At this point it is interesting to note that the first "hotel car," the "President," was put in service by the Pullman Company in 1867 on the Great Western Railroad of Canada. The hotel car was a combination car, in reality a sleeping car with a kitchen built in at one end. The meals were served at tables placed in the sections. To the Pullman Company, accordingly, must be accorded the credit of first supplying to the public the service of meals on board a train. The success of the "President" led to the immediate construction of the "Western World" and its sister car "Kalamazoo." These cars, however, must not be confused with the dining car which was later developed from the "hotel car" by the Pullman Company, and to which the "hotel cars" rapidly gave place. The _Detroit Commercial Advertiser_ of June 1, 1867, comments: But the crowning glory of Mr. Pullman's invention is evinced in his success in supplying the car with a cuisine department containing a range where every variety of meats, vegetables and pastry may be cooked on the car, according to the best style of culinary art. The following bill of fare illustrates the variety of edibles provided on this celebrated excursion. MENU OYSTERS Raw 50 Fried and Roast 60 COLD Beef Tongue, Sugar-cured Ham, Pressed Corned Beef, Sardines 40 Chicken Salad, Lobster Salad 50 BROILED Beefsteak, with Potatoes 60 Mutton Chops, with Potatoes 60 Ham, with Potatoes 50 EGGS Boiled, Fried, Scrambled, Omelette Plain 40 Omelette with Rum 50 _Chow-Chow, Pickles_ Welsh Rarebit 50 French Coffee 25 Tea 25 The excursion party left Chicago on April 8, 1867, and comfortably established in the "Western World" arrived in Detroit the following day. At Detroit the river was crossed on the "great iron ferry boat," the first company of passengers that ever passed from Chicago to Canada without change of cars. On the new third rail of the Great Western, a speed of forty miles was often maintained for considerable periods. "The cars were decorated with American and British flags, symbolizing the union which is destined to take place between the United States and Canada. A train has just rolled by, the engine and passenger cars on the broad gauge, and freight cars from the East on the narrow gauge." So goes the journal of one of the passengers.