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Show TRAVEL GOHVEKIEHCE GREATLY DEVELOPED Difference Shown Between 1 Pullman of 1858 and That of Today. ! Some interesting data with reference to the origin and development of conveniences con-veniences enjoyed by railroad travelers , of today is contained in a circular recently re-cently issued by the traffic department of the Chicago & Alton railroad. Among other things mentioned in the circulai, copies of which have been received by E. F. McDaneld, general agent of the company, is the origin of the sleeping and dining car services, i The first sleeping cars, the circular says, were remodeled from two Chicago & Alton coaches under the personal supervision su-pervision of George it. Pullman. In i the spring of IS'oS Mr. Pullman went to Blooniiagton, 111., and looked over the eatire passenger equipment of the C. & , A. railroad, which at that time consisted t of about a dozen cars. He finally se-i se-i lected coaches 9 and 19. They were ' forty-four feet long, had flat roofs like ! box cars, single sash windows, of which ' there were fourteen on a side, the glass in each sash being only a little more than a foot su ;;e. The roof was only a trifle more than six feet from the floor of the car. Ten sleeping sections, besides be-sides a linen locker and two wash rooms one at each end were built into i the cars. The work was completed iu the summer of 1S5S and the cars put in to service on the C. & A. between Bloom-ington Bloom-ington and Chicago. The first dining car ever operated in the United States, or, for that matter. . 1 1 in the world, was built in 1863 and called the Delmonico. It was placed in i service the same year on the C. & A. ; between Chicago and St. Louis. .' I One of the more recent innovations i ; of the companv is a self-checking device , for grips and bundles. Instead of wuit-. wuit-. 1 ing in line at stations to chock or get a parcel or grip, the passenger drops a ; dime into a slot and the machine de-: de-: , livers a key to a locker. The passenger can put the parcel in the locker and re-; re-; tain the key until the parcel is deliv- ' ered. |