, 1881-04-03
PULLMAN.
A Miniature City Erected by a
Great Corporation.
Formal Opening Of the Immense Car
Works Yesterday.
The Great Corlfss Engine and the Work
It Will Perform.
Some Facts Concerning the New Town
and Those Who Have Built It.

i
Yesterday afternoon at o clock the hand Of @
little girl touched q wheel, the pent-up power o
steam was released. the mighty machinery o1
the great Centennial Corliss engine u,oved in ro-
! sponse to tho gentle touch, and Chicago's new.
| est, and one Of tho greatest manufacturing en-
tcrprises, leaped into life. This simple yet i'm
] prcssirc ceremony .narks the inauguration nor
| only of great Industrial movement, adding
millions to the productive power OF Chicago, but
also of Il social and sanitary movement affecting
tho lives and fortunes of thousands. It was not
only the putting in operation of great
industry, -out tbs birth of u new
city, designed to be model in
Its arrangements for the welfare of its citizens.
AS such the event Of yesterday deserves to be
chronicIed.
The Inauguration Of the great Pullman Palace
Car Conpany's Works mt tho new Town ct Pull
man was witnessed by party of gentlemen, In
Guiding the principal r.llroad and financial mag
mates of the Northwest. At 3 o'clock special
train left the Vnn Buren Street Station of tho Il-
no!s Central Railroad for the new Industrial CEN
ire. The trim was composed Of tho private cars
OF Mr. Ackernan, President OF tho Illinois Cen
tral Railroad. and Mr.. George u. Pullmun. i
pleasant ride Of half an-hour's duration brought
the party to the scene and an immediate move
was made to the works. Among those who
took part ia the excursion we're the following:
George u. Pullman, 4. B. Pullman, L. II. john
son, G. Fl. Dave, George F. Brown, George II.
Gray, 4. $. Wefnshetmer and E. \. Jcwett, Of
the Pullman Palacs-Car Company; Potter
Palmer, Alfred Cowes, J. Russell Jones, H. W.
Jackson. H. H. r Hobart, Samuel johnson, J: d.
LntnR, Byron L. Smith, Marvin Hughitt, Gra-
ham Stewart. C. c. Wheeler, T. D. Blackstone,
5ohn Hnnae HGrsxar C. 6; Hammond: step5en Be- F. Gale
Routon, Z; G; Mason, J, II. wers, 3. Il. Camp
Fea;<, Rs; W hrona wh,se !; T. o,; s,ai51 Smith
John Tyrreli. Edison Keith. Henry Stein, S. S.
Reman, Nathan Corwith, H. f. Porter, John
seft pc hoVe9' 81 M r. Hedges @ Charles e. Curtis T.
Florence Pullman.
THE TOWN OF PULLMAN
and the immense works which have been estah-
lished there are located in the Town OF Hyde ]
Thirty~tv hundred acres OF land have been nc |
autred BY the associations having these inter- /
ssts in charge, Of which 3us acres are owned By
pullman Land Association, and five by the Allen I
paper t,p Car Wheel Manufacturing Company.
,teucted BY five months OF winter, has been
pushed with marvellous rapidlty. 4 year ugn
he land was waste; to-dny It is covered By
While 10 immediate .contiguitJ>ro the works are
ne future homes OF hundreds of the workn1en. |
The work which bus already been completed Is
u a stupendous character, and yet there re-
minis an immense amount to be done.
The plans contemplate the construction Of
AopS aAAu AaCLDIlt5 lDE TUG atlQ r&EA1T- |
ng OF Pullman palace cars; animnlcuse factory
or the accommodation of the Allen Paper Car
' heel company, and the building OF stores, |
1ices, dwellings,, schools. hotels public library
uildlng, Il depot, and I'LL other necessary con-
omltants OF town. In the preparation of the |
round for the work, excavations aud Filings ]
I'd to be made for the purpose OF securing |
rAnage and obtaining solid foundations The
tbor involved was immense, but rha Whole !
'ork was carefully planned and prepared
advance. SIr. S. s. Beman was employed as
rchitcct and constructor, with the fullest powers !
ne arrangement Of the streets. parks, lakes, =
I'd public grounds was fnrrusted to q compe- !
architect; the sewerage and wa !
'r-supply were all provided for: and the con-
FORD ut once tho perfection of accommodation
IF he industrial needs Of the Company aud the
'nestic and social Wunts Of the Inhabitants Of |
a place. Mr. Pullman gave to nil these plans:
g most careful study, arranging details and
ggesting' points OF every character, Tho
'rk is yet far from complete, but already
Tough has been done to afford q fuir opportuni-
OF Judging Its scope and character, and those
10 visited Pullman yesterday were a unit in
CIR admiration of what hud been done md the
licences OF further Improvement.
The visiting party proceeded first to
THE ESGrSE-Ro0M,
building eighty feet By eighty, sixty feet In
sbf. with IN iron truss ruuf, where the immense
rl15s engine stood awaiting the touch which !
IS to set it In motion. This wonderful piece Or !
achinery, built for the Centennial Exposition,
rmed one or the most interesting features of /
, great Philadelphia display. II cust Sl,5N0,
IS OF :, 4' ..orse- power. The engine Is Of
style OF cons IC.iOn known us tho ~Corltss
Am engine md the following will give some
u OF Its dimensions and capacities:
Feet. Inches.