The story of the Pullman car . Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® OPERATING THE PULLMAN CAR washed only at irregular intervals, it was a luckypassenger who found clean linen for his bed, andif he did not make up the bed himself, it was thebrakeman who provided this domestic service. Nat-urally no one thought of undressing for the night,and when the Pullman car was first introduced itwas necessary to print on the back of the tickets andin the employees rules book the warning that pas-sengers must not retire with their boots on. Today the Pullman Company to provide cleanlinen nightl
The story of the Pullman car . Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® OPERATING THE PULLMAN CAR washed only at irregular intervals, it was a luckypassenger who found clean linen for his bed, andif he did not make up the bed himself, it was thebrakeman who provided this domestic service. Nat-urally no one thought of undressing for the night,and when the Pullman car was first introduced itwas necessary to print on the back of the tickets andin the employees rules book the warning that pas-sengers must not retire with their boots on. Today the Pullman Company to provide cleanlinen nightly for each passenger, keeps on hand1,858,178 sheets, which are valued at $980,,and 1,403,354 pillow slips worth $186, Inthe twelve months ending April 27, 1916, over twohundred thousand sheets, valued at over one hundredthousand dollars, and nearly two hundred thousandpillow cases, valued at over twenty thousand dol-lars, were condemned. And during the same period108,492,359 pieces of linen, including both sheet
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