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Show Greater Comfort For The Traveler Every traveler , knows that the j-ailroad, industry has made remarkable, re-markable, progress in advancing the speed, comfort and convenience conven-ience of passjng-r train operation In rec-nt years. Present pjans indicate that the near future will WJtness sJll more gain. According to J. J. Pellety. President Presi-dent of the Association ol American Ameri-can Railroads, a thorough study ox air-conditioning is soon to be undttrtiaken. While practically all the principal railroads of the nation, na-tion, as well as the Pullman Company, Com-pany, are using air-cxmcUtioning at present, the systems in use; vary gr(atly. and it will be the purpose of the study to determine tht relative rel-ative efficiency of each type, and whethetr the air conditions being obtained in cars are. satisfactory from the standpoint of passenger comfort and well-being. Furthermore, Mr. Pelley pointed out, while air-conditioning is used how Only on "super" trains for the most part, railroads recognize it as being so valuable and important im-portant that it will eventually be in common use throughout the country. The projected study will obviously produce data of great worth, and will accelerato the development de-velopment of air-conditianing for all types of passenger trains and cars. This is simply one more example of the railroad industry's eagerness eager-ness to makr travel more comfortable!, com-fortable!, more efficient, and mors safe'. It's a far cry from the luxurious lux-urious passenger cars of today to their predecessors of even twenty year ago. And the chances are that the car of twenty yt'ars hence will show development as great, said perhaps greater. |