Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1914 — DINERS FOR TROOP TRAINS [ARTICLE]

DINERS FOR TROOP TRAINS

Canadian Railroads Make, Elaborate Preparation for the Transport of Soldiers. •* t . *■— ' ■ ;s,'i \ ' ,VCanadians are making thorough preparation for their part of the European war. They are reorganizing themselves upon a military basis at home and one of the latest wartime innovations is the newly constructed and commissioned war dining car. These cars have been put into service on the various dominion railroads for the purpose of serving meals in connection with the transport of troops. This typeof car is called a kitchen car. The war diner, or the kitchen car, is equipped with a spacious refrigerator and butcher shop at one end and a combination pantry and pastry room at the other, with the kitchen in the middle. The kitchen installation includes a coal range, a steam roaster, two soup kettles and four steam cookers. The steam utensils are operated by live steam generated in a vertical boiler with which each car is equipped. Each of these cars Is planned for the feeding of 1,000 men, three times a 4ay. They can be stocked with ed-

Ibles sufficient for long stretches.' Boxes for holding vegetables are placed under the cars. The coal box is so arranged that it extends to the roof and it is filled from a trap. The floors are covered with heavy galvanized iron sheeting. There are three large water tanks under the floor of the car operated by air pressure in addition to those tanks overhead. The war diner is said to be an improvement even upon the German method.