Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-16
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at was at this stage of his struggle" says
friend of Pullman's, 'that he felt most bitter
With every dollar he had on earth invested
in that car, which also represented years OF
labor, he could not understand why railway
managers would not give him u chance tx
demonstrate tho value of his invention, HI
did not lose any faith in the fortune of his car
but he did resolve hat the railroads which
then turned such a deaf ear to his entreatie.
should, in time, make ample amends for theil
GOODNESS. Had railway managers then bea1
more enterprising n liberal they would
have found easier terms to meet when Al
length Puliman's car became q necessity.n
But Pullman was not then to be cheated o
the fruit of his ingenuity and courage. TIL,
railroads did not want his car, but he wa.
determined that they should take it. So h,
made an arrangement with the Chicago ant
Alton company by which he was to pay
mileage for the hauling of his car between
Chicago and st. Louis. The car was attache5
to an express train in the old West Sid,
station. Pullman's brother, Albert, wa.
aboard 1t as conductor and porter, and Pull
man himself stood in the waiting room neal
the ticket office and solicited passengers.
Gentlemen, y he said, to strangers who pur
chased tickets for st. Louis or farther points
my new sleeping car is going out on this train
can give youa berth in which you may sleer
comfortably from here to st. Louis, and the
charge is only 80. VIII you try itgn
There were many passengers by the train,
but only eight of them were attracted by the
novelty of the sleeping car and the Invitation
of its owner But the car ran to st. Louis,
earning SIG on its first trip, and tho Pullman
sleeping car was a success.
Nothing succeeds like success. The Pullman
car at once became popular. Passengers were
delighted with it, the newspapers praised it,
and railroads sought it. Tho organization OF
a company to build and introduce the cars
was now an easy matter. Mel iostled each
other i'll their efforts to Hget in on the ground
But here Pullman claimed his reward.
Alone he had borne the brunt of the battle,
and now he demanded the victor's spoiis. A
company was organized, but for once the in.
yentoor was not crowded out by the money
makers. His patent-the creature of his sleep.
less nights in the bunk at Pixies peak-was
an Offset for a million of money. From the
first the inventor of the sleeping car was tho
first man of the company, its controlling
spirit, its largest stakeholder, and such he has
ever since remained.
In twenty years that one sleeping car has
been followed by 1900 more. They earn
nearly s5,ooo,OW a year, and the cost
of running them is only 6. 1000 900. A
gold mine, surely, and why should not tho
the .possessor of such a bonanza build an
Aladdin like city, or perform any other work
OF money-inagic which might please his
fancyi
had started out intending to describe some
OF the interesting featuresEsocial, industrial
and alchitnctnrel--the successes and tho tuil-
ures of this one-Inan. city which grow so
suddenly ora OF u swamp. But OF these I
must write in another letter.
WALTER WELLMAN.