Description: A rare signed April 1, 1898 nine page agreement or contract between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Pullman’s Palace Car Company. The agreement is actually signed by the Vice President of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Vice president of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company. The agreement begins April 1, 1898 and ends on April 1, 1913.The agreement indicates in part that the Pullman Company will manufacture and maintain an extensive system of sleeping cars over the railroad lines. The Pullman Palace Car Company was renamed the Pullman Car Company in the early 1900’s and was famous for its popular railroad sleeping cars. The agreement is embossed by the spams of both company’s on the signature page and is signed in ink by the following company officialsUnion Pacific Railroad CompanyHorace G. Burt, President of Union Pacific Railroad Company from 1897 to 1904.Alfred S. Weinsheimer, Secretary and Treasurer of Union Pacific Railroad Company from 1878-1918.Pullman’s Palace Car CompanyThomas H. Wiches, Vice President of Pullman’s Palace Car Company from 1896 to 1905.Alex Millar, Financial Secretary of Pullman’s Palace Car Company from 1888-1899. The front covers of the agreement state “AGREEMENT BETWEEN PULLMAN’S PALACE CAR COMPANY AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,DATED APRIL 1ST 1898,EXPIRES APRIL 1ST, 1913”The back cover has a pencil notation that states“UPRR AGREEMENT 24”The nine page agreement is 5 ¾ x 9 ½ inches in size. The nine page agreement also has the original covers. The nine pages of the agreement are not bound into the covers but are loosely inserted into the covers. The covers and agreement have a heavy fold in the middle. Top to bottom. The covers and agreement have a small hole in the upper left corner and the front cover has a small stain near the lower left front edge. Please see the other vintage items that I have listed on eBay. Payment is by PayPal. Thanks for looking. Pullman Company The Pullman Car Company, founded by George Pullman, manufactured railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. Its workers initially lived in a planned worker community (or "company town") named Pullman.[1] Pullman developed the sleeping carwhich carried his name into the 1980s. Pullman did not just manufacture the cars: He also operated them on most of the railroads in the United States, paying railroad companies to couple the cars to trains. The labor union associated with the company, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which was founded and organized by A. Philip Randolph, was one of the most powerful African-American political entities of the 20th century. The company also built thousands of streetcars[2] and trolley buses for use in cities.[3]
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