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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Profits on Comfort | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Profits on Comfort | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

...half Pullman charges for round-trips are liberally offered to vacation spots and resorts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Profits on Comfort | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

...Pullman fares have not been cut 1¢ to meet present price levels. Western and Southern roads have voluntarily dropped the notorious 50% surcharge on Pullman space which many a passenger wrongly held against the Pullman Co. instead of the railroads. Eastern roads with heavier passenger traffic have neither dropped the surcharge nor reduced the basic fare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Profits on Comfort | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

...Pullman has not cut its own prices it has at least made a lively bid for business with three types of bargains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Profits on Comfort | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

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