Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-14
new CARS FOR THE
500 line TRAINS
NEW TRAIN RECENTLY INSTALL.
ED IS ONE OF BEST IN THE
SERVICE,
Every Conceivable Modern Idea Has
Been Carried Out in Equipment for
New Coaches.

The 500 road is trying hard not tc
| look superior and proud and compla-
cent. TO date it has found that con
siderable Of job however The
Mogul engines out along the Fight OF
way snort just little more contemp-
tuously than before and the fussy little
low-browed switch engines that go
hustling about the yards are straining
their boiler plates to keep from yelling
aloud with triumph. The youngest Of
fee boy is becoming braggart and a
boaster, and the high officials who
have their being in mysterious inner
offices are holding their cigars at just
trife higher angle than before.
Now, the reason for all this pomp
and circumstance is a story worth the
telling.
The 500 has new train. A lot of
him. Thirty-five cars of him, and just
to prove that the 500 knew it's busi-
ness in getting its crack, de- luxe
solendiferous cars from one Barney
& Smith, Of Dayton, O., listen to the
telling of the joys of these cars. For,
| OCAOAu. CACy al . No4S do 10 Sol0 anu
their like runneth not in the land nor
in the rcities of the land.
In the first place they are Of steel.
And that is STEEL. You could not
dent one with trip-hammer
Underneath are two long steel bridge
Orders that run from end to end and
are welded. And you could bump
those Orders into fiat car loaded
with scrap iron and the fiat car would
be carried away in the jaws of
wrecker, but these cars would go
serenely on unframed. You see the
vestibules are also Of steel. And the
sides are of steel, and so are the roofs
and the floors, and the sides are bolted
with large aggressive bolts that make
the cars look as if they were going
forth to battle and argue with ma
chine guns. For the timid traveller
the appearance of these cars is joy
and a consolation, and fear is not.
But listen! This is the exterior that
is massive and beautiful, but owing
to rain, weather and small boys that
like to scratch things with nails, the
outsides are not like unto the insides.
When one goes into the average
sleeper, parlor car, diner or observa-
ton car he gropes his way down
tortuous aisle that is filed with the
spirit of darkness, and when he finally
stumbles into the car proper he feels
like a prisoner. The roof comes low
and the aisle is narrow and the decor
atoms are oppressive. 1t is the air OF
a Million dollar hotel as they were
built in the days of the Palmer house.
Now here is the way of the Soo's new
cars. The sleepers are equipped with
prism glass in the passage way. That
means that your way is lighted and
you know just where your feet are 60
ing to fall next. The sides are OF |
plain, dark wood without beads or |
flowers to scratch your hands |
on. You commence to feel affluent |
and restful at once. You peep into
the smoking room, and your heart is
sladdened again with the peace and
the rest that lies awaiting you. The
seats look soft and inviting. The
leather IS dark, and there is no dust.
The Peruvian mahogany is just the
right shade to blend with the curling
smoke and to form a soft background
or smoke dreams. The beauty IS
here, and the costliness is there, but
t is the sort that comforts and cheers,
md does not obtrude it's worth in a
shrek of dollars and cents. And they
AN take the upholstery parts out and
tick the nose of a snorting, gasping
ir pump into the interior of the seats
nd gather up germs and dirt with
peed and dispatch. And then you 60
nto the car proper VI
Here you find Cuban mahogany, and ,
hose that deal in precious woods
now that there is real art. The
erths fit tight against the walls ond 7
O not curve. The roof is square
ecked. Now that means the car ap- {
ears to be twice as large as it really |
), and the STIFFNESS of narrow aisles
nd low-hung roofs are done away g
18th. And, listen-the berths are c
ider and longer. And because the y
,of is as it is, you can stand up in a
lie upper berths to disrobe yourself I
$50 to vice versa. And the gods a
now that this is blessing without u
oundaries. e
The Mushrooms are worth looking il
to, You can actually reach the bas- e
5 without falling over half dozen t.
avelers in the room. The basins are N