During the half-century which has seen the sure and perfect development of this vast and complicated organization it is but natural to expect among the names of those who have guided its destiny many that must rank high in the business history of the country. A glance at the list of past and present Directors of the company confirms the expectation. Here are the names of men who have found high places in a variety of business activities not only in Chicago but in other great cities. The list includes: George M. Pullman John Crerar Norman Williams Robert Harris Thomas A. Scott Amos T. Hall C. G. Hammond J. P. Morgan Marshall Field J. W. Doane H. C. Hulbert O. S. A. Sprague Henry R. Reed Norman B. Ream William K. Vanderbilt John S. Runnells Frederick W. Vanderbilt W. Seward Webb Robert T. Lincoln Frank O. Lowden John J. Mitchell Chauncey Keep George F. Baker John A. Spoor In this same period but three men have occupied the office of president: George M. Pullman, the founder of the company, who held office from 1867, the year of incorporation, until his death in 1897, and Robert T. Lincoln until 1911, when John S. Runnells, the present president, was elected. Pullman service has revolutionized the method of travel. Night has been abolished, the sense of distance has been annihilated; fatigue has been reduced to a minimum. In the oldest districts of the east, along the valleys of western rivers, on the wide-spread plains, among the remote peaks of the Rockies, in the deserts of the great southwest, the Pullman car, served by the same trained employees, furnishes the same comforts, and gives the same nights' repose. Improved each year in its mechanical construction, amplified in its service, better served by its attendants, it has set a high standard to the world in the development of railway travel, and in the fifty years of its development it has contributed more to the safety, comfort, convenience, and luxury of travelers than any other similar contribution that has been given to mankind. INDEX Berth construction, Mr. Pullman's new and radical, 99, 100 Boudoir cars, the Mann, introduced in Europe, 64, 81 _Bygone Days in Chicago_, its story of the locating of the Pullman shops, 91 _Chicago Tribune_, the, eulogy of the first Pullman cars, 46 Cleaning the cars, 152-154 Colebrookdale Iron Works, cast the first rails, 4 Construction of Pullman cars, 123-129 _Detroit Commercial Advertiser_, the, comments of, on the hotel car, 49 Dining car, the first designed by Mr. Pullman, 52; he constructs "The Delmonico," 104; railroads adopt the, 104; its operation given up by the Pullman Company, 105 Electric lighting of cars, 112-119; in England, 113-118 England, introduction of Pullman cars in, 61-63; reception of cars in, 66; "The Pullman Limited Express," 68, 69; electric lighting of Pullman cars in, 113-118