Word: pullmans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last time he had been in Washington was on Mar. 4 when "J. G. Sargent, Ludlow, Vt." registered at the Willard. He had come down on the train with Colonel John Coolidge and his party; and the story is that he had treated the whole party to railroad and Pullman tickets. Although he dined at the White House as the guest of the President, he is said to have preferred to have his meals in the basement of the White House with the Secret Service men with whom he had made friends the summer before at Plymouth. He kept...
...Friday afternoon and, a few minutes after rising, picked up speed, passed over the Barnegat Light at 55 knots or approximately 60 miles an hour, with only four of her five engines running. Her action was steady and even, without vibration, giving passengers the sensation of riding in a Pullman car over a fabulously smooth roadbed. Admiral Moffett seated himself in the passenger car and stayed there. "On a trip to Bermuda," said he, "one should take it easy, for everyone goes there for a vacation. However, I am fortunate enough to be on this ship and will make...
...Passed with amendments the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill; amendment was attached to the section on funds for the Interstate Commerce Commission directing that the railway surcharge of 50% on Pullman car tickets, established during the war, be abolished. There was a vigorous debate on this amendment, Senator Howell of Nebraska protesting that if it were possible to reduce any railway revenues, the reduction should be on freight rates for farm products. To this, Senator Reed of Missouri replied that the surcharge reduction would benefit everyone: "The farmer doesn't ride on the cowcatcher. He rides in the Pullman, just...
Into the Back Bay depot, Boston, last week pounded 16 special Pullman cars, 26 enormous baggage cars. From the one came forth many persons, male and female, sleepy-eyed and hungry; from the other, chairs, rocks, castles, cannons and other properties. It was the Chicago Opera Company arrived in Boston for a two-weeks' engagement. When they had rested, fed, the principals and their assistants began to give performances for enthusiastic Bostonians. La Boheme they gave with Mme. Edith Mason, Mr. Cortis; Boris Godunov with Chaliapin...
Sixteen special Pullman cars, 26 enormous baggage cars. (Page 13, column...