Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-22

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thorough as~eertainment of all the facts in
the case, as he supposed, completed his
work. The directors were gratifed, and
the cars had been on the road perhaps a
week. when the Snnerintendent Wss wait
ed on by a very gentlemanly person who
introduced himself as an agent of the
Central Transportation Company. He
was received with courtesy and invited to
a seat. After the necessary discussion of
the weather and the crops, the polite visi-
tor intimated that he was authorized to
contract for the purchase of the new
sleeping coaches.
The Superintendent grew a bit reticent
and responded somewhat curtly that the
company which he had the honor to rep
resent was under no necessity of parting
with any portion Of its rolling stock, hay
a comfortable balance in bank.
Whercupon the gentlemanly agent pro-
ceededt to intimate in the most delicate man
ner that other contingencies than reduced
bank balance sometimes operated to make
transfers of property profitable to the
seller.
This brought the Superintendent to the
issue without further skirmishing, and he
bluntly informed the gentlemanly agent
that the cars belonged exclusively to the
railway company, had been built without
infringing snybody's patent, and would
be run without asking any ones leave.
Whereupon the gentlemanly agent
smiled coldly, bit his lower lip slightly,
and responded frankly
&" Perhaps your company had better sell
its cars 1ohiie there IS a market. We will
pay you what they cost, and run them for
you; but you can neither own them nor
run them another day, siri'
The Superintendent grew tractable,and
in fifteen minutes was satisfied from doc
uments exhibited that it was well to sell
while there vas a market"
A somewhat c~eremonious excursion was
planned here recently to celebrate the
completion of nine elegant coaches built
by Field and Pullman for the Michigan
Central, Burlington and Quincy, and
Northwestern Railways, costing from
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guests were invited, and the trip was al
together pleasant
Immediately afterward notice was Civ
en- in the daily papers that subscriptions
would be received "for q few DAYS only
at Mr.. Pullman's Office to thecapitsl stock
Of a company which should build and op-
crate sleeping cars upon Southern rail-
ways. 1t was but a very short time, how
ever, before an extinguisher "quenChed
the smoldering fame and the extin-
gIisher was the following card
l notice an article in the papers an
nouncing the formation of a company by
O.. NJ. Pullman, H.. j. Kimball and r. Il.
Ramsay, for building and placing upon
Southern railroads sleeping cars of his
(Pullman's) patent, and an invitation to
the public 10 subscribe to the stock, under
a special charter from the State of Ten
nessee, with a capital of $500, 900. 1t
may be well for the public to understand
that a company already exists, formed un-
der the laws of the State o. Pennsylvania,
called "The Southern Transportation
Company" for the building and running
of sleeping cars on Southern railroads,
and that the company and their a~ssignors,
the Central Transportation Company of
Philadelphia, are the claimants of all the
principal patent devices used by Mr.. Pull
man in his sleeping cars. As owners of
these patents, they have taken the opin-
ion of Messrs. Goodwin, Larned & Good
win, of Chicago, and other counsel asso-
eiated with them, that Mr.. Pullman's
sleeping cars are all of them in
Engagements upon these prior pat
ents, and are not covered or protected
by the patents of Pullman s. Field. and
suit has been commenced land Is now
pending) in the Circuit Court Of the
United States against Mr.. Pullman for
such Infringement.
The undersigneddeems It but Just to the
interest he represents and TO the public
that he should thus notify and warn all
parties that those prior patent rights will
be enforced against all persons infringing
them. G. r. DYKEMAN, Agent, &c.
June l, 1866.
The public have occasion to regret this
combination for one good reason, if for
none other; and that reason arises out of
the fact that the Central Transportation
Company seem to buy the best patents for
the sole purpose of suppressing them.
Mr.. Pullman's cars, like Mr.. Hapgeod's
on the New York and Boston through
line, are palaces of luxury, and are afford
ed at even lower rates to passengers than
the shabby white oak pens out Of which
the Central Transportation Company
coins money and curses at the same time.
The cars that run between New York
and Washington, for example, are sim
nlv a DISGRACE to the country and vet
they are the best cars the Central Trans
they pay or not, let a few figures show.
The Railway companies, as we have al
ready seen, have for once found a greater
than themselves, and are as helpless as
children in the hands of the "sleepers.
They must have sleeping cars on all
night trains or they might almost as
well not run night trains. The patentees
control the CATS and dictate the terms
upon which cars can be had, which are
these:
The patentees viii supply the cars, and
keep the upholstery and bedding in repair
and in order for use. The railway com
pany shall furnish the motive and keep
the car in repair. And the agent of the |
p~stentees shall collect for his EMPLOYERS
such fees for the use of breaths as the
owners of the car may deer &c.
The railway company ,isthus saved the
cost of an ordinary car, which the pas |
sengers would require, and the Central
Transportation Company, or whoever else
own the sleeping car, makes money
at a somewhat comfortable rate.
Take for example the route of the Penn
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