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"The discarded railway carriage shown in the photograph has had an
eventful career. After being drawn at the end of freight trains over
thousands of miles of the Erie Railroad tracks it was finally condemned
and sent to the graveyard, where cars of this character meet an
ignominious end--they being chopped up for firewood. But after it had
been sent to what was thought would be its last resting-place, Lieut.
Peary, the well-known Arctic explorer, asked the Erie Railroad officials
if they could loan him a discarded carriage for use on his ship
_Windward_. This carriage was accordingly selected, and it was placed on
the deck of the _Windward_, where it was fitted up as a cabin. The
journeys of this carriage, therefore, instead of being at an end had
really only begun, for it was destined to make the longest trip in its
history. It remained on board the _Windward_ throughout the perilous
trip to the Frozen North, and returned with the ship to New York a
little over a year ago. Lieut. Peary having no further use for it sent
it back to the Erie Railroad, and it is now an object of curiosity at
Shohola Glen, Pike County, Pa., a popular excursion resort on the line
of the Erie Railroad."--Mr. Adolph A. Langer, 116, Danforth Avenue,
Jersey City, N. J.