The border vidette., 1929-09-28
STAGES NOW RIVAL TRANS FOR
SLEEPING FACILITIES


| for restful sleep for people who
travel at night by motor stage
| The greatest amount of comfort
offered these night travellers, up
to the present time, has been q
leather seat which would silt
back slightly. On these. the
passengers tossed about all
night, in a series of cramped
positions, and slept very little.
/ Three months ago. the Pick
wick Stages System, operating
between Los Angeles and San
Francisco, introduced a sleeper
coach, known as the "Pickwick
| Nitecoach." ;" Today it has proven
as big . triumph as that Of Geo.
Pullman when he gave the rail
roads the luxurious Pullman car.
A subsidiary company, the
EPickwick Nitecoach Corporation,
Ltd, has been organized to own
and operate these sleepers which
will be leased to stage lines
throughout the country under q
! plan similar to that used by the
Pullman Company in leasing its
cars to the railroads.
Following the customer owner
ship program instituted q num-
Der of years ago by Chas. f.
Wren, president OF the Pickwick
Corporation, an Offering of pre-
ferred and common stock of the
new corporation has just been
made to the public through the
company's own securities de
partment.
The Nitecoach resembles moth
! ing afoat or ashore. Il has
every modern convenience and
supplies every comfort to its
passengers. Through an or.
rangement of interlocking apart
ments built on two decks, com
Portable sleeping and seating &C
Recommendations are provided for
twenty-six people.
Each compartment contains 2
deep air-cushioned seats, . dress
ling space with . seat and ample
standing room. A wash basin
with hot and cold running. water
is in every compartment, as is .
mirror. . space for baggage. and
q thermos jug of ice water. A
thick carpet is on the floor, and
each compartment is shut off
from the rest of the car with
heavy tapestry curtins.
At night the seats are made
into two full-sized berths with
soft air mattresses.
Each berth contains an indi
vidual reading lamp. A special
ventilating system, connected
with each compartment, washes
and purifies the air. cools it in
hot summer weather and warns
| it ia the winter, giving q com
Portable temperature at all times.
These ventilators can be regu
lated individually from the wall
of each compartment. A com,
pletely equipped lavatory is at
| the front end of each coach.
| Complete dining service is pro
vided on the Nitecoach. From
it's fully out6tted kitchen, meals
can be served at all times
| Great enthusiasm is being shown
over the unique feature of plac
ing the dining table in the pri
vacy of the passengers compart
partment.
The Nitecoach is of metal con
struction throughout, with re
inforced steel frame and body OF
duralumin. The windows are oi
shatter- proof glass. 1t is in
sulated against heat and cold,
and all-possible safety precau
tions are taken.
One of the most striking me
chanical features is the special
built complete unit" engine,
All instruments and controls. ia
cluding the engine, muff1sr, gear
shift, transmission, storage bat
terry and exhaust. pipe are mount
ed on one assembly. This entire
power plant is mounted or
wheels, and by loosening -four
bolts the entire assembly can be
lowered and wheeled away from
the coach. Another engine uni
can be rolled into place and in
stalled within twenty minutes.
A crew of three operates tht
Nitecoach; the driver, steward
and a porter.
The manufacturers are begin
ming quantity production of thes'
Nitecoaches upon the completion