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BUILDING MODERN STEEL PULLMANS, THE ACME OF COMFORT
AND SAFETY
One of the most striking examples of the improvement of transportation
facilities in the march of progress is to be found in the present-day
Pullman car, a direct descendant of one of the two parent wooden
coaches remodeled into sleeping compartments by a cabinet-maker,
George Mortimer Pul1man, in 1859. The steel coach is a development
of the last few years. It has minimized the number of fatalities
consequent to railway accidents and is therefore a notable step
forward along the line of economic progress.
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