INDEX

Berth construction, Mr. Pullman's new and radical, 99, 100

Boudoir cars, the Mann, introduced in Europe, 64, 81

Bygone Days in Chicago, its story of the locating of the Pullman shops, 91

Chicago Tribune, the, eulogy of the first Pullman cars, 46

Cleaning the cars, 152-154

Colebrookdale Iron Works, cast the first rails, 4

Construction of Pullman cars, 123-129

Detroit Commercial Advertiser, the, comments of, on the hotel car, 49

Dining car, the first designed by Mr. Pullman, 52; he constructs "The Delmonico," 104; railroads adopt the, 104; its operation given up by the Pullman Company, 105

Electric lighting of cars, 112-119; in England, 113-118

England, introduction of Pullman cars in, 61-63; reception of cars in, 66; "The Pullman Limited Express," 68, 69; electric lighting of Pullman cars in, 113-118

Erie railroad, gets the through Pullman service, 78, 79, 82

Europe, the Pullman car in, 61-69

Flower Sleeping Car Company, 81

Gates Sleeping Car Company, competitor of the Pullman Company, 75

Gauge, railway, standardized, 48

Heating, early, 22, 31; by locomotive steam, 119

Hotel cars, the first in service, 49, 50, 52, 103; give way to the diner, 104

Illinois Journal, the, comments on the first Pullman cars, 45

Illinois State Register, the, describes the new type of car, 43, 44

Knight car, used on eastern roads, 80

Lighting, 31, 112; the Pintsch light, 82, 112; electric, 112-119

Linen, requirements to supply the cars, 147-149

Locomotive, the beginnings of the, 5-9; the American, 11, 12

London Telegraph, the, comments on the dining car, 67; on the introduction of electric lighting in Pullman cars, 115, 116

Mann Boudoir Car Company, incorporated, 81; acquired by the Pullman Company, 83

Mann, Colonel, designs a sleeping car, 63; his "boudoir cars" installed in Europe, 64; his Company acquired by the Pullman Company, 83

Monarch Sleeping Car Company, competitor of the Pullman Company, 84

Napoleon's field carriage, 2, 3

Operation of the Pullman car, the, 133-158

Parlor car, or reclining chair car, the first, 58

Porter, the, of the Pullman car, 155, 156

Presidents and directors of the Pullman Company, 157

Pullman, A. B., assistant of his brother, George M., 47

Pullman car, the first actual, 32-34; rise of the great industry, 39-58; first trip of, to the Pacific coast, 53, 54; first through train from Atlantic to Pacific, 54-57; in Europe, 61-69; shop for making, established in Turin, 65; reception of in England, 66-69; imitation of, and competition from others, 73-85; acquires the Mann and Woodruff companies, 83; wins suits against the Wagner Company, 85; rapid expansion of business, 89; locates new shops at Chicago, 89-93; berth construction for, 99, 100; vestibuled trains of, 106-111; electric lighting in, 112-119; heating of, by locomotive steam, 119; how the cars are made, 123-129; the first all-steel, 123ff.; trucks for, 126; fittings, 128; operation of the, 133-158; travel distances possible for, 136-139, 146; tickets sold yearly, 140; linen required for, 147-149; other furnishings for, 149-151; cleaning, 152-154; the working force, 154; the porters, 155

Pullman, George M., birth and early years, 24, 25; first activities in Chicago, 26, 27; first sleeping-car work, 28-32; his first Pullman car, 32-34; the second car, 40; incorporates the Pullman Palace Car Company, 47; his purpose, 48; introduces the hotel car, 49; the first dining car, 52; visits England, 61; installs his cars there, 62, 66-69; establishes shop at Turin, 65; puts vestibule trains in operation, 84; locates new shops at Chicago, 89-93; builds town of Pullman, 93-95; his radical changes in berth construction, 99, 100; introduces the dining car, 103-105; invents the vestibule for trains, 106-110; his vision and achievement, 135, 158; president of the company till his death, 157

Pullman Palace Car Company, incorporated, 47; establishes shops in Detroit, 57; its business, 137, 140, 141; list of directors and presidents, 157

Pullman, The Story of, quoted, 94, 95

Pullman, the town of, 89-95

Railroad Gazette, the, on electric lighting of trains, 113

Railroad restaurants, the oldtime service, 101-103

Railroad transportation, birth of, 1-15

Rails, the first iron, 4

Railway Review, the, describes vestibuled trains, 109, 110; on trial of electric lighting in English trains, 116-118

Railways, the first in England, 4-7; in America, 7-15; change gauge to suit Pullman cars, 48

Reclining chair car, or parlor car, the first, 58

Repairs and repair shops, 146

Sleeping car, the evolution of the, 19-35; the early, 22, 23, 99; Mr. Pullman's first, 28-32; rise of the industry, 39-58

Stagecoach, the English, 2-4, 6

Steel, the first all-, Pullman cars, 123ff.

Stephenson, George and Robert, and the first steam engines, 5, 7, 9

Trans-Continental, the paper published by Pullman car tourists in 1870, 54

Transportation, birth of railroad, 1-15

Trevithick, Richard, experiments with steam locomotive, 5

Trucks, the, used for Pullman cars, 126

"Twenty minutes for dinner," failure of the system of, 102, 103

Vanderbilts, back the Wagner car, 76, 77, 84, 85

Vestibule invented, 106, 107; vestibuled trains in service, 109; trial trip, 110; welcomed in Mexico, 111

Wagner Palace Car Company, competitor of the Pullman Company, 76-79, 84; loses to the Pullman Company, 85

Wagner, Webster, founder of the Wagner Palace Car Company, 76

Woodruff sleeping car, 81; acquired by the Pullman Company, 83