"Make a joint proposition to the Union Pacific, your party and mine, and organize a company." "What would you call it ?" he asked.
"The Pullman Palace Car Company," I replied.
This suited him exactly; and it suited me equally well.
"Come into my room and talk it over," said the great sleeping-car man.
I did so, and the result was that we obtained the contract jointly.
Our company was subsequently merged in the general Pullman Company and we took stock in that company for our Pacific interests.

Until compelled to sell my shares during the subsequent financial panic of 1873 to protect our iron and steel interests, I was, I believe, the largest shareholder in the Pullman Company.
This man Pullman and his career are so thoroughly American that a few words about him will not be out of place.

Mr.Pullman was at first a working carpenter, but when Chicago had to be elevated he took a contract on his own account to move or elevate houses for a stipulated sum.

Of course he was successful, and from this small beginning he became one of the principal and best-known contractors in that line.

If a great hotel was to be raised ten feet without disturbing its hundreds of guests or interfering in any way with its business, Mr.Pullman was the man.