. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ut the predictions made for itnearly two years ago, and the successfuloutcome has impelled Master Car Builder he concluded that radical improvementswere needed in sleeping cars to makethem what they ought to be. Althoughnot reared in the lap of luxury, Mr. Pull-man had extremely luxurious he devoted himself to the buildingof sleeping cars, his consuming desirewas to make something better than any-thing that had been produced before, andhis whole career was dominated by thatsentiment. The firs
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ut the predictions made for itnearly two years ago, and the successfuloutcome has impelled Master Car Builder he concluded that radical improvementswere needed in sleeping cars to makethem what they ought to be. Althoughnot reared in the lap of luxury, Mr. Pull-man had extremely luxurious he devoted himself to the buildingof sleeping cars, his consuming desirewas to make something better than any-thing that had been produced before, andhis whole career was dominated by thatsentiment. The first two sleeping carswhich he made, by changing two daycars belonging to the Chicago & AltonRailroad, were models of comfort com-pared with anytliing previously put intoservice. The first car which he had built asa sleeping car was a marvel of luxury,convenience and comfort, and is not muchbehind any of the most modern sleepingcars. He raised the roof of the car tomake room for a comfortable upper berth,and widened the car so that the stationplatforms had to be cut off to let ljMinAiye Eitgiiii^iring UNION IACIFIC DUST GU.\KD. Loatbcr.^.^thkk Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, N. J. Appleyard to investigate the cost andwearing qualities of other sheet metals,notably aluminum and also aluminumbronze. If it is a fact that the cost of sheathinga coach with copper is not materiallygreater than that of the work done in thepaint shop, there are some possibilities ofa substantial cut in expenses, and that, too,in a direction that gives about the leastreturn for the money invested of any ofthe many drains on railroad earnings. ^ % ^ Pullmans First Ride In a Sleeper. Shortly after the sleeping cars were in-troduced on the Lake Shore Railway,George M. Pullman, who was brought upin New York State, determined to goWest. He concluded to indulge in theluxury of a sleeping-car berth, and wasassigned to the top part of a section. Helay there trying to hold on. until he wasworn out,
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