Erie railroad, gets the through Pullman service, 78, 79, 82 Europe, the Pullman car in, 61-69 Flower Sleeping Car Company, 81 Gates Sleeping Car Company, competitor of the Pullman Company, 75 Gauge, railway, standardized, 48 Heating, early, 22, 31; by locomotive steam, 119 Hotel cars, the first in service, 49, 50, 52, 103; give way to the diner, 104 _Illinois Journal_, the, comments on the first Pullman cars, 45 _Illinois State Register_, the, describes the new type of car, 43, 44 Knight car, used on eastern roads, 80 Lighting, 31, 112; the Pintsch light, 82, 112; electric, 112-119 Linen, requirements to supply the cars, 147-149 Locomotive, the beginnings of the, 5-9; the American, 11, 12 _London Telegraph_, the, comments on the dining car, 67; on the introduction of electric lighting in Pullman cars, 115, 116 Mann Boudoir Car Company, incorporated, 81; acquired by the Pullman Company, 83 Mann, Colonel, designs a sleeping car, 63; his "boudoir cars" installed in Europe, 64; his Company acquired by the Pullman Company, 83 Monarch Sleeping Car Company, competitor of the Pullman Company, 84 Napoleon's field carriage, 2, 3 Operation of the Pullman car, the, 133-158 Parlor car, or reclining chair car, the first, 58 Porter, the, of the Pullman car, 155, 156 Presidents and directors of the Pullman Company, 157 Pullman, A. B., assistant of his brother, George M., 47 Pullman car, the first actual, 32-34; rise of the great industry, 39-58; first trip of, to the Pacific coast, 53, 54; first through train from Atlantic to Pacific, 54-57; in Europe, 61-69; shop for making, established in Turin, 65; reception of in England, 66-69; imitation of, and competition from others, 73-85; acquires the Mann and Woodruff companies, 83; wins suits against the Wagner Company, 85; rapid expansion of business, 89; locates new shops at Chicago, 89-93; berth construction for, 99, 100; vestibuled trains of, 106-111; electric lighting in, 112-119; heating of, by locomotive steam, 119; how the cars are made, 123-129; the first all-steel, 123ff.; trucks for, 126; fittings, 128; operation of the, 133-158; travel distances possible for, 136-139, 146; tickets sold yearly, 140; linen required for, 147-149; other furnishings for, 149-151; cleaning, 152-154; the working force, 154; the porters, 155