Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — It Costs to Run Cars. [ARTICLE]

It Costs to Run Cars.

Dining oars are generally run at a loss and are attached to trains simply as a a matter of attraction. A steward, four cooks and five waiters are attached to each car. The food costs SI,OOO to $1,500 a month. It costs from $16,000 to $22,000 a year to run one of these cars, exclusive of the wear and tear on the property and incidentals. In some places, and particularly In the South, sleepers are also run at a loss. A Bleeping car leaving New York for Chicago is supplied with 120 sheets, 120 pillow slips and 120 towels. The washing Is done in different cities, and is given out at the low rate of $1 per lot pieces. An equipment of linen, whici lasts a year, is purchased in amounts ot $50,000 worth at a time. One company, for 700 cars, uses every thirty days, 2,400 dozen cakes of toilet soap, 1,20* dozen boxes of matches, 35 dozen haii brushes, 50 dozen whisks, 60 dozen combs, and a vast number of sponger and feather dusters. Porters receive from S3O to SSO a month.