The daily gazette., 1882-01-07
WILMINGTON. DEL. SATURDAY. JANUARY T. 1882
F rom the Baltimore Sun.
Sale OF fPuIIman Palace Cars.

chto VI EuiAh4Am KAA0Ne CARS
The receivers sale of 30 Pullman
sleeping cars, ordered by the court
to close q partnership between the
Pullman Company and the Baltl-
more and Ohio Railroad Company,
came OF yesterday at .Claremont
stockyards. The prices aggregated
about $l64 900. A special train took
the bidders and others to the grounds.
Those present included Gen. Porter,
vice>president, and Mr.. De Gollyer,
master engineer ofthe Pullman Com
pany; Mr.. Jackson, Of Jackson 81
Sharp Car Building Company, Wills
mlDgton, Del; representatives of the
Harlan 81 Hollingsworth Company;
Third VicesPresident Spencer, Major
Hill, purchasing agent, @. X. Lord,
general passenger agent, VIM. M.
Clements, master of transportation,
Mr.. Packard, mrster car builder, and
Mr.. Merrill, superintendent Of sleep,
ers of the Baltimore and Ohio; Mr..
Bailey, of Barnum, Bailey & Hutch
inson's show; John Robinson, Jr.,
and others showmen, besides repre-
sentatives of the Wagner Company,
railroads, car works, ETC., who did
nothing but look on. About forty
persons were in attendance at the
sale. The cars had been rem 1ved
from Mount Clare to Glare mont,
where they were coupled together
on the main track in a long string.
The selling was conducted inside the
cars, the crowd moving from car to
car down the line until the whole
were sold. The sale lasted an hour
and half, and at times the bidding
was spirited between competitors.
The showmen considered themselves
out OF the sale as soon as the first car
was sold, as the prices were above
their figures. The cars sold at a range
| 81 600 to 81 ,000-the average being
something above SIS 900. The Balti-
more and Ohio bought the three
parlor cars and fourteen Of the Sleep
ers, Major Hill dong the bidding,
Jackson u Sharp had seven sleepers
knocked off to them, and the other
eight sleepers went to bidder who
declined to give his name to the
crowd, but who is stated to be in the
carsbuilding interest. The trucks
and platform of a Pullman sleeper
which had been wrecked by fire were
sold, to the Baltimore and Ohio for
1925, The Pullmans were sold with
their equipment OF mattresses pillows
blankets, hardware, etc., as they
stood. The cars on the outside show
ed abuse from exposure to the Weath~
er in the thirteen months they were
side tracked at Mount Clare pending
the litigation troubles, but were in
good condition internally. The
prices realized were satisfactory 70
all concerned and the Pullman Com.
panY representatives only watched
the proceedings. The cars were bull
! Jointly for the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Pullman Company, at Mt
Glare, Wilmington Del, and Dayton
(O.) shops, and it is said would be
worth new about $4,000 apiece
They will need oVerhauling and re-
modelling to some extent. Mr., jack
son, as stated, wanted the cars TO be
offered in lump, or one car, with
the privilege of the lot, Mr., r. T
Baldwin, the receiver; ordered the
sale of one car at q time. These
Pullmans bear names of places
familiar along the Baltimore aUC
Ohio lines, some of which haye beer
continued in the new sleeper service
of the railroad company. Higgins
, Cobb u Co. were the auctioneers.