La storia del Pullman auto . nd le città costiere di Maine a est.-In condizioni normali il limite meridionale è stillfurther esteso a cinquanta-sei uffici in ulteriori theRepublic del Messico, a sud fino a Salina Cruz sullato Golfo di Tehuantepec e circa twohundred miglia dalla zona di confine tra Mexicoand Guatemala, America centrale. La distanza più lunga che è possibile travelwith un unico biglietto Pullman è da Portland, Maine, a San Francisco, dal modo di lavaggio-ton, D. C, New Orleans e Los Angeles. Thiscannot essere fatto però in una traversina e changesmust

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The story of the Pullman car . nd the seaboard towns of Maine on the east.-Under normal conditions the southern limit is stillfurther extended to fifty-six additional offices in theRepublic of Mexico, as far south as Salina Cruz onthe Gulf of Tehuantepec, and approximately twohundred miles from the boundary between Mexicoand Guatemala, Central America. The longest distance which it is possible to travelwith a single Pullman ticket is from Portland, Maine, to San Francisco, by the way of Washing-ton, D. C, New Orleans and Los Angeles. Thiscannot be done, however, in one sleeper, and changesmust be made at New York and Washington.But a brief consideration of the perfect organ-ization necessary to provide such continuous pas-sage with berths reserved at each point of changeby the mere purchase of a ticket at the starting point, grants to the Puilman Company a measure of creditdue. In actual mileage the distance covered by thistrip is 4, 199. As a rule the berths in sleeping cars and seats in[138] Digitized by Microsoft®. ROBERT T. LINCOLNPresident of the Pullman Company from 1897 to 1911 Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® OPERATING THE PULLMAN CAR parlor cars are on sale at the terminals of the different lines, but to provide facilities at intermediatepoints where the demand is sufficient to justify it, alimited number of sections are assigned for sale atsuch stations and tickets may be purchased fromthem on application. At stations of less importanceand where the demand is not sufficient to assign anydefinite space, an arrangement exists whereby thevacant accommodations are telegraphed by ticketagents or conductors from point to point in order toaccommodate passengers taking the trains at suchstations. It is also possible and a very commonpractice to purchase a single sleeping car ticketbetween stations a great distance apart—forinstance, between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle, via any

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