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Show railroad at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. after-noon. The Oregon Short Line Kail-road Kail-road company has Just had three new diners built by the Standard Pullman company, and tho first of these made Its appearance In Salt Lake City yesterday. yes-terday. It waa a magnificent car, the finest diner. In fact, which ever pulled Into this city. The three now cars have been especially es-pecially built for the St. Louis & Colorado Col-orado Limited, tho now through train between SL Louis and the Portland gateway, which will make Its initial run over the -tracks of the Wabash, Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company's lines on April 14. This win be one of the most magnificent trains which has ever been run through the" western part of the United States, and. in fact, as good as Is run over any road in the entire country. ' The new diners, a sample of which was Been In Salt Lake City Sunday, are simply .typical of the elegant equipment ot the new train. ' The numbers of the three new diners are 380, 361 and 362. These splendid new dining cars are seventy-two feet and six Inches long and are fitted with wide antl-telescop-ing vestibules, which aro -beautifully finished in polished birch. ' The interior inter-ior of the dining room' proper is finished fin-ished in solid mahogany and the kitchen kitch-en and pantry In oak. Each car contains con-tains five large and five small tables each of which are made or mahogany, as Is also the handsomely carved sideboard. side-board. The large tables seat tour people each and the small ones two, thus making tho seating capacity ot ouch car thirty people. The chairs are made of mahogany, with green leather seats and backs. The beautiful beauti-ful green leather makes a splendid contrast with the red mahogany nn-lshlug. nn-lshlug. The cars aro heated with the vapor heating system and are lighted by bith Pintsch gas and electricity. They cost tho Oregon Short Line company ? 18,000 each. In tho tront end ot each diner Is situated tho buffet, where a large supply of beer, fancy wines and other drinks are kept in store on ice. The buffet Is finished In mahogany mahog-any like the dinning room. Acroj from the buffet on the other side ot the car is the lavatory'. The pantry and kitchen are , located on the rear end of the car. One is almost astonished when he enters the kitchen of one of these new diners. The kitchen is a room about twelve feet . long and perhaps eigut feet wide. On one side of this room is situated the tables, while on the olher there is a large range with an immense boiler of heated water and I oe refrigerators wherein are kept all of the food. The ice Is put into the ic5 boxes from the top and the compartments com-partments where the food is kept opens up like small cupboards underneath- It is surprising how cold tho food can be kept in these refrlgerat-i"r& refrlgerat-i"r& when there is such an Immense heat from the range so near. Hooks and shelves are so arranged that every rooking utensil can easily be hung up where it will be handy. Like the kitchen, the pantry is equipped with all necessary hooks and shelves, and on each car Is a new set of dishes, knives, fork6 and spoons, table linen and so on. The handsome sideboard is fitted with a large plate glass mirror. The cars are made ot fteel and the outside appearance differs dif-fers but little from that of the standard stand-ard Pullman. Taking in everything, the new cars come as near reaching perfection as that point can be reached. reach-ed. The car which left Salt Lake on No. 7 Sunday afternoon was truly a revelation to a person who knew nothing noth-ing of the equipment of the most modern diners. HANDSOME DINING CARS FOR OREGON SHORT LfHE Salt Lake Tribune: Imagine one of the finest and most elegantly quipped quip-ped cafes In New York City being conveyed through the country on steel rolls and by a steam engine. Well, this is virtually what was seen coupled to tbe rear of No. 7, the Butte and Portland Express, which pulled out ot this city over the Oregon Short. LlnvJ |