The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-20
CAR sPIoNEER."
The First sleeper Buiit ny Pullman
ums Mccm Condemned.

rho first sleeping car built by George Nj
Pullman who later became con'rolior ul M
tcrosts Of that character in thus country.
has made It's last trim and tho many paris
OF which II was made will be distributor TO
the various and sundry deplrtments OF tao
Pullman company. wheels to oe worked aEan
under another sleeper, the bolts screws, huss'
ot,. eelng utilized ia other oniidNng
1hia dingy sleeping ear oil antiduatou pat,,
tern eluwing panty the oheNW OF haVu
usage, stood In tpS railway SNrin baVh VI
the Union station at st. LouiA soNeral daYh
insi Meek To the casual observer tncre
was nttlc about 1t 10 attract q second siuhNVv
ct that car was the Grst sleeplnE car huilt
by George Nj iNlluan, and laid the iouhua.
tiun OF mis- and many other fortunes, buat
In tS6l at Bloomington, III, 1t travelled Iof
years between st Louis and Chicago on tnf
Chicago and Alton road In 1889 1t was az,
uiued To pension the car, apd II was piaeea
In the yards At Pullman. where II remalilso
until 1899, when II became part OF the
Pullman fnlaco Car company eNnlDN' NheU
the war with SPAN broke out the car WAS
put back into Hereioe. and 1t has hcen IN
constant usage until II was sent few days
ago to san graucisCo IN n troop tram.
On itsi arrival IN st. Louis last Monday thu
car was condemned aud FliGnS hiSnt IL was
started FOR chicago On It's last Journey Such
In brief is the history of the car Pioneer
This ear when hult cost between $4,000
and $4,000 beiug So expensive that rpiltohd
mtn thought Pullman INSANE. IT was un
cidcd to charge 81 Tor berth, and ns me
ntiCo for Inc cheaper ears WAh only ~ Nflila
tho officials OF the road thought tue oharscS
excessive.
The nrBt "trip out proved that the innova-
lion would DO = tueccsa The Pioneer was
nile d. and when people manc 4 second f,p
over the line ON a "ratter," aB the sioopcrs
then iii vogue were called, they complained
4 of the Inconvenience Of thr old cars, Inc
car tray elcd exclusively between Chiaasa aud
/ ST Louis until 1866 when II waE sent East
to return with tho funeral corteRa OF Ahra'
BAN Lincoln SO wide was The new car tha'
I d not platforms had to be cur away ana other
changes made along the route. Tue trip was
made without event of note ~ the history o
the car aud after Its mission had been com
Melted al Springfield tho err went back tt
Inc Chicago and Alton In this service Y
remained for many years, Each day Il
bnsia OF ono trip every other day. Il av"faEed
over 50 900 miles yearly. IN he opinion OF
tho representatives. al the Pullman company
the car has been in use not less than twenty
five of the thirty seven wears OF Its HE. Cut"
ting this in half and allowing the ear Ia
make one trim between 81. Louis and Chicago
every other day. the car has Travelled over
forty times the circumference Of the world
a record that nC other car used IN the las
gengor service of any road can surpnss.
The ear WIS ono of tho principhl features
Of the pullman company exhibit nt tho
Worlds FR!r ~ Chicago nnd stood on a
track alongside the latest mnrovcd sleeper
that mad been turned out by the concern
ly a fitting coincidence the pioneer traY-
rled It's Gtst and last mile over the ChieaHo
and Alton tracks
in lis day the pioneer has carried the
prominent mou OF Illinois, both IN the poliu-
cal and business worlds. for thrcq decnl'h
tho romans Of one president ana AZ lta5 Il
ten governors OF the state