, 1880-04-25

PLAN OF THE PULLMAN CAR
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and reaches to Lake Calumet The entire
area, half u mile deep by q mile
lawns, serpentine walks, and drives in
the best style Of landscape art. A drive
two miles long will encircfe the shops. A
boulevard lD feet wide, with Z lawn in the
centre, VII be made Of One Hundred and
The Allen Paper Car-Wheel Company,
whose works adioin the Pullman works, IS q
VERY Important concern. 1t is consolida-
tion Of
g., ~ - ntr.s . H., nu',;t,, ., M ~ nd
two"f;fths o.S nf T. nav'. hrnn tnken ~ nro,m
n.',t ch;cora o. ~ nanitnists imfer4ste IN tie
new project. The stock pays 20 per cent div
idends, and there Is not enough OF it to go
around. Its capacity viii be 10000 car
Oh Which will begin to-morrow, have
been planned by Mr.. T. n Allen, the
General Superintendent Of the Company,
and the inventor of the wheel. The archi-
tectural work Is done by Mr. Be,nan, and the
tinuation Of that about the Pullman works.
The material will be brick from Porter, Mich,
and stone from Joliet. On the front, pressed
brick Of two elGrs viii be uSs9 sra and lit; It T III
loo, 900 brick used, and tie outlay will be
S20O,000. The present work Of the Company
| East WILL be enlarged ana cohthluea III use'
BUT THE CHICAGO ESTABLISHMENT
will be the hcad-centre. The contracts for
the building have been let to Messrs: Price
! IL Ayers. Their work is to be done Sept. /,
| ut which date the Centennial Corliss engine
| Is to he started. The Allen Company has all
its machinery ordered. and will begin OPERA
tions as soon as its new quarters are ready,
II Will use the electric-igilt, as its business
compels It to run 1ljeht and day.
4 population of 1900 to 1000 MECHANICS
and laboring men will he at work III fllis new
centre of industry before winter. Their
lation that will. come to supply the waits Of
thing
NEAR 10000 SOULS.
This will be the largest suburb Chicago has
This means Ersat st dsma IN fcr lots and for
huv.s ,o foraaapn n Their nlans include the
nrant;on ~ modal dwellings, far iii their
syorEfna- v19Ga -neonic,. Mr. Beman las drawn the
nlans MAJ 5 f6r :d dwellings. Which are to be built
Fhey viii be Of BRICK with Slate roofs, in 4
| stVle archftecturaijy i'll harmony with that Of
the works. On tile ground floor will be
three b bedrooms. % lie exterior will be
| n;cturesuue. r Eouallyi important, the interior
| vii probably be heated with steam, and
| fitted m With plumbing. These
''' @ wo,,x1yc,fEx,s HOUSES
| mi. l., ~ ,>o~1- ,,orth If +ho ,,,,r1,o .r1a
VIII % IN tne NAlh' ,!ot III " .4o mo1ho @ tE
fullLhal No1lpahs 9"HS % %saSty ntaea + ou,.tn 49,,
o! one 11ul4Ieu aal1 GiJ' eH H;tt.i oa.Io ..ont
nlng 10 Ulle i1ueu + an n,,nr "F ti,is =;
anu IN tn tpam ,v;Ii ,,,t ~ 1nos
sou1h OF t9e elt1ace .nGS M tar pnt fro.,a,' mp "
lu1lnG, a ~ ~ t,at c,.ss rha pmIi-
ana otler enlployes " uiaI Gtass: o !He W. w
man Conlpahy ploPVsems ri u; t'!a s mHs - p,u ,,e
we houser2om II % ~ ,,s pdepH ~ o
place OF announcer. ~: tllotsa'us' nutsltle l' o.
tlasH VIZ nst - - ,"nn tha r1oue antano
kius T., .;s n o,;{arnr;sa az i1irectorS nnd
lleItslfu ~ LIN eate. ~ .as 40 ~ i' ti1o
stoeknoloefs' Lucy "'e icpoa oae ee'' :" nave
| BOUGHT UT ABOUT l,0od ACRES
| in the immediate vicinity, which they will
| sell for consideration. The specuiat0rs,
| loo, have been OH the scent, and have bought
other thousands Of acres in every direction,
| which they will be glad to sell for a COLI
! sideratio>l. There is little danger that there
will not be land enough to, supply the needs
| Of the la1dless and the homeless. The old
| story will probably be repeated here. Land
will sell for higher prices before the shops
| are built than it will afterward. But it Is
| not to be denied that this is the most im~
portant enterprise, as far aS real estate goes,
| that Chicago has yet seen, and Its effects Will
| be great and lasting.
| ~ro,7e >,o<rus
| - 49,. ~, ~. -
the mgnly engnei si n1 1o,nto,s wJ1G 81" o,,I ~