Scribner's magazine . side of the car runs the narrowaisle from end to end, and the com-partments open into this by glazeddoors and have windows also lookingon to the aisle, so that the occupantsof the seats can see out both sides andget about as much light as in an ordi-nary compartment. The dining-cars of the first-classhave centre aisles, with one seat oneach side, two seats facing with a smalltable between. In the third - classthere are two seats on one side of theaisle and one on the other. The carshave end lavatories and are connectedby vestibules. They are lighted bycompressed gas, and
Scribner's magazine . side of the car runs the narrowaisle from end to end, and the com-partments open into this by glazeddoors and have windows also lookingon to the aisle, so that the occupantsof the seats can see out both sides andget about as much light as in an ordi-nary compartment. The dining-cars of the first-classhave centre aisles, with one seat oneach side, two seats facing with a smalltable between. In the third - classthere are two seats on one side of theaisle and one on the other. The carshave end lavatories and are connectedby vestibules. They are lighted bycompressed gas, and pretty well light-ed. They are supposed to be heatedby hot water circulation, the waterheated (on the North Western) by agas arrangement. The guards are in-structed to keep the temperature at 60°F., but on a February day it w^as aslow as 48° F. in Scotland, and rose to55° F. as we went south, and was prob-ably not more than 5° F. above theoutside temperature. But at 55° F. Itook off my overcoat, like an English-. A Dog Box. man, and was, without affectation, com-fortable. The upholstering is, as is usual withEnglish cars, excellent ; the backs ofthe seats rise a little higher than oneshead and the cars are altogether mostcomfortable. To one used to the splen-dor of the Pullman cars they seem se-verely plain, but they are all the betterfor that ; they are in better taste, andthe tax on the railroad comj)anies andon the community is less, for the splen-dors have to be paid for. The operation of the dining-cars ispeculiar in that one may take his seatfor the whole journey. The advantageto him is that he is sure of a roomyseat to himself all the journey, if hegoes first-class, and he is in an opencar. The disadvantages are that he isliable to be asked to give up his seatw^iile some passenger from one of thecompartment-cars dines, and that hesees the process of setting and clear-ing the tables. The first disadvantagemight be serious in the busy season ;the second is really trif
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