The story of the Pullman car . r intervals increases in pay are awardedwith respect to the number of years of continuousand satisfactory employment. One characteristic of the Pullman business that ispeculiarly significant is the average length of serviceof the employees. In a general way it may trulybe said that from the car porter to the highest officialevery man who enters the business enters it as a lifework. In most lines of business there is a varietyof concerns operating along similar lines, and it isa natural step for a man to pass up from one com-pany to another. But the unique positio
The story of the Pullman car . r intervals increases in pay are awardedwith respect to the number of years of continuousand satisfactory employment. One characteristic of the Pullman business that ispeculiarly significant is the average length of serviceof the employees. In a general way it may trulybe said that from the car porter to the highest officialevery man who enters the business enters it as a lifework. In most lines of business there is a varietyof concerns operating along similar lines, and it isa natural step for a man to pass up from one com-pany to another. But the unique position held bythe Pullman Company has eliminated such a situa-tion, and a man entering its employ looks forwardto a personal development in this one concern. During the half-century which has seen the sureand perfect development of this vast and compli-cated organization it is but natural to expect amongthe names of those who have guided its destiny manythat must rank high in the business history of theh56] Digitized by Microsoft®. JOHN S. RUNNELLSPresident of the Pullman Company Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® OPERATING THE PULLMAN CAR country. A glance at the list of past and presentDirectors of the company confirms the are the names of men who have found highplaces in a variety of business activities not only inChicago but in other great cities. The list includes: George M. Pull- Marshall Field Frederick W. man J. W. Doane Vanderbilt John Crerar H. C. Hulbert Webb Norman Williams O. S. A. Sprague Robert T. Lincoln Robert Harris Henry R. Reed Frank Thomas A. Scott Norman B. Ream John J. Mitchell Amos T. Hall William K. Van- Chauncey Keep C. G. Hammond derbilt George F. Baker J. P. Morgan John S. Runnells John A. Spoor In this same period but three men have occupiedthe office of president: George M. Pullman, thefounder of the company, who held office from 1867,the year of incorporation, until his death in 1897,and Robert T. Linc
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