The story of the Pullman car . he new upperberth construction made it possible to pack away byday the entire bedding, mattresses, curtains, andpartitions necessary to convert each section into adouble sleeping apartment. With this simple mechanical innovation the in-ventor combined an idea characterized by a breadthof vision that ranks with the great ideas of the cen-tury. In few words, he conceived the thought thatit would be possible at one stroke to supplant theinadequate and inefficient service of the day with anew service so complete in its comforts and con-veniences that no one might exp
The story of the Pullman car . he new upperberth construction made it possible to pack away byday the entire bedding, mattresses, curtains, andpartitions necessary to convert each section into adouble sleeping apartment. With this simple mechanical innovation the in-ventor combined an idea characterized by a breadthof vision that ranks with the great ideas of the cen-tury. In few words, he conceived the thought thatit would be possible at one stroke to supplant theinadequate and inefficient service of the day with anew service so complete in its comforts and con-veniences that no one might express a wish that theservice might be unable to fulfill. It is interesting, in passing, to consider the factthat up to the development of the Pullman car,night trains were patronized exclusively by men, forno woman would have considered subjecting herselfto the inconvenience and lack of privacy of theordinary sleeping car. The development of the Pull-man car and Pullman service made continuous day [ioo] Digitized by Microsoft®. View of machine section. Steel Erecting Shops fkja ? / ..-:€^^Mll lllll HIM 11 ^L •- *-*, i U»»<£i2-*,F - M6k~ g^:?i?s^|^|v|j| a* * * Sis-ji—? * ...ss^s^? * 5SIeII?§1 Fitting up the steel car underfrarne. Steel Erecting Shops Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS and night travel practical for women and children;it created the comforts and privacies they naturallyrequired. To be sure it was several years before thenew order of things received general recognition, butthe public quickly caught on. Travel by Pullman soon became a popular diversion. The story of the early years of the Pullman sleep-ing car has been told in the foregoing chapters. Duein large measure to the comfort and convenience ofthe cars, continuous travel lengthened, and at oncearose the necessity for eating as well as sleepingaccommodations on the through long-distance trains. For a number of years foreign travelers in Americahad prai
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