Word: pullmans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Every Pullman conductor now tries to sell a section for the price of a lower berth plus one-half the price of the unused upper...
...Special round-trip excursions to "historic" points like Niagara Falls are sold at only a fraction more than the one-way Pullman charge. With 3,400 cars in that service last year Pullman reported the amazing average of 26.6 persons...
...half Pullman charges for round-trips are liberally offered to vacation spots and resorts...
...Pullman has not cut its own prices it has at least made a lively bid for business with three types of bargains...
Bargains are also available in private cars, of which Pullman has 16 in commission, five laid up. It still costs $75 per day with a minimum of $200 to indulge in that most luxurious form of land travel. But it used to be necessary to pay the full rent for the time the empty car spent on the return trip. Now the return charge is only one-half. The railroad charge has also been cut from 25 full fares...