. Railway master mechanic [microform] . itions of car design have been de-parted from in this section so that it presents the ap-pearance of a room in a house rather than a subdivisionof a car. The extent to which this is true may be hadby reference to the photo-engraving. At the rear endof the room is a table for books and papers and overthe latter is a large oval muror set in an ivory colonialframe, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and the book case andwriting desk is in the opposite corner, as previouslymentioned. To the rear of the parlor, entry to which is hadthrough a swinging door at the extre
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . itions of car design have been de-parted from in this section so that it presents the ap-pearance of a room in a house rather than a subdivisionof a car. The extent to which this is true may be hadby reference to the photo-engraving. At the rear endof the room is a table for books and papers and overthe latter is a large oval muror set in an ivory colonialframe, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and the book case andwriting desk is in the opposite corner, as previouslymentioned. To the rear of the parlor, entry to which is hadthrough a swinging door at the extreme left, is thesmoking and observation room, which is 16 ft. 6 This room is, as its name implies, largely madeup of windows, and is provided with the same formof easy chair as the parlor compartment, ten being fur-nished. The wide corner seat is luxuriously upholsteredwith a convenient small, round table. The observationroom, as is the whole car, is hansomely carpeted andhas an aisle strip in addition. The observation room is. Pig. 5—Parlor Compartment—C. G. W. Ry. 28 RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC January, 1904
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