. History of the city of Altoona and Blair County : including sketches of the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. . asan illustration, whatever may be the facilities of Mr. Pullman, it isimpossible for him either to construct or furnish cars more luxuriously n2 HISTORY OF ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUNTY. D. WYLIE, PRACTICAL \-j H j^ f -( H AND DEALEll IN CIRCULATING BOILERS, BATH TUBS . CAST-IRON Sinks, Urinals, Marble .Slabs ami Wash Basins. Hydrants, Terra Cotta Pipe, Brass Work for Water and Steam, Gas Machines, etc. Hot Water and Steam Circiilation FOR GREENHOUSES AND CONSERVATORIES, Iron Pump
. History of the city of Altoona and Blair County : including sketches of the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. . asan illustration, whatever may be the facilities of Mr. Pullman, it isimpossible for him either to construct or furnish cars more luxuriously n2 HISTORY OF ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUNTY. D. WYLIE, PRACTICAL \-j H j^ f -( H AND DEALEll IN CIRCULATING BOILERS, BATH TUBS . CAST-IRON Sinks, Urinals, Marble .Slabs ami Wash Basins. Hydrants, Terra Cotta Pipe, Brass Work for Water and Steam, Gas Machines, etc. Hot Water and Steam Circiilation FOR GREENHOUSES AND CONSERVATORIES, Iron Pumps for deep and shallow wells, fitted up and set. Old Gas-Fixtures Cleaned and Rebronzed. Hydrant and Water Pipe put in at the Lowest Rates. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. ]:^[o. 1108 Fourteenth Street, Altoona, Pa. HISTORY OF ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUNTY. n3 than those constructed for him In the Pennsylvania Tlailroad com-pany. The cost of a Pulhnan car, l)e it a sleeping, drawing--room,hotel, or parlor car, is from $14,000 to $16,000; for a first-class pas-senger car, $5,000; and for an ordinary second-class car, $2, INTERIOR OF PARLOR CAR. The frame-work of a Pullman is generally made from yellow pine;panels from poplar ; posts and trucks from ash. Six-wheel trucks , with Westinghouse air brakes to check their movements. FREIGHT SHOP. In this department about three hundred and twenty men are atpresent employed, all skillful workmen. Xew freight cars, of what-ever kind, are not only manufactured here, but all the necessary re-]iairs to those which have seen service are also made. All new carsand repaired cars are painted and lettered before being removed fromthe freight shop. 114 HISTORY OF ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUNTY. The yellow pine used for car floors is brought from Georgia, sup-posed to be the best in the country ; white pine, for roofing, fromMichigan ; oak from all points of the compass. We will here takeoccasion to remark that >\hen a requisition for cars is receive
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