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. Book of the Royal blue . THE IllNINU r.\K. improvement and appliance, including wide vestibules with anti-telescopingdevice, empire deck, steam heat, Pintsch gas, air-pressure water system; eachwith a capacity of thirty-four seats. The unusually large space devoted to the ladies dressing rooms is anovel feature of the car. They are most beautifully furnished in dark olivegreen, the ceilings decorated to correspond; and are provided with dressers on each side of which are large plate-glass mirrors; whilst in one corner isa bookcase, and in another a stationary washstand, with cozy corner seat
. Book of the Royal blue . THE IllNINU r.\K. improvement and appliance, including wide vestibules with anti-telescopingdevice, empire deck, steam heat, Pintsch gas, air-pressure water system; eachwith a capacity of thirty-four seats. The unusually large space devoted to the ladies dressing rooms is anovel feature of the car. They are most beautifully furnished in dark olivegreen, the ceilings decorated to correspond; and are provided with dressers on each side of which are large plate-glass mirrors; whilst in one corner isa bookcase, and in another a stationary washstand, with cozy corner rooms were especially designed for the comfort and privacy of ladypatrons. The parlor observation cars — Jupiter, Mercury and Neptune —are of the same general appearance as the parlor cars, except that the. THE OBSKliVATION BlFFET CAK. observation ends are recessed with deep platforms. The full seating capacityof each of these cars is thirty-three, including fourteen chairs in theobservation rooms. The parlors are finished in vermilion, richly inlaid; theceilings in blue and aluminum, and the chairs upholstered in royal observation rooms are finished in Circassian walnut, exquisitely inlaid;the chairs upholstered in olive green leather; the ceilings of red and gold. the general design being Italian renaissance. Each car is provided withwriting desk and material and the prominent illustrated weeklies — a verypractical convenience to the traveler. The buffet smokers are most attractive to business men. They areprovided with detached wicker chairs, tables and tabourettes, and suppliedwith choicest wines, liquors and cigars. ■T5-J--V
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