The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30

did not quite take that FORM They found
Pullman monopolized everything. 1t was
well that IL should be so. The man had
arisen who could manage and the tools be-
longed to him. To-day his company has
paid-up capital of about $50, 600 900. and
its qualifications extend everywhere. Mr..
Pullman is a remarkable man, for he
not only manages this business, but
he has created II. Before he appeared upon
the scene sleeping-car company had no
rights which railway company was bound
to respect. Mr.. Pullman has made the bust
ness respectable. and the travelling public Is
very much his debtor. Should Mr. Pullmans
life be spared. 1 prophesy that the young
contractor for elevating buildings in Chica-
go Will leave monument for himself in his
new industrial town Of Pullman which will
| place his name with those of Salt of Sal
taire and Godin of Guise
A short roll OF honor this, which contains
the list of those who. springing from honest
poverty. have made fortunes through honest
| toll. and then-ah, here comes the secret
OF the shortness of the list, and then turn
| where they started. have thereafter devoted
| their fortune and abilities so to improve
the industrial system as. to give to that class
| a better chance in life than IL was possible
| for themselves to obtain. Mr.. Pullman has
made start upon this toilsome path. His
| future deserves TO be carefully watched
WOODRUFFS LETTER.
Mr.. Carnegie, some years ago. sent a
| copy of Triumphant Democracy to T.
T. Woodruff the inventor OF the sleeping
/
| farmer-looking friend-who was then liv-
| ing in Philadelphia. In acknowledgment
of it the latter sent the author letter,
| which IT is safe TO say is not preserved
among the archives of the Carnegie family.
A copy of it is in the narrator's posses
sion. The manner I'm which 1t tears Mr..
| Carnegie's tale to pieces is wonderful TO
behold, and it.really throws a dazzling light
I upon some Of the idiosycrasies of that mans
| out for public perusal, but it is presented
| to you as piece of rather interesting read
| ing. These are its words:
Andrew Carnegie, CreSSon, Pa:
Dear Sir-I am In receipt of your publica-
lion entitled Triumphant Democracy: or.
Fifty Years March lar Of the Republic Re- Upon
| the following inscription: ITO my friend of
| old, T. 7. Woodruff. With the best wishes
| of the author" For which please accept
| my sincere thanks, and believe me to be yet
| "as of old" 1 have perused your book with
| much interest. Its classification of the sub
/ tect matter, the compilation of statistics,
| spiced with incidents of the times and ac-
| companied with suggestive remarks bearing
| upon national and international obligations,
/ makes it volume worthy of a conspicuous
| shelf in library with the following excep-
| tons: Under the head Of Railways and
| 297 to 800. inclusive. giving the rise and
| progress of sleeping cars. detailed by the
author of that volume. believe, Mr.. Car
| negie, that when you penned the said in
/ scription upon the fyleaf of that book that
i you felt all and even more than was ex-
4 pressed by that inscription; but, sir, when
| you were attempting 10 give the rise and
progress Of sleeping cars your arrogance
1 spurred you up to make the statement re-
| corded in your book which Is misleading
| and so far from the true facts of the case
| and so damaging to your friend of old as to
| merit this rebuke. You must have known
| before you ever saw me that there were
| many sleeping cars furnished with my pat
| ent seats and touches running upon num-
Der of railways. viz: B. E. & G. r. r., n.
4 n e,
| & NJ. r. R., c. c. & C. r. r., NJ S. & N l.
| r. r., together with my sample steering
one sleeping cars running before any appii-
| cation had been made for the right TO place
| them on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
ON THE PENNSYLVANIA.
| I will now relate to you what transpired
in connection with the introduction of sleep
ing cars upon the Pennsylvania Railroad
| Firstly. 1 met j. Edgar Thomson, the then
president of the company. at the Mononga-
| hela House. in Pittsburg. and gave to him a
| letter of introduction from the then presi-
dent of the o. & NJ. Railroad Company q
| cannot now recall his name.) Mr. Thomson
| read the letter and requested me to give 1t
10 Mr.. Scott, who was the general superin-
| tendept of the road, and was then in Pitts
burg. / asked Mr. Thomson If he would call
| at the depot and see my sample car, which
was then standing there. He responded that
| his engagements were such that he could
| the early morning train for Philadelphia.
| Thinking, perhaps. that he might have time
| TO drop in the car In the morning before the
| train left | resolved TO give him an oppor-
tunity 10 see the car, and. accordingly, had
the interior properly arranged for inspec-
| ton. with the car doors left open. II so hap
pened that Mr.. Thomsons Industrious hab-
| its led him to inspect the said sleeping car,
| though Ii appeared to not have any attend
ant, and yet the porter was in the car when
Mr.. Thomson and one other gentleman came
in. inspected and commented upon its mer-
| its, which was overheard by the said porter.
! In the meantime had seen Mr.. Scott and
SELF sat upon the same car seat and con-
cluded an agreement for the operation of my
patent sleeping cars upon the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad before we reached Altoona.
One of the conditions of the said agreement
was that certain specified interest therein
should be held for another person, and rep
| resented (as the talk RAM by boy then in
| the superintendent office at Altoona. and
| that four cars should be Immediately con-
| structed under my direction as the agent of
the Datent company.
When we came TO consummate the agree
ment In written form / learned that the
boy alluded TO was "Andie Carnegie" A
| contract was entered into with Murphy &
Allison. of Philadelphia. for the construc-
| end placed upon the Pennsylvania Railroad.
| Their rank in numerical order was Nos 90
| %. "a and p. the model of which was full
| sized car of the finest construction OF any
| car then in the United States OF America
and little too big for the said green bag
4 IL use lti lawyers pTlcIS 70 WHICH you al
| lude in that finespun recollection OF events
| If your memory had been correct and you
| disposed 10 give a true history OF the rise
and progress of sleeping cars you would
| have said that Theodore T. Woodruff your
| friend of Old" invented the only practical
| Sleeping cars and introduced them into pub
| lie use upon the best system known for the
| operation and management OF sleeping cars.
ADVENT OF PULLMAN.
You would also have said that a corporate
| company had been erected. called the Cen
trail Transportation Company. with a paid
up capital Of $4,000. for the purpose OF
owning and operating sleeping cars under