Show a THE OPEN TOP CAR the very newest thing in mil railway way car architecture is a passenger pa car for f or steam roads built very much on the lines ot of the summer trolley car except that this car can open up the top as well as the bidos the car was built by iby the pullman company tor for the am tourist association ot of chicago and was intended as an observation car in iii the great canons of mountainous mountains could be enjoyed to the fullest extent would be from a car without s des or tcp the following season a coal or gondola car with board seats was attached to the american tourist association train aad and every traveler on that train climbed into it afterwards tha the mexican gov gor prohibited the carrying pas in freight cars and the coal 4 1 47 x k 1 14 1 1 et R A A OW V N I 1 I 1 kf 4 mexico the car was invented by reau campbell Oam the mexican traveler and came about as follows some years ago whan mr campbell was traveling through th great ta canon he had a seat eat on the side of the car next to the mountain the rocks of the cliff were within two fet of the window and of course he could get not even a gl apse of th canon as all the v endows on the tha other side of the car were taen up by the occupants of the adjo n ng seats de ter mined to view the magnificence of the canon mr campbell returned to lias las bancas canoas and through tae courtesy courtey of railway officials made the world famous ride on board nhat the super In ca led his trolley an op dpn n car with seats tor for eight persons and with this ride came the idea that the way the magnificence of mexico s car had to go then the building of a passenger car without a top was de aided on and the chil 1 til came in evolution troia from a work car to the coal car and to tha the consummation of itself the became famous and from an observation tion car went on duty as a pavilion by the sea and a root roof garden for it Is electric I 1 gated and has an outfit ot of chinese lanterns but the favor te is also remembered as a dining car of th ahr tropics attached to a special train that during meal hours could stand still or run just fast enough to secure a breeze and not raise a dust the Is the largest observation or dining car ever built there are s ats revers tile ble as in a coach for 68 deop e and when the tables are in place 56 persons may sit down to dinner |