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Excerpt from Reports of Committees and Discussions Thereon, Vol. 3: Excursion Appendix; Narrative of the Tour of the Delegates Through the United States; Together With Description of Places Visited, and Reports of Addresses Delivered The next in order was the Pullman vestibule dining car Windsor. This car was used exclusively for the preparation and service of meals. The kitchen occupied about one-third of the interior space, but it was so arranged and separated from the main saloon that no odors of the cooking were allowed to penetrate the dining-hall. A chef and four assistants presided over the range, and five white jacketed waiters preformed the bidding of the guests. There were store-rooms chilled by cold air, refrigerating wine closets, linen lockers, plate and china chests, and all the conveniences requisite for the providing, preparing, and serving of bounteous meals. The car contained ten tables, with a seating capacity for forty persons simultaneously. The interior was very attractive, the finishing being oak and the tint of the drap ing olive-green. A uniformed official, called the dining car conductor, who was really the steward, had charge of this car. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.