The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-09
c. & NV. Railway Co. In
vests Heavily in New
Cars and Engines
INCREASES CARRYING CAPACITY.
Steel Fireproof Coaches to be Provided
For All Through Passenger Trains
With Most Powerful Locomotives
Known-8,0oO Freight Cars Coming.

| Orders have been placed by the Chi
cage & 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 equipment is now under
construction for early delivery.
All of these cars are fully equipped
with non-collapsible, heavily reinforced
steel frames, with the most modern
safety vestibules, Westinghouse high
speed air brake equipment, and the lat
est 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 effect
ed in the arrangement Of the kitchen
and pantry, which will insure greater
capacity and more 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 in
terror fittings and finish will be in &C
cordance- with the usual luxurious
North Western standard.
Special attention has been given to
the sanitary arrangement of all of this
equipment and it will all be fitted with
the latest devices for insuring clean
illness and satisfactory ventilation.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
will be the first western road to pro-
vide all-steel, safety, fre-proof equip
ment on all of it's through passenger
trains.
The announcement is also made that
seventy-fve new "Pacifc Type" loco
motives for use on all through passen-
ger trains are now under construction
and will be delivered during the next
two or three months. Their immense
capacity will enable them to haul, at
a high rate of speed and with the
greatest ease, loaded train of fourteen
standard Pullman sleeping cars.
The country reached by the North
Western is very prosperous; so prosper
Gus 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 railways
must also recognize the purchasing
power of the people of the West and
provide means, not only for heavy
passenger traffic, but for an unpre-
cedented movement of merchandise 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 increase the carry
ing capacity per mile of road fully
fifteen per cent. The Northwestern
policy has always been such that equip
ment has been maintained above the
average capacity, and, while other
roads have about seven cars to the
mile, the Chicago & Northwestern now
has an equipment of eight cars to each
mile Of. road operated by the company
LII dOuItIOh W buC IlClSuO CdI Odulp-
ment, orders have also been placed for
fifty heavy freight engines, each of
which has hauling capacity forty per
cent greater than that of the largest
type now in use on the line.
Much attention has been accorded by
the Northwestern management to the
public S demand for a maximum of
safety, precaution and devices and the
liberal policy which has been pursued
in matters of this kind is shown in the
extensive amount Of automatic safety
signal work that has been done and in
the purchase of new steel, fre-proof
passenger equipment that is announced
today.
An effort is being made to have the
business houses in the city near Mil