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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBBARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET\n\nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE:  \n Reproductions may not be made without permision from Columbia UniversityLibraries.             \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \n35mmREDUCTION RATIO:            9:/  \nMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nINITIALS:                    13  \nDATE FILMED:          5-6-97  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                                    23946  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n# The Pullman Surcharge\n\n## What It Is—Why It Is—Why It Should Stand\n\n325  \n\n| 第  \u003Cbr>THE PULLMAN COMPANY  \u003Cbr>PASSENGER'S CHECK-To identify  \u003Cbr>aceommodatioDs purechased.The  \u003Cbr>amount charged is The Pullman  \u003Cbr>Company's rate and a SURCHARGE  \u003Cbr>OF50%OFTHATAMOUNTREQUIRED  \u003Cbr>BYAND cOLLECTED AS AGENT FOR  \u003Cbr>THE RAILROADCOMPANY,AS SHOWN  \u003Cbr>ON THE TICKET.  \u003Cbr>From----     ---  \u003Cbr>Form 100-1  \u003Cbr>0c 7-39  \u003Cbr>To------  \u003Cbr>Accom-  \u003Cbr>modation----  \u003Cbr>Paseengers  \u003Cbr>821  \u003Cbr>Line No.-----------Via---------R,R.  \u003Cbr>Property taken into car will be  \u003Cbr>entirely at owner's risk.   |\n| --- |\n\nAn tnused passenger's checkfrom a Pullman ticket.  \nCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC RELATIONSOF THE EASTERN RAILROADS143 Liberty Street,New York 'City  \n1927  \n# Butau-me\n\nULLMAN passengers requireand receive special and ex-pensive services which rail-roads are not called upon to per-form for day-coach passengers.  \nIt is only reasonable to requirethe Pullman passenger to pay forthese extra services.  \nThe Pullman surcharge is notonly a reasonable charge for theservices rendered,but it is alsoequitably assessed on the individualPullman passenger in proportion tohis use of these special services.  \nNeither day-coach passengers norshippers of freight should be askedto pay $40,000,000 a year—therevenue derived from the Pullmansurcharge—in order to relieve Pull-man passengers of the cost of spe-cial railroad services which onlyPullman passengers require.  \nThat is what abolition of thePullman surcharge would mean.  \n2  \nDA  \nThe Pullman Surcharge  \n(930wLcJ、e12  \n0N the outside cover we reproduce in facsimilethe passenger's check from a Pullman ticket.You will note that this check says:  \n“The amount charged is the Pullman Company'srate and a SURCHARGE OF 50 PER CENT OFTHAT AMOUNT REQUIRED BY AND COL-LECTED AS AGENT FOR THE RAILROADCOMPANY,AS SHOWN ON THE TICKET.”  \nThis is the 8o-called Pullman surcharge.It is a payment to the railroad company by aPullman passenger,in addition to the regularrailroad fare,and also in addition to the Pull-man Company's fare for accommodations.Thesurcharge is one-half of the Pullman charge andcompensates the railroad for the greater expenseof handling a Pullman passenger than one rid-ing in a day-coach.  \nThe Congress of the United States has beenasked to make this surcharge illegal.Such legis-lation would relieve Pullman-car passengers ofpaying for special and expensive services whichthey receive from the railroads.  \n## What the Pullman Surcharge Pays for\n\nWhat is done for Pullman passengers thatentitles the railroads to collect a higher farethan is paid by day-coach passengers?  \nThe railroads have to haul about twice asmany pounds of equipment per Pullman passen-ger as per day-coach passenger,owing to thesmaller number of persons that can be accom-modated in a Pullman car.  \n工  \n2 Sleeping cars must be parked at stations foroceupancy by passengers prior to leaving timeand subsequent to arriving time.  \n3This greatly inereases the track space neededfor Pullman service;involves additional switching;and requires heating facilities and other apecialservices.  \n4 To avoid the necessity of changing cars,the majority of Pullmans go through to their finaldestinations.This involves extra switching 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