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A Palace For Peddlers

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
July
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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The United States llolliug Stock Com?any, at their shops in Chicago, are get;ing up wlint way be calle;} a new deMrturo. Tliis is a palace ary-gób3s c;ir, o bo nsed ou railroads by dealers in dry gooJs, carryiDg samples along as well as stock to bo delivei'üil when sold. This car is Bixty feet long, not including j)latrjrms at oich end, cir Kixtv-live feet long over all ; is :. uiltas light as poBsible, and yet is strong. The eonstruction of the Dody is vory simple, javing only two argc windows on each sido for lighting isnrposes, but at eaeh ead there is to bo i stateioom for the travoling mereharts X) o"cuiy niglits or days while on the road. These ftaferooms i re lighted by :hrec small windows catOi. ïhe iii3ide of ihe car was not íinished for use, eo we oaundt teil juist how it is to be arranged, but oo doubt poriyeiiient forthepurpose. Tliis car has a sub collar, as they cali it, between the foro and aft trucks, where inay be storod large quantities oí domestic goods while iu transit, and it has what may be callee! a mansard roof, or doublé deck, for light and vontüat'on, giving it the appearance of a sleepingcar, except the finish. Tiiis is a new cnterprise, aud it remíiinH to be seen, apon trial, if it shall prove n suceessful oue. -

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Old News
Michigan Argus