. The story of the Pullman car . ■ mmm mnAsm uwemm CHICAGOA. C. McCLURG & CO. 1917 Copyright A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1917 Publisbed May, 1917 W. f. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO ToGeorge ilorttmtr ^uUman ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE many books from which infor-mation was drawn for the preparationof this volume the author wishes to makeparticular acknowledgment to ^he ModernRailroad, by Mr. Edward Hungerford, tothe article Railway Passenger Travel, byMr. Horace Porter, published in ScribnefsMagazine, September, 1888; and to Contem-porary American Biography, as well as to themany newspapers and magazines
. The story of the Pullman car . ■ mmm mnAsm uwemm CHICAGOA. C. McCLURG & CO. 1917 Copyright A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1917 Publisbed May, 1917 W. f. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO ToGeorge ilorttmtr ^uUman ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE many books from which infor-mation was drawn for the preparationof this volume the author wishes to makeparticular acknowledgment to ^he ModernRailroad, by Mr. Edward Hungerford, tothe article Railway Passenger Travel, byMr. Horace Porter, published in ScribnefsMagazine, September, 1888; and to Contem-porary American Biography, as well as to themany newspapers and magazines from whosefiles information and extracts have been freelydrawn. J. H. Chicago, April, 1917 CONTENTS Chapter Page I The Birth of Railroad Transportation . I II The Evolution of the Sleeping Car ... 19 III The Rise of a Great Industry 39 IV The Pullman Car in Europe 61 V The Survival of the Fittest 73 VI The Town of Pullman 89 VII Inventions and Improvements 99 VIII How the Cars are Made 123 IX The Operation of the Pul
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