The story of the Pullman car . y every point in the country from whichor to which a person might desire to travel. Tooperate these cars an army of over ten thousand caremployees are required, while seven thousand moreare employed to keep the cars in repair, and main-tain them in a clean and sanitary condition. The Pullman Company maintains, in addition tothe great plant at Pullman, six repair shops situatedat various convenient points throughout the countrywhere cars are repaired and maintained in good con-dition. In 1916, a total of 5,115 cars were repairedat these various shops at a cost of
The story of the Pullman car . y every point in the country from whichor to which a person might desire to travel. Tooperate these cars an army of over ten thousand caremployees are required, while seven thousand moreare employed to keep the cars in repair, and main-tain them in a clean and sanitary condition. The Pullman Company maintains, in addition tothe great plant at Pullman, six repair shops situatedat various convenient points throughout the countrywhere cars are repaired and maintained in good con-dition. In 1916, a total of 5,115 cars were repairedat these various shops at a cost of over five milliondollars. Only by such rigid maintenance can thecars be kept in the almost invariably excellent con-dition in which they are found by the public. Years ago the wearied traveler wrapped his greatcoat about him for his midnight journey. Later afew sleeping cars of primitive construction pro-vided sheets and blankets which were stored in acupboard in the end of the car. As these were [146] Digitized by Microsoft®.
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