Show S I 5 vr i Following the Crowd j l I St Ir t. t i 00 5 4 0 S S demands upon the Pullman 11 company make the oper operation tion of this imS important important im- im S part rt of railroad passenger traffic an an J intricate business Pullman is expected to too o 3 care f for r travel peaks and emergencies and end tf upon its ability to do so rests a great deal of W S the success of passenger traffic in America 5 failure to provide sufficient sleeping ac oni- oni i l. when d demanded not only causes cause g great reat t inconvenience and discomfort to the passengers engers but hurts the railroad 4 For instance there may be a great demand de de- fri mand inand nd in New York for extra cars Chicago I Cleveland to send extra carsto cars ars fo to falo f Jo and nd Chicago starts a supply to Cleve Cleve- Ja land d. d A similar plan is applied when movements movements move move- move move- ments merits are tire for the West N Northwest or South T ie re are four marked seasonal fluctuations A f. f round around Decoration day Fourth of July f t Labor b r day and Christmas If f gre great t c care tre re were not shown in the movement of extra cars the company would find fird all of its rolling stock in one one- section one section and operations w would uld be unprofitable During the year which July 31 1 1922 Pullman miles s J passenger represented j. j 7 7 per cent of total passenger miles a. a s t siye of comm commutation tation suburban travel D During t same period the average journey of a ti P Pullman passenger was 37 milks miles s compa com compared compared com com- pared pa ed with an average of bf miles for all O Ch passengers excluding commuters The J Pullman ullman company has cars to c care re for 1 the passenger traffic There were times when everything on Ot wheels was in n service but the J t monthly p peak ak was reached in June when per ce cent t of the he cars cab cars were in ser service during I. I r r the entire period x 14 |