. Book of the Royal blue . l;l:l|i be recomniciulfd tu otliers. The parlor carshad an air of prosperity about them; thebuffet car reminded one of his chib; theobservation car suggested luxurious leisure,and the dining car, well, that was some-thing out of the ordinary. There are severalbig hotels in the country that are highlyreputed for their excellent cuisine and serv-ice, but the dining-car service of the Balti-more & Ohio l{;iilroad is their e(|ual in every detail. A most beautiful car it was in thefirst place: the individual electric candelabraat each table with its sombre red shad
. Book of the Royal blue . l;l:l|i be recomniciulfd tu otliers. The parlor carshad an air of prosperity about them; thebuffet car reminded one of his chib; theobservation car suggested luxurious leisure,and the dining car, well, that was some-thing out of the ordinary. There are severalbig hotels in the country that are highlyreputed for their excellent cuisine and serv-ice, but the dining-car service of the Balti-more & Ohio l{;iilroad is their e(|ual in every detail. A most beautiful car it was in thefirst place: the individual electric candelabraat each table with its sombre red shade dif-fusing a soft light on the spotless linen, thedainty china and glass, the bright silver, thef|uiet but prompt service, and most of allthe appetising viands, indeed suggested thehotel, in honor of which the car was the bottom of the menu card was thelegend,Meals one dollar. My only regret r;. Mil. ill 1 I >.\ ruK OHSEUV.\TION ,C.\U THE ROYAL ROAD TO NEW YORK. was that the car wasnt to be side trackedin New York for my personal patronage. Tlie lights of the swift |)assing townsbespoke the passage through thickly-settledNew Jersey, and a few minutes later thedistant lights oi tlie great nietropolis ap-peared : then across tlie two-mile bridge overNewark Bay, with the hulls of variousshipping lying sullen in the rippling water,with only their signal lamps sliowing, andConiinunipaw, the old Dutch settlement,better known now as Jersey City, wasreached at exacth 7. tS P. M.
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