, 1873-04-01
THE. PULLMAN PALACES.
The Grand Result Of Mr..
George Vt. Pullman's Visit
to England.
Order for a Supply Of Palace Cars
for tho Midland Railroad.
The System Likely to Be Adopted on
All English and Continental
Railways.


On tho 23th Of December, 1872, Mr.. George
II. Pullman, President Of tho Pullman Palace
Car Company loft Chicago to go to Europe.
Tho object Of Ills visit is explained in the fol-
lowing passage from speech nado by 11r. ".
2. Price, II. T., Chairman Of tho halt-yenrly
meeting hold at Derby, England, Fob. Is, 1879.
Wo extract from tho London Raii.oay Neus
Of Fob. az. Mr. Price sad: -:
During hts recent Whit to Canada a!lll tho United
blaiea our General Manager, Mr.. Airport, worry
much struck with tho ynst amount Of accommodation
afforded to tho trnyclng public in those countries,
y tho mca1ta md appliances afforded BY tho systcm
Hnown ~ g eas ,na A0s mcr IFS sdyso
eonry to eoer 10 viii ~ n ~ Il s to
and nm happy 70 e1l That eont!olnan Is e. thla
have very much satisfaction in introducing him to
you. fAprausc] further hopo TINT tho Midlnnd Com
before now, rnay nao DO tho Of introducing to
tho Briah Public modo q conveyance which reflects
80 much credit upon ns skil md tho practical onter-
PseSa
to hat oi arst-casa hotoi Is nlordod. both by day
md by night. to al a'aengcra willing 10 pny for By
py these ncaus. the other side Of tho Atlantic, tic
longest md most tedious Journeys, extending over
1ry aHy aays oI uay ana nEh tfayc!,R are
+ Mr.. Pullman landed In Now York last Friday,
and arrived Ii, Chicago yestorday morning. hay-
Ing made most successful hnsinoBe tonr. Ho
wns undor nc special noed OF aoeking business
abroad, having oil TINT his company could do in
this country, whore thoy run ovcr Zoo cara over
ITO different lines Of railroad Nr. Allport, Gen-
oral Manager Of tho Midland Rairond, visited
this country last fall, passing through Chicago
going and returning, and extending hiB trip vest
Yr1rf3 fnr nj finn Franriar0 T}cforn In
visited this country ho. waa no groat ad-
mirror OF American railway institutions. Coming
back to Chicago from acrosB tho eontinont his
viewa wero materially, changed. Ho Waited Mr.
Pullman at his Office in tt,ig city, comp;montod
llis improved modes Of railway travel, and i'll
vited him to yislt England with . Wow to placing
his cars upon Tho railway with which ho was con-
nectod. so much was h1r. Airport pleasod that
tliat "Sio In America 10 lad ridden distance
of 5000 miles with no greater Bonso OF fatigue
than ho had experienced in riding from London
to Dorby."
Tho Midland Railway Company Is tile greatest
operates 900 miles Of road, and will BOON operate
1900 miles, having it's northern termini ut Eti,
burg and Glasgow, and lateral lines touching
every important city in England. The action
that it llAs taken in regard to tho American rail
with yory important results. Therailwny Bystonl
OF England is familiar to tho tourist but not to
tho ul1travolod Yankee. Tho common Eng
lish railway couch. is twenty-oight feet in
1onEth and divided into four compartments,
entered Mt tho Blie. They aro not remarkable for
any great elegance Of finish, although the first
class coaches arc handsomely upholstered.
They arc supported upon wheels unlike tho car
truck used on American railroads, yielding with
Jolt ut curves in tho track. On now American
railroads uuch an arrangement Of wheels conld
not DO nsol at all. Luggagois carried in swans"
nude for tho purpose, and OH the tops Of tho
coaches, and neyer checked as in Alnorca.
Whon passengers reach thoir destination, ladies'
md gelttemon mist lnnko scramble for thelr
trunks and boxcs, obtaining them tho best way
they can.'
Railway Company is for Gftoon years.. corro-
spending with bis agreements made with tho
railroads Of tho United States. It involves ratli-
cal changes In tho prosont railway systom Of
Englnnd, Tho Pullman Company is to build
eighteen cars ut their works III Detroit, which
arc TO bo shipped to England aud put upon tho
Midland Hallway, between London aud Liverpool,
In September next. Thoy will DO elegant coaches,
fifty feet III longth, and will have oil the most
recent improvements Of tho Pullman system.
The dny-coaches will hayo four compartments, a
respect in which the English coaches aud tic
American parlor car already correspond. They
will MI bo placed upon the American truck, and
will have tho detailed conyonicnces hitherto lack
ing In the COACHES OF foreign railways. Tho
American check systom will bo adopted in all
particulars, mud tho baggage will bo carried
+
u ID paggage.cn;1TI slmu9r 10 our 9:S'1 oWn.
Inc coaches M'l ~ 4avo 1no al'l!ef
pIa.ioI'' n'lu W. W enseleu iro!n LUG Ioar' m
steaa t y, a;nn E 'lu no,s' de, 1 ~ t.s ero VII
~ wv sIa'l,a Sacn wy III 1eswoom Aonaon aIld
nlselpoo', !aoeten IL ~. ~ ieepeots, eAcol't !l'o
retehIlon ~ ~ coanparanont system on an day
eoacnes 'n'lu-r'aSs tl"su anu ~ !. LOW otnef nh-
important qota'is' a sllght dinofohce IN tho
gaugo fenders II necessary TO maKo tile new
coaches about i inches 4owor and inehos mar
rowor tlian those used In tho United statos. The
tcrme Of running tho care aro to bo tho game
as in Amcrica. Tho Pullman Company fur
nisllos tic cars fully equipped, With attendants,
md runs them for tho oxtra charge. Tho rai1-
way will keep thom in repair and collect itH usual
fares. Tho prospect for tho general ueo Of tho
Pullman cur not only on all lines OF the Midland
Railway; but OIL other railway lnea il England
nnd on the Continent, arc cxcellont, Althourh
tho whole thing Ia m experiment ita auccesg
must bo considered alreadv assured.
nff,a nhnya Yrnra of,f n}pnl frnr, hfr Dr11
man, who WIS visited laat evening ut his rosi-
donce by reporter OF The TRIBUNE.
OF tho paragraph which has boen
circulated throughout the country,
in regard to sloeping-car already 8tartod on
somo English line, ho says that nothing Of tho
kind llas rcnlly boen DONE Tho English rail-
ways havo long Ind special coach, which could
bo chartered by any persons desiring to 1se it,
but whicl. has nover been run except with eight