. History of the city of Altoona and Blair county : including sketches of the shops of the Pennsylvania railroad co. . whatever may be the facilities of Mr. Pullman, it isimpossible for him either to construct or furnish cars more luxuriously 172 UISTORV OF ALTOONA AND BLAIll COUNTY. D. WYLIE, PRACTICAL MBER i Gss Fitter. AXn DEALER IX CIRCULATING BOILERS, BATH TUBS, Cast-iron Sinks, Urinals, Marble iSlaljs and Wasli Hasins. Hyilrants, Terra Cofta Pipe, ;i:^s Work for Waterand Steam. Gas 3Iacliine3, etc. Hot VYater and Steam CircLilatioix FOR GREENHOUSES AND CONSERVATORIES, Iron Pumps for d
. History of the city of Altoona and Blair county : including sketches of the shops of the Pennsylvania railroad co. . whatever may be the facilities of Mr. Pullman, it isimpossible for him either to construct or furnish cars more luxuriously 172 UISTORV OF ALTOONA AND BLAIll COUNTY. D. WYLIE, PRACTICAL MBER i Gss Fitter. AXn DEALER IX CIRCULATING BOILERS, BATH TUBS, Cast-iron Sinks, Urinals, Marble iSlaljs and Wasli Hasins. Hyilrants, Terra Cofta Pipe, ;i:^s Work for Waterand Steam. Gas 3Iacliine3, etc. Hot VYater and Steam CircLilatioix 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 inat the Lowest Rat^. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. No. 1108 Fourteenth Sti^eet, Altoona, Pa. HISTORY OF ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUNTY. 113 than those foi- him liy the Ponn.^ylvauia Railroad eoui-paiiy. The cost of a Pullnian car, l)o it a .sleepinj;, drawing-room,hotel, or parlor car, is from 814,000 to $10,000 ; 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 Pullnian generally made from \ellow pine; from poplar ; [losls and trucks from ash. Si.\;-\\ h(;el tiucks areused, with Wcslingliouse iiii brakes to check their movements. FREIGHT SHOP. In this department about three hundred and twenty men are atpresent employed, S.\\ skillful workmen. New freight cars, of what-ever kind, are not only manufactured here, but all the necessaiy re-pairs to those which have seen service are also made. All new carsand repaired cars are painted and lettered before being removed fromthe freight shop. 174 HISTORY OF ALTOONA AND BLAIR COUNTY. TIk; yellow pine used for car floovs is brouu^ht from Georgia, ku]i-poscd to he the best in the country; white pine, for roofing, fromMichigan ; oak from all points of the compass. We will here takeoccasion t(i remark that when a requisition for cars is
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