, 1879-02-23
The Pullman Sleeping-Car Company.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.


CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-As daily reader Of THE
TRIBUNE i notice with regret the disposition
manifested on the part OF your paper to palliate
and excuse the e1tortionate charges made by
sleepiug-car companies, which have 30 long and
so freely blcd the public, or those vino Of neces
sity must avail themselves Of the benefits OF
these sleeping cars in their daily, or rather
nightly, iourneyings. This showing OF books
and apparent exposition Of their affairs on the
part OF such companies to those iunketng COM
mittees, as you have rightly named them, is, to
use modern vulgarism, ''too thur
II you will turn back to your files
aw Gr copsed deS years sacn 's" payssn Tssn tho to
make correct report Of his yearly income,
and republish the reports Of $sO,05o as the
yearly individual gain Of some OF these
Pullman Company magnates. that, together
With the browncstonc palaces in which
clearer idea Of the way We are being bled
by these INSCRIPTIONS corporations. The rail-
way companies ought to be compelled to furnish
on every night train one or mure sleeping cars
which they might make q small charge extra,
and this for the accommodation Of a large class
Of respectable people who desire COM
Portable sleeping .o quarters; but do
Then, as many OF The ccst1y palace cars may be-
for, und fur these let the companies charge
what they please, but compel the railway COM
panics at all times to furnish sleeping accomo-
dations at i reasonable price, which should he
less rather than more than doIlur for tweu-
ty-iour hours.
It is generally understood that the railway
officials are largely interested in the income
from these sEeepng5-cars, aud this fact alone is
sufficient explanation of the reason
why more moderately expensive seep!ng-cars
or moderate fare ek,n
1t is to compel people, whether they can afford
1t or not, to sleep IN their palace cars or not at
ali. Therefore, I say, let the railway companies
be compelled to run good, comfortable sleeping
ears ut q fair price, and the Pullman SlceDiu1-
Car Company, and all other companies, will
soon find out what the public demand in this
line, and be compelled to regulate fares accord
ingly. Give us our. choice to sleep in good,
comfortable, low. priced car or the magnificent
palace sleeper, and this will, or should stop all
grumbing- G. ?. RANDALL.
Physiology and Hygiene in tho Schools.
80 tae Editor o5 The Tribune
CHICAGO, Feb. 91.-Your editorial in last Sum
days issue, Waste Of Time in the Schools, "
contained facts and sentiments worthy Of more
than passing consideration. Various statements
have appeared in our daily press OF late giving
US some startling facts concerning tie manner
Of expenditure Of our school tuno In one Of
unquestiouable authority we are told that the
technical branches of study in the public schools
do not benefit one in hundred Of the pupils; and
that 600 is required annually to teach music,
drawing, and German to !; class OF pupils whose
average time Of scnool attendance Is ouly 4lU
days. While nothing can be said against these
branches per Sc, their place IN the curric-
4lum OF the graded schools is unquestiouablr.
we think it may be reasonably affirmed,
IN face OF the figures and iacts. presented, that
the pursuance Of these branches is pernicious,
because It Is, a denial OF the more useful and
necessary instruction which is the psoser func-
ton Ut the graded school to give, and is snb-
version OF the school fund- When it is remcm-
be1ed that there are 10000 Of u school aye in
Chicago with only seating-room III ouc school
buildings Tor a, sou, and in estimated attend
ance OF Go,o00, and that many OF the school
buildings are in such a condition as to be unit
1or human habltation, the expenditure OF $780,
UO annually for technical studies which do not