. Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition . he season affords, glancing now and then outof the broad windows at the countrv throug-h which the train 20 is gliding at a speed which, so easily does it move, you can-not begin to realize. Already you have crossed the meadows where are situated the railroad companys repair shops, freight buildings, and coal- o-:^-;..- . ., ing platforms ; you have . y crossed the Passaic River / four miles from where itempties into Newark Bay,and are whirling throughthe city of Newarkitself, the first cityin point of popula-tion and wealth inNew Jersey. B
. Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition . he season affords, glancing now and then outof the broad windows at the countrv throug-h which the train 20 is gliding at a speed which, so easily does it move, you can-not begin to realize. Already you have crossed the meadows where are situated the railroad companys repair shops, freight buildings, and coal- o-:^-;..- . ., ing platforms ; you have . y crossed the Passaic River / four miles from where itempties into Newark Bay,and are whirling throughthe city of Newarkitself, the first cityin point of popula-tion and wealth inNew Jersey. Before Elizabethis reached you haveyour luncheon be-fore you, but youstop eating for amoment to look atwhat w^as the firstEnglish settlementin the State, andwhat is now one ofthe chief suburbanresidence places ofNew York. Rah-way, another man-ufacturing town,flashes by, andthen, just as you have finished eating, and are thinking aboutan after-luncheon cigar, the Raritan River glimmers beneathyou, and the train dashes into New Brunswick and out DINING CAR. 21 giving you just a peep at the stately old buildings and verdantcampus of Rutgers College, which was chartered by KingGeorge III., of England, in 1770—Queens College then, ofcourse—and of several mills and factories, the roofs of whichare on a level with the car windows. Smoking car, sir I Yes, ^ ^ - sir ! Next car forward, sir I ^ If you were suddenlyset down in your ownclub you could notbe more snugly en-sconced than you arein this warm-coloredroom, with its low,so ft ly-cushionedwicker chairs, its vel-vet couch, its writing-desks, its book-cases,and its square tablesladen with the morningnewspapers and the cur-rent periodical litera-ture. Beyond the cur-tained door-way yonderis the buffet, with whichyou can communicate bym^eans of an electric buttonalways at hand, and from whichyou can procure whatever youmay desire in the way of liquid re-freshments or cigars. Beyond this is the barber shop, fromwhich entrance
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