. Electric railway journal . ee urn, a combina-tion sink with hot and cold water, etc. Thus the roadis prepared to give a dining car service which will com-pare favorably with that offered on competing steam lines. The diner will take care of twenty-four peopleat one sitting. When operated as a parlor car a charge of 25 centsa seat regardless of the distance traveled will be favors the through traffic, which is the class ofbusiness for which the company is now making a specialbid in connection with its one hour and fifty-six-minutelimited service between Evanston and Milwaukee. Nofar
. Electric railway journal . ee urn, a combina-tion sink with hot and cold water, etc. Thus the roadis prepared to give a dining car service which will com-pare favorably with that offered on competing steam lines. The diner will take care of twenty-four peopleat one sitting. When operated as a parlor car a charge of 25 centsa seat regardless of the distance traveled will be favors the through traffic, which is the class ofbusiness for which the company is now making a specialbid in connection with its one hour and fifty-six-minutelimited service between Evanston and Milwaukee. Nofare register is provided in the combination diner andparlor cars. The train conductor is held responsiblefor the collection of fares on the car, while the parlorcar conductor takes the seat fares. When the car oper-ates as a diner this conductor serves as stewardof the dining car and is responsible for the dining serv-ice and the reports of all articles and meals sold. Heis also a regular conductor in the companys service, and. INTERIOR OF CAR ARRANGED FOR PARLOR CAR SERVICE hence is familiar with all operating details. This ar-rangement was adopted since it costs only a few centsan hour more to have a regular conductor than toprovide simply a trainman on the parlor or dining carin accordance with the Interstate Commerce Commis-sions requirements. With the exception of the interior arrangement thedesign and equipment of the three new dining cars ispractically identical with the standard steel cars previ-ously in use by this company. These three diners arepart of an order for fifteen cars of the same generaldesign, which includes five passenger cars with a smok-ing compartment and seven combination baggage andpassenger cars, all built by the Jewett Car Company. The dining cars are 56 ft. long over all and 8 ft. 8 This comparatively narrow design was madenecessary in order that the cars might ultimately beoperated over the elevated structure into Chicago. Forthe same reaso
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