Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-03-01

car YOU decrease its carrying capacity,
and necessarily you earn considerably
less in revenue in the modern up-to-
date passenger car. which costs from
$4,000 to $1,000, and the reclining chair
car. which costs from $10.0 tn ST. 500.
than was earned some - years ago in
the so-called cheap cars with Il carry
ing capacity Of 80 To so passengers, and
which cars only cost from $4,000 To $1,000
and - wears ago We used to get Soiac
thing like passenger rates. Today W."
are carrying passengers a one half the
rates we cot - years ago. and We are
giving them passenger ears which cost
us at least twice the amount we pali
- years ago.
Yes know you will ask why do railroad
companies continue to make these i'm
provementS in passenger train service
and eXpend this additional money. when
they might get along without doing so,
and perhaps YOU may think the railway
companies foolish | agree with you;
they are foolish. | have worked in III"
passenger department of railway com
panieS ccnterng in Chicago for over
Twenty-Five years. and know thtN arr
foolish. and they know they arr foolish
% incur these expenses, but they con-
niue To incur lHtfn i ntN might cut
lown tl.e expenses of building Il passon-
GER car considerably and preserve all
the safety appliances of the ear. and give
the people kind of accommodation
which would he comfortable. thnroughiy
satisfactory. but certainly not as ollho-
rate as the passenger cars of today. II
would accomplish the same results. ana
cost less to keep il in repair than the
cars W.. are using at present.
"lt is the duty nf the raS&pu-er de-
Ia. s1v
paMies 10 Keep in close touch with THAI
requirements Of lh, public ANA 10 -rc
that a competing lime has uo particillar
udyantage in tho matter ug .Nuipmyut.
train time. and passenger rates. \Vr are
Frequently sent t. inspect Il urw tram on
some. CONNECTING linn. or .,.lft,,fiii. lila.
We. look il over. il seems io MAN.. .td-
NdntagtS which may .>rrttnfuIs ,.i~. h..-
ing about equal. tak,. from oul l.r. url
give 10 our cou1i,rtitot- I'd ,ortiuu nf tn,.
connective. ti.a1.,I which ya ar. now
carrNiug We immcdiAt.lv rtrort these
facts 10 tn. rnanaeem..rt .trf Ilre. some
thing a~ good or rrafS -.,i}}.tf,in.s
h,tf.r w. itSr.Il\- sr., th. 1.t;.r .rj,
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tNl'''0' VI oil'i t!'" Improvements ia
this expense continues to double eyrrv
wentv-fiyc years.. and passenger r.yn-
nue. docs not increase uronortionat,.l,
vOu can of course guess thn end 1S wrli
as can
IF we go into the question of sporial
limited trains. there can be no question
in the world hut what the limited .rai,,c
run on the Pennsvlyania Lake shore
and Michigan Central lines. and the
Sunset Limited train run on the Chicaro
and Alton. consisting of some five or six
cars in all represent an actual invest
ment independent of motive, uowpr of
at least Sl25 600 to each train and nroha-
bly more The trains which I have mem
toned represent the finest trains RIM on
any railroad in the world They are the
par-exceuence of the carbuilders' arr
and they probably average ali nround in
passenger revenue very much less per
mile than the ordinary everyday local
train OF TOUR passenger coaches and a
baggage ear. which represent an invest
ment OF about $4,000.
II can only give you in a general way
some idea of Pullman cars. 1t was
claimed by Mr.. Pullman that in making
experiments within recent years in com
oihatloh sleeping cars. single car cost
nm cloSe to Slo"w, but it is generally
conceded that fairaVerage for the most
modern ana improved Pullman sleeper
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