Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1910 — Brass Beds on the Train. [ARTICLE]

Brass Beds on the Train.

Sleeping cars which have brttss beds and every toilet convenience except a bathtub are the newest luxury in travel offered by a leading eastern railroad. Each sleeping car containing the beds is divided into seven apartments,, and each apartment is as large and luxuriously furnished as a private, room in a private car. A new ventilating device gives a supply of fresh, air. Some of the apartments are connected so that they may be occupied, as suites, just as in a hotel or club. Each apartment contains two chairs and a drop table. Opening off ’each apartment is a toilet .annex with washstand, mirror and dresser shelf. There Is also a complete dresser in the apartment. Each room is lighted by electricity and gas and has ani electric fan.