Records, 1866-1940 (bulk 1886-1899).

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899

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Cornelius Vanderbilt was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who bequeathed him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt (who bequeathed him about $70 million) and Maria Louisa Kissam. In his turn, he succeeded them as the chairman and the president of the New York Central and related railroad lines in 1885. On February 4, 1867, he married Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934); they had seven children. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 12, 1899, at...

New York Central Sleeping Car Company.

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Wagner Palace Car Company.

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Major competitor to the Pullman's Palace Car Co. formed in 1866 as the New York Central Sleeping Car Co. and renamed the Wagner Palace Car Co. in 1886 after its deceased founder, Webster Wagner. Controlled by Vanderbilt interests and run by William Seward Webb, a Vanderbilt son-in-law, Wagner worked to expand its lines and spent lavishly on new equipment in an attempt to compete with Pullman. That attempt ended in 1899, when the Pullman's Palace Car Company purchased Wag...

Pullman's Palace Car Company

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Sleeping car companies acquired by Pullman's Palace Car Company. Founded in 1870, the Erie and Atlantic Sleeping Coach Company was bought by Pullman in 1873. The Southern Transportation Company, founded in 1865 and controlled by the Central Transporation Company, was leased by Pullman in 1870 for $20,000 per year as part of the larger Central Transportation Co. deal. The Southern's lines became part of Pullman's new subsidiary, the Pullman Southern Car Company. In 1878, ...

Webb, William Seward.

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