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... CAR COMPANY In 1867 George Mortimer Pullman , inventor and industrialist , began the mass production of those railroad cars with which his name may forever be associated . In the following years his enterprise , organized as Pullman's ...
... CAR COMPANY In 1867 George Mortimer Pullman , inventor and industrialist , began the mass production of those railroad cars with which his name may forever be associated . In the following years his enterprise , organized as Pullman's ...
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... cars . I had the estimate made upon those cars carefully figured and had explained to me the cost of labor and material , and I authorized the manager to put in his bid at $ 10 a car below the actual cost of building , making up my mind ...
... cars . I had the estimate made upon those cars carefully figured and had explained to me the cost of labor and material , and I authorized the manager to put in his bid at $ 10 a car below the actual cost of building , making up my mind ...
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... cars . Commissioner KERNAN . Were those cars so upset that they obstructed and prevented traf- fic ? Ans . Yes , temporarily ; but it did not take them more that fifteen or twenty minutes to right the cars when they got at it ...
... cars . Commissioner KERNAN . Were those cars so upset that they obstructed and prevented traf- fic ? Ans . Yes , temporarily ; but it did not take them more that fifteen or twenty minutes to right the cars when they got at it ...
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PHILosophers of Laissez Faire | 4 |
ATTITUDES DURING THE PROGRESSIVE | 12 |
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