
of the railway people to take care of
the heavy grain tonnage this fall. If
the situation is fairly met, the rail
ways must also recognize the purchas
ing power of the people of the West
and provide means, not only for a
heavy passenger traffic, but for an
unprecedented movement of mer
chandise and all other classes of
freight.
These conditions have been met by
the management of the Northwestern
line in the most liberal way. and in
addition to the passenger equipment
above described they have purchased
within the past twelve months 5000
freight cars, modern type and
capacity, which it is said will in
crease the carrying capacity per mile
of road fully fifteen per cent. The
Northwestern policy has always been
such that equipment has been main
tanned above the average capacity,
and, while other roads have about
seven cars to the mile, the Chicago
& Northwestern now has an equip
ment of eight cars to each mile of
road operated by the Company. In
addition to the freight car equipment,
orders have also been placed for fifty
heavy engines, each of which has a
hauling capacity forty per cent greater
than that of the largest type now in
use on the line. 80
Much attention has been accorded
by the Northwestern management to
the public's demand for a maximum
of safety, precaution devices and