The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-14
A TALK ABOUT PULLMAN.
THE GREAT PALACE CAR MILLION
ARE OF CHICAGO.
A shrswd Man-How He Met Abe Lincoln
on One of His Cars-Ueme Life
and Friends

World gives this story Of man whose
name Is now so much talked Of:
once upon time, away back In the
sos. there was only one Pullman car.
That was known as Car A. 1t cost $500
some Of them cost $4,000 now. Car
ran out Of Chicago on the Alton road.
George NJ. Pullman had evolved IT, and
mechanics had built It. These mechanics
dare NOT think for themselves; they were
hired 10 crvstallize George NJ. pullman
IDEAS. Anything extraneous to those iued'
made to his mind. a flaw In the crystal
When his idea had been put into Wo9u ne
| mounted IL on sixteen wheels ana a.
| tached IL 10 a train. Then he peIsohauy
| sold the right 70 sleep In II LOT ~ -
cents a chance-Or NIFTY cents j FISK IL
YOU prefer IL. for Il was about one man
/ out Of five who could sleep III car ~ -
/ the COS l.,
Fifty cents was the price. and two ST IN
! a berth was the rule. as unsweryaole 40
the laws Of the Modes and Persians. ~
some sybarite wished % sleep by himselL
! and was eXtrayagant enough 10 pay 10
the luxury he paid 81. Then ne tenlpv
rarily owned the berth. one night sVllS
out u Chicago. q long. lean, ugly man,
with a wart ON his cheek. came INTO VIZ
depot He paid George NJ pullman naa11
a dollar and hail berth was a9S'S ,,,st
him Then he took of his coat anu 80
ana hung them IN and they ntted tne
beg about as well as they hted nm.
Then he kicked off his boots, whlch w.
OF surprising length, turned , nl,1 't
berth. and having an easy C3mSI ,l,eors
was sleeping like a healthy bapy Deio'e
the car left the depot
HOW HE MET LINCOLN.
Along came another passenger ana pau
his nifty cents In two minutes ne "aS
back AZ George Pullman. ~. - I'm, .,
There's a man I'm that berth OF mlhe,
said ne. holly "and he's about ten tee1
| high How am | going TO sleep me-
| Ia Ike 70 know? Go and look at nm! Ian
IN went Pullman-mad, TOO. ne 81
! lank mans knees were under ms Chli'
/ his arms vera stretched across the peu'
and his feet We're stored comtort.Dig
! for him. Pullman shook him unth M
| awOke. and then told him II ne Wdn'ss'
/ the whole berth he would have TO pay g.
"My dear sir" said the tall man, a
! contract is a contract. l have pald you
| fifty cents for half this berth. ana as
you see. I'm occupying H. There's the
/ other half pointing TO a strip ABOUT
six inches wide. "Sell that and don't DIS
/ turb me again And. so saying, the
man with a Udrt on his face went 10
| sleep again. lie was Abraham Lincoln.
! The Pullman Car Company to-day owns
about 800 cars. on which 1880 people
/ sleep every night and l3po people eat
! every day. But the personality OF George
~ Pullman his characteristics. have not
| changed. He has more money than
| h. mad when he gave up smoN-
| ing because he found tobacco Was
costing him 81 a week. bqt MS
| faith In George VI. Pullman Is hol
! more abiding. his personal vanity Is not
stronger. nor is his self-confdence great
He is the most precise man on the face
! of Gods fOOtstOol. That's one reason
! why with a town Of about lZyp inhap-
! uants on his hands, with 1900 employees
| on his payroll before the strike win
his cars running over $4,000 miles or
road, he can build houses, run a BANK
make brick turn out thousands or or
| binary passenger and freight cars be
| sides engaging in a few other incidental
enterprises. Every man who works FOR
| him must be as precise as George NJ Pun
man. The conductor OF one OF his cars
| one day saw a toothpick on the velvet
carpet in IT, He turned 70 the porter.
For heavens sake. pick up that tooth
| pick" said ne. III Mr.. Pullman sees 1t
| he'll swear its a log OF wood
But not only those In lowly places un-
der him. Not long ago something happen
ed IN Pullman that particularly displeased
him. He sent for his general manager
70 whom he pays salary Of $1,000.
Brown" said he. looking straight
through Brown with his little round
| eyes. brown" said he. sit right down
| there. take a pen and paper and write
| out for me what pay you for. For I'm
| blessed # | know
nEs CHIcAGO's BEAU BRUMMFL.
To add 10 his courteous air. Pullman
! Is always wel-dressed. But that IL only
an outward manifestation Of his precision.
He dresses in mourning. and his clothes
are cut I'm an Od-fashiOned style For
example. he wears a singe-breasted
| frOck coat. while most civilized pres-
| dents of corporations, VINO stand well
! with their tail0rs, wear double-breast'd
frOck coats. Pullman trousers are or
rather antique cut, too But they nj him
az exactly as the upper berth Of Pull
man palace car ats into its daytime
receptacle. He wears shoes OF the finest
patent leather, with paper soles about the
Eundrelth part Of an inch thick. In
word. Pullman is the Beau Brummel Of
| Chicago. Let him appear on the streets
I'm pdJamas, and all the fashionables Will
buy India silk. When he lays aside his
straw hat. Autumn IS here.
Pullman has fine house at No 1928
Prairie avenue. 1t contains some good
pictures such as the ordinary rich man
in America owns. The Conservatives and
stables are beautiful. There Is a porte
cOchere on one side Of the mouse, but
what Is much more remarkable there Is
a railroad track back Of II. Pullman can
run his private car up 70 mis- back door,
get In ~. and 80. like the wind. whittier
he listeth. II is no more trouble Tor Alm
leans. nor does II cost him penny 70
60 70 Augusta, Me, or 20 Atlanta, Ga.
Like most enormously wealthy men, ne
does not have 70 spend much 10 enjoy
himself. Any railroad would gladly give
him ten engines 10 pull mis- private coach
If he wanted them. Why should II not?
II Is probably, Ike the Otner roads. run
ming his cars over its rails and paying
him cent a mile FOR the privilege. while
he pockets the extra faro.
Pullman has n pocketful Of franks He
sends some business letters through the
malls, but II he wishes T. communicate
with any one In a hurry he telegraphs
He never writes 70 his wife when he's
away from her. He telegraphs 10 her
one thousand words at a time, perhaps.
fg r.I
But Pullman never gives passes. save in
return for courtesies ne has received. In
stead Of giving passes. he gives written
orders q his employees. a man who is
favored with one OF these orders has 70
pay his fare. but he fares better than he
pays The order has the same efect upon
pullman conductors and porters as has
an eiict Of the Emperor Of China on
cOolle tea-picker.
AZ OPEN sTsAME ORDER.
They kow-tow. bow their forehead In
the dust and obey. one Of these orders
1..r fr IT,